Trump's first 100 days supercharged a global 'freefall of rights', says Amnesty
Source: The Guardian
Trump’s first 100 days supercharged a global ‘freefall of rights’, says Amnesty
World now in era of repressive regimes’ impunity, climate inaction and unchecked corporate power, says report
Mark Townsend
Tue 29 Apr 2025 00.01 BST
Last modified on Tue 29 Apr 2025 00.02 BST
The first 100 days of Donald Trump’s presidency have “supercharged” a global rollback of human rights, pushing the world towards an authoritarian era defined by impunity and unchecked corporate power, Amnesty International warns today.
In its annual report on the state of human rights in 150 countries, the organisation said the immediate ramifications of Trump’s second term had been the undermining of decades of progress and the emboldening of authoritarian leaders.
Describing a “freefall” in human rights, the report said growing inaction over the climate crisis, violent crackdowns on dissent and a mounting backlash against the rights of migrants, refugees, women, girls and LGBTQ+ people could be traced to the so-called Trump effect.
Amnesty warned the situation would deteriorate further this year as Trump continued to dismantle the rules-based world order that Washington helped to build from the devastation of the second world war.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/apr/29/trump-first-100-days-rollback-human-rights-amnesty-report-repression-climate-corporate-power-women-migrants-lgbtq