Trump is pulling America under authoritarian rule, international human rights groups warn

"The warning comes with the Monday release of Amnesty's 46-page report, Ringing the Alarm Bells: Rising Authoritarian Practices and Erosion of Human Rights in the United States, and a recent press conference convened to assess the administration's first year back in office. Together, the report and briefing argue that executive actions and administrative measures have pushed the country onto a dangerous trajectory, consistent with the authoritarian patterns Amnesty has documented globally for decades."

"Those concerns have been sharpened by the January 7 killing of Renee Nicole Good, a queer 37-year-old Minneapolis mother and U.S. citizen who was fatally shot during a federal immigration enforcement operation. Transgender people targeted early in Trump's second term Human rights leaders said the administration's authoritarian trajectory has extended well beyond immigration enforcement to include the early and deliberate targeting of transgender people, an approach they described as both symbolic and strategic."

The United States is exhibiting clear signs of democratic backsliding, with erosion of civil liberties, weakening of the rule of law, and normalization of coercive state power. Executive actions and administrative measures have pushed the country toward a dangerous authoritarian trajectory consistent with global authoritarian patterns. The January 7 killing of Renee Nicole Good, a queer 37-year-old Minneapolis mother and U.S. citizen, during a federal immigration enforcement operation intensified concerns. The administration engaged in early and deliberate targeting of transgender people, framed as both symbolic and strategic. These practices span immigration enforcement and other administrative domains, affecting marginalized communities and democratic safeguards.

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