The first hundred days of incumbent US President Donald Trump has been “catastrophic” to racial and gender justice, global health, as also for climate action and multilateralism, Amnesty International warned in its annual report launched on Tuesday.
The report highlighted the rise in authoritarian practices and suppression of dissent around the world.
“The Trump effect has compounded the damage done by other world leaders throughout 2024, eating away at decades of painstaking work to build up and advance universal human rights for all and accelerating humanity’s plunge into a brutal new era characterized by intermingling authoritarian practices and corporate greed,” the human rights watchdog said in its analysis of the situation in 150 countries.
Agnes Callamard, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, expressed concern over disregard of multilateral institutions and international law.
She also highlighted the need for government and civil society to work together with urgency to “lead humanity back to safer ground.”
“One hundred days into his second term, President Trump has shown only utter contempt for universal human rights. His government has swiftly and deliberately targeted vital US and international institutions and initiatives that were designed to make ours a safer and fairer world,” she added. UNI AKT SSP
