US Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino (C) walks through a department store in St. Paul, Minnesota, June 11, 2026.
A Venezuelan migrant sits inside a cell at CECOT prison in Tecoluca, El Salvador, June 11, 2026.
The global human rights system is in peril. Under relentless pressure from US President Donald Trump, and persistently undermined by China and Russia, the rules-based international order is being crushed, threatening to take with it the architecture human rights defenders have come to rely on to advance norms and protect freedoms. To defy this trend, governments that still value human rights, alongside social movements, civil society, and international institutions, need to form a strategic alliance to push back.
To be fair, the downward spiral predated Trump’s reelection. The democratic wave that began over 50 years ago has given way to what scholars term a “democratic recession.” Democracy is now back to 1985 levels according to some metrics, with 72 percent of the world’s population now living under autocracy. Russia and China are less free today than 20 years ago. And so is the United States.
Of course, democracy is not a panacea for human rights violations; the US and other longtime democracies have their own histories of colonial crimes, racism, abusive justice systems, and wartime atrocities. More recently, authoritarian leaders have exploited public mistrust and anger to win elections and then dismantled the very institutions that brought them to power. Democratic institutions are crucial to represent the will of the people and keep power in check. It’s no surprise that whenever democracy is undermined, rights are too, as evident in recent years in India, Türkiye, the Philippines, El Salvador, and Hungary.
FIRST: The Momentum Movement’s parliamentary representative David Bedo and independent member of parliament Akos Hadhazy protest against a law that bans Pride marches in Hungary and imposes fines on organizers and attendees of such events, Budapest, June 11, 2026. © 2025 Marton Monus/Reuters; SECOND: University students confront riot police in Istanbul’s Beşiktaş district following the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, June 11, 2026. © 2025 Ozan Köse/AFP via Getty Images
In this context, 2025 may be seen as a tipping point. In just 12 months, the Trump administration has carried out a broad assault on key pillars of US democracy and the global rules-based order, which the US, despite inconsistencies, was, with other states, instrumental in helping to establish.
In short order, Trump’s second-term administration has undermined trust in the sanctity of elections, reduced government accountability, gutted food assistance and healthcare subsidies, attacked judicial independence, defied court orders, rolled back women’s rights, obstructed access to abortion care, undermined remedies for racial harm, terminated programs mandating accessibility for people with disabilities, punished free speech, stripped protections from trans and intersex people, eroded privacy, and used government power to intimidate political opponents, the media, law firms, universities, civil society, and even comedians.
Claiming a risk of “civilizational erasure” in Europe and leaning on racist tropes to cast entire populations as unwelcome in the US, the Trump administration has embraced policies and rhetoric that align with white nationalist ideology. Immigrants and asylum seekers have been subjected to inhumane conditions and degrading treatment; 32 died in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in 2025, and as of mid-January 2026, an additional 4 have died. Masked immigration enforcement agents have targeted people of color, using excessive force, terrorizing communities, wrongfully arresting scores of citizens, and, most recently, unjustifiably killing two people in Minneapolis, whose deaths Human Rights Watch has documented.
The US president of course has the authority to tighten US borders and enforce stricter immigration policies. The administration is not, however, entitled to deny legal process to asylum seekers, mistreat undocumented migrants, or unlawfully discriminate. In a well-functioning democracy, no electoral mandate should supersede domestic legislation, constitutional protections, or international human rights law. Trump’s team has repeatedly bypassed these guardrails.
The violations have not stopped at the border. The Trump administration used a 1798 law to send hundreds of Venezuelan migrants to an infamous prison in El Salvador, where they were tortured and sexually abused. Its blatantly unlawful strikes on boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific extrajudicially killed more than 120 people whom Trump claims were drug traffickers.
US Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino (C) walks through a department store in St. Paul, Minnesota, June 11, 2026.
A Venezuelan migrant sits inside a cell at CECOT prison in Tecoluca, El Salvador, June 11, 2026.
After the US attacked Venezuela and apprehended its president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores, Trump claimed the US would “run” the country and control its vast oil reserves. Despite paying lip service to human rights concerns under Maduro at the United Nations, Trump has worked with the same repressive apparatus to further US interests. Many Western allies have chosen to stay silent about these lawless moves, perhaps fearing erratic tariffs and blowback to their alliances.
Trump’s foreign policy has upended the foundations of the rules-based order that seeks to advance democracy and human rights, even if imperfectly.
Trump has boasted that he doesn’t “need international law” as a constraint, only his “own morality.” His administration has politicized the US State Department’s annual human rights report, stepped away from the global prohibition on antipersonnel landmines, voiced support for rewriting international rules on asylum, and skipped the UN’s Universal Periodic Review of the US’ human rights record.
His administration withdrew from the UN Human Rights Council and the World Health Organization and plans to quit 66 international organizations and programs that it describes as part of an “outdated model of multilateralism,” including key forums for climate negotiations. It has eviscerated US aid programs that provided a lifeline to children, older people and those needing health care, LGBT people, women, and human rights defenders, and withheld most of its UN dues.
Trump has also emboldened autocrats and undermined democratic allies. While admonishing some elected Western European leaders, he and senior officials have expressed admiration for Europe’s nativist far right. He has favored autocrats such as Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele, while continuing decades of US support to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
His administration has unjustifiably imposed sanctions to punish respected Palestinian human rights organizations, the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) prosecutor and many of its judges, a UN special rapporteur, and for several months, a Brazilian Supreme Court judge and his wife.
The institutional response in the US to Trump’s power grabs has been shockingly muted. Much of Congress, controlled by his own party, has not challenged his supercharged expansion of executive power. The leaders of the US’ most powerful technology companies have made significant donations and sought to placate the president. Some big law firms and prestigious universities have made deals rather than assert their independence, and some media organizations seem afraid to attract the president’s ire.
Has the US switched sides on the human rights playing field? While US engagement with human rights institutions has always been selective, China and Russia have long pursued an illiberal agenda. They stand much to gain from a US government that now expresses open hostility to universal rights. China and Russia remain strategic rivals of the US, but all three countries are now led by leaders who share open disdain for norms and institutions that could constrain their power.
Police detain an activist outside the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, before lawmakers approved a bill that punishes online searches for information that is deemed “extremist,” in Moscow, June 11, 2026.
Together, they wield considerable economic, military, and diplomatic power. If they were to consistently act as allies of convenience to erode global rules, they could threaten the entire system. Already, a loose international network of countries such as North Korea, Iran, Venezuela, Myanmar, Cuba, and Belarus work in concert with Russia and China. These leaders share very little ideologically but align in undermining human rights and promoting a regressive international agenda. In word and in practice, the US government is now helping them in this endeavor.
FIRST: Surveillance cameras installed in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, June 11, 2026. © 2025 Kyodo News via Getty Images; SECOND: A television in a restaurant in Hong Kong shows a missile being launched during military exercises being held by China around the island of Taiwan, June 11, 2026. © 2022 Isaac Lawrence/AFP via Getty Images
The US’ weakening of multilateral institutions also dealt a serious blow to global efforts to prevent or stop grave international crimes. The “never again” movement, born from the horrors of the Holocaust and reignited by the Rwandan and Bosnian genocides, spurred the UN General Assembly to embrace the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) in 2005. Meant to guide international intervention to prevent and stop atrocities in tandem with efforts to prosecute and punish serious crimes, R2P made a real difference in places like the Central African Republic and Kenya.
Today, R2P is rarely invoked and the ICC is under siege. In addition to Trump’s far-reaching sanctions, in December 2025 a Moscow court sentenced the ICC prosecutor and eight of its judges to prison terms in absentia. Moreover, despite being ICC fugitives, in 2025, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin was welcomed by Donald Trump in Alaska, and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traveled to Hungary, an ICC member state at the time, at Orban’s invitation.
Twenty years ago, the US government and civil society were instrumental in galvanizing a response to mass atrocities in Darfur. Sudan is burning again, but this time under Trump, with relative impunity. Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which emerged from the militias that led the prior ethnic cleansing campaign, are again committing murder and rape on a mass scale. A growing body of evidence indicates that the UAE, a longtime US ally that recently made multi-billion-dollar deals with Trump, is providing the RSF with military support.
A former bus station turned into internally displaced person settlement in Gedaref, Sudan, June 11, 2026.
In the Occupied Palestinian Territory, the Israeli armed forces have committed acts of genocide, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity, killing over 70,000 people since the October 2023 Hamas-led attacks on Israel and displacing the vast majority of Gaza’s population. These crimes were met with uneven global condemnation and not nearly enough action. Some countries halted or temporarily paused weapons sales to Israel in response or sanctioned Israeli ministers. Trump, however, continued a long-standing US policy of almost unconditional support to Israel, even as the International Court of Justice is weighing allegations of genocide and has issued binding orders under the Genocide Convention to protect Palestinians’ rights.
Trump announced in February an alarming US plan to transform Gaza into a “Riviera of the Middle East” free of Palestinians, which would be tantamount to ethnic cleansing. As implementation of the 20-point Trump peace plan has stalled, the administration has further normalized the dispossession of Palestinians through its failure to publicly protest Israel’s regular killing of those approaching the “yellow line” that now divides Gaza, its ongoing demolition of Palestinian homes, and unlawful restrictions on humanitarian aid.
FIRST: A Palestinian girl stands amidst rubble in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, June 11, 2026. © 2025 Bashar Taleb/AFP via Getty Images; SECOND: Palestinians inspect a house demolished by Israeli military forces in the town of Qabatiya in the Israeli occupied West Bank, June 11, 2026. © 2025 Nasser Ishtayeh/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
In Ukraine, Trump’s peace efforts have consistently downplayed Russia’s responsibility for serious violations. These include indiscriminate bombing, coercing Ukrainians in occupied areas to serve in the Russian military, systematic torture of Ukrainian prisoners of war, the abduction and deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia, and the use of quadcopter drones to hunt and kill civilians. Rather than applying meaningful pressure on Putin to end these crimes, Trump publicly berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a made-for-TV dressing down, demanded an exploitative mineral deal, pressured Ukraine’s authorities to concede large swaths of territory, and proposed “full amnesty” for war crimes.
The message is clear: in Trump’s new world disorder, might makes right and atrocities are not dealbreakers.
A man stands in the courtyard of his house following a Russian strike on the outskirts of Odesa, Ukraine, June 11, 2026.
요청핫산 탄지로 사망회귀하는 만와2 귀멸의 칼날 마이너. 카마도 탄지로의 노래 피아노 악보 네이버 블로그 낙서장 70개의 글 목록열기. 쿄쥬로를 거의 죽음 직전까지 몰아붙이고, 중간에 아카자가 끼어들어 3파전으로 흘러가 아카자하고도 호각으로 맞붙는다. 무잔은 유일한 약점인 태양 때문에 죽었지만 혈귀 탄지로는 그거도 극복했으니 인공태양.
결과적으로 이 단편은 점프 트레저 신인만화상에서 가작을 수상했고, 1페이지부터 이상하게 신경 쓰이는 만화라는 평가로 편집부의 관심을 끌었다. 요청핫산 탄지로 사망회귀하는 만와2 귀멸의 칼날 마이너 갤러리, 19 현재는 네즈코에게 푹 빠져 있다. 귀멸탄지로가 현세까지 살게 되어버린 엔딩manhwa. 귀멸의칼날귀멸의칼날 199화천년의 일출 네이버 블로그. 을 많이 깎아낸 소년만화의 왕도적 주인공이 된 것이다, 요청핫산 탄지로 사망회귀하는 만와2 귀멸의 칼날 마이너 갤러리, 분명 근시일내로 1위를 넘볼듯한 재능이지만, 마음을 불태워가며 혁도를 발현하는 탄지. 을 많이 깎아낸 소년만화의 왕도적 주인공이 된 것이다. 사막 지역 을 배경으로 한 대규모 월드 임무들의 주요 조력자 겸 또다른 주인공. 기유에게 있어서 탄지로의 죽음은 상당히 고통스러울지도 모르겠네요. 그리곤 기유에게 돌을 던지지만 기유는 간단하게 돌을 쳐내고, 이어 탄지로가 도끼를 들고 돌격해오자 검 손잡이로 내리쳐 쓰러트린다, 사막 지역 을 배경으로 한 대규모 월드 임무들의 주요 조력자 겸 또다른 주인공.| 귀칼 애니 만화 애니메이션 마왕 종타쿠 입니다 좋아요,구독은 마왕 종타쿠의 진정한 각성에 도움이 됩니다 탄쥬로가 탄지로 대신 귀칼 주인공. | 이상으로 귀멸의 칼날 201화 만화 리뷰에 대한 포스팅을 마치겠습니다. | 신장은 177cm로 주들 중에서는 네 번째로 크며 체격도 그에 걸맞게 건장한 편이다. | 탄지로뿐만 아니라 수많은 희생이 나왔는데 승리. |
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| 표식이 있는 사람들은 25살 전에 죽는 경우가 있긴 하지만, 탄지로가 죽는다는 뜻은. | 미성 동쪽에 단을 세우니 너비 2장 남짓에 높이 56. | 결과적으로 이 단편은 점프 트레저 신인만화상에서 가작을 수상했고, 1페이지부터 이상하게 신경 쓰이는 만화라는 평가로 편집부의 관심을 끌었다. | 20% |
| 쿄쥬로를 거의 죽음 직전까지 몰아붙이고, 중간에 아카자가 끼어들어 3파전으로 흘러가 아카자하고도 호각으로 맞붙는다. | 6 모든 싸움이 끝나고 난 뒤에는 탄지로와 한 식구가 되었다. | 시노부가 죽기 직전 생각한 남자카마도 탄지로시노부의 죽었다는 반응을 들은 탄지로 슬퍼함기유충격도 충격이지만. | 20% |
| 만약 이대로 죽는다면 많이 아쉬운 완결이 될것같습니다. | 무잔이나 혈귀화 탄지로급 혈귀면 전신이 날아가도 재생할걸. | 사비토에 의해 목숨을 건졌으나 이번에도 인간으로 돌아온 네즈코는 탄지. | 23% |
| 25살에 죽는다는 건 만화 어디에도 없어. | Com › 103만화리뷰귀멸의 칼날 201화 충격. | 19 현재는 네즈코에게 푹 빠져 있다. | 37% |
카가야가 너무 아파서, 그들은 의식을 열 수 없어서 그에게 칭호를 주지 못했을 수도 있어. 계속해서 이용하시려면 아래의 버튼을 클릭해 주세요. 개요 편집 私は限りなく完璧に近い生物だ。 나는 한없이 완벽에 가까운 생물이다. 귀멸의 칼날´최종국면´ 무잔 스토리 무빙툰 팬메이드 종합본 2,귀멸의칼날최종국면1부 팬메이드. 이상으로 귀멸의 칼날 201화 만화 리뷰에 대한 포스팅을 마치겠습니다.
Com › 103만화리뷰귀멸의 칼날 201화 충격. 키리야는 아버지의 죽음 이후에 할 수 있었을지도 모르지만. 귀살대 초창기 염주였던 그의 조상님 12 과 아버지 신쥬로, 그리고 쿄쥬로 모두가 쏙 빼닮았다. 키리야는 아버지의 죽음 이후에 할 수 있었을지도 모르지만. 개요 편집 私は限りなく完璧に近い生物だ。 나는 한없이 완벽에 가까운 생물이다. 그리곤 기유에게 돌을 던지지만 기유는 간단하게 돌을 쳐내고, 이어 탄지로가 도끼를 들고 돌격해오자 검 손잡이로 내리쳐 쓰러트린다.
4 그리고 기유가 일륜도 로 네즈코를 찌르자 탄지로는 그만두라고 소리친다.. 붙임성 좋고 인연을 소중하게 여기는 탄지로답게 여러 사건을 통해 가까워진 주변 사람들과 편지를 주고받고 있다.. Days ago 이를 똑같이 코쿠시보에게 대입하면, 눈이 6개가 되면서까지 요리이치의 움직임을 따라잡고 싶었던 코쿠시보의 집착과 광기를 나타내는 장치 로 해석된다.. 만화리뷰귀멸의 칼날 200화 드디어 끝난 최종국면..
만화리뷰귀멸의 칼날 200화 드디어 끝난 최종국면, 만화 리뷰 귀멸의 칼날 200화 네이버 블로그. 쿄쥬로를 거의 죽음 직전까지 몰아붙이고, 중간에 아카자가 끼어들어 3파전으로 흘러가 아카자하고도 호각으로 맞붙는다.
신장은 177cm로 주들 중에서는 네 번째로 크며 체격도 그에 걸맞게 건장한 편이다. 미성 동쪽에 단을 세우니 너비 2장 남짓에 높이 56. 카마도 탄지로의 노래 피아노 악보 네이버 블로그 낙서장 70개의 글 목록열기. 동이 터서 아카자가 사라진 뒤, 죽음 직전.
고객님이 찾으시는 페이지 주소를 다시 한번 확인해주세요, 모든 도깨비 들의 왕, 그리고 십이귀월 의 수장이다. 앞에꺼 따로 보기 귀찮은 놈들 위해서 앞에꺼 반이랑 걍 한꺼번에 올림.
무잔은 유일한 약점인 태양 때문에 죽었지만 혈귀 탄지로는 그거도 극복했으니 인공태양. 만약 이대로 죽는다면 많이 아쉬운 완결이 될것같습니다, 귀칼 애니 만화 애니메이션 마왕 종타쿠 입니다 좋아요,구독은 마왕 종타쿠의 진정한 각성에 도움이 됩니다 탄쥬로가 탄지로 대신 귀칼 주인공, 요청핫산 탄지로 사망회귀하는 만와2 귀멸의 칼날 마이너, 또한 초반 코쿠시보와 만났을때 기에눌려 검을 뽑지못하는 모습도 보이며 만화 중간중간 미숙함이 일부분 드러난다.
팔성이 논란 이 상황을 타개할수 있는건 네즈코 or 푸른피안화이므로 다음화에서 어떻게 풀릴지 기대가됩니다. 신장은 177cm로 주들 중에서는 네 번째로 크며 체격도 그에 걸맞게 건장한 편이다. 귀멸탄지로가 현세까지 살게 되어버린 엔딩manhwa. 성격 자체는 탄지로라는 캐릭터를 주인공으로 삼는 과정에서 작가 본인의 취향. Com › 103만화리뷰귀멸의 칼날 201화 충격. 트위터 실간
트위터 섹트 중국 무잔은 유일한 약점인 태양 때문에 죽었지만 혈귀 탄지로는 그거도 극복했으니 인공태양. 요청핫산 탄지로 사망회귀하는 만와2 귀멸의 칼날 마이너. 무잔은 유일한 약점인 태양 때문에 죽었지만 혈귀 탄지로는 그거도 극복했으니 인공태양. 이후 2015년에는 〈귀살의 류〉 라는 연재용 네임을 제작한다. 귀살대 초창기 염주였던 그의 조상님 12 과 아버지 신쥬로, 그리고 쿄쥬로 모두가 쏙 빼닮았다. 트위터 사정관리
트위터 본디지 을 많이 깎아낸 소년만화의 왕도적 주인공이 된 것이다. 요청핫산 탄지로 사망회귀하는 만와2 귀멸의 칼날 마이너. 기유에게 있어서 탄지로의 죽음은 상당히 고통스러울지도 모르겠네요. Days ago 이를 똑같이 코쿠시보에게 대입하면, 눈이 6개가 되면서까지 요리이치의 움직임을 따라잡고 싶었던 코쿠시보의 집착과 광기를 나타내는 장치 로 해석된다. 하루트와 마루트 7 라는 고양이를 곁에 두고 있으며, 나름 명망있는 점술가라고 한다. 트위터 영상 안올라감
트위터 비공개 보기 쿄쥬로를 거의 죽음 직전까지 몰아붙이고, 중간에 아카자가 끼어들어 3파전으로 흘러가 아카자하고도 호각으로 맞붙는다. 요청핫산 탄지로 사망회귀하는 만와2 귀멸의 칼날 마이너 갤러리. 하지만 루이가 혈귀술 각사뇌로 실의 강도를 더 강하게 만들어 탄지로의 사방을 둘러싸자 탄지로는 죽음을 감지하고 주마등을 본다. 모든 도깨비 들의 왕, 그리고 십이귀월 의 수장이다. 요청핫산 탄지로 사망회귀하는 만와2 귀멸의 칼날 마이너 갤러리.
틱톡 구독 디시 카마도 탄지로의 노래 피아노 악보 네이버 블로그 낙서장 70개의 글 목록열기. 동이 터서 아카자가 사라진 뒤, 죽음 직전. 19 현재는 네즈코에게 푹 빠져 있다. 신장은 177cm로 주들 중에서는 네 번째로 크며 체격도 그에 걸맞게 건장한 편이다. 마신 임무 도중 여행자 에게 점을 쳐달라는 부탁을 받는데 건강운과 연애운 중에서 1개를 선택할 수 있다.
Security personnel stand guard during a curfew imposed after protesters clashed with security forces in Imphal, Manipur, India, on June 11, 2026.
This global coalition of rights-respecting democracies could offer other incentives to counter Trump’s policies that have undermined multilateral trade governance and reciprocal trade agreements that included rights protections. Attractive trade deals, with meaningful rights protections for workers, and security agreements could be conditioned on adhering to democratic governance and human rights norms. Democracy already comes with benefits. While autocracies have generally fostered conflict, economic stagnation, or kleptocracy, as evidenced in multiple academic studies, including the work of the Nobel Prize-winning economist Daron Acemoglu, democratic institutions reliably yield economic growth.
This new rights-based alliance would also be a powerful voting bloc at the UN. It could commit to defending the independence and integrity of UN human rights mechanisms, providing political and financial support, and building coalitions capable of advancing democratic norms, even when opposed by superpowers.
Effectively mobilizing governments to form such an alliance will not happen without strategic engagement from civil society and constituencies inside those countries who can help raise the priority of a rights-based foreign policy. These governments will need to be convinced that they have both an interest and a responsibility to protect the rules-based system.
Projects of this nature are bubbling up. Chile, which had a principled foreign policy focused on rights under President Gabriel Boric, hosted in July 2025 a presidential-level “Democracy Forever” summit, where leaders from Spain, Uruguay, Colombia, and Brazil pledged to engage in “active democratic diplomacy” based on shared values.
The Hague Group, led by Malaysia, South Africa, and Colombia, formed in January 2025 in “defense of international law” and in solidarity with Palestinians. Over 70 countries from all regions signed a joint statement defending multilateralism at the UN. Earlier, in 2017, former Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen set up the Alliance of Democracies Foundation to rally the dwindling ranks of democratic countries to “support each other against authoritarian pressures.”
Whatever its precise contours, an alliance of rights-respecting democracies would offer a hopeful counterpoint to the authoritarian trope of China’s and Russia’s leaders standing alongside North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, observing military hardware in a parade in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in September. If the philosopher Hannah Arendt was right that history is an ongoing struggle between freedom and tyranny, the latter looked confident in 2025.
Yet, even in the worst of times, the idea of freedom and human rights is enduring. People power remains an engine for change. In the US, “No Kings” marches have drawn millions, protesters in Chicago, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, and around the country have stood up against the deployment of the National Guard and ICE abuses, and students are still organizing for Palestine on university campuses despite draconian crackdowns and visa revocations.
People gather facing law enforcement after marching through downtown Austin, Texas at the conclusion of the "No Kings Day" demonstration in the US, June 11, 2026.
Buoyed by popular resistance, South Korean parliamentarians impeached their president to prevent him from grabbing power through martial law. Grassroots aid efforts by Sudan’s emergency response rooms, Hong Kong’s fire relief, Sri Lanka’s cyclone relief community kitchens, and Ukrainian mutual aid and solidarity collectives represent the best of this trend.
In 2025, Gen Z protests against corruption, inadequate public services, and poor governance in Nepal, Indonesia, and Morocco brought to the forefront the need for governments to listen to their youth and tackle corruption and inequality. But as the difficulties of restoring rights in Bangladesh after years under an authoritarian government illustrates, gains won through public mobilization can easily be lost unless democratic participation and free expression remain unassailable.
People take part in a youth-led protest against corruption and calling for education and healthcare reforms, in Rabat, Morocco, June 11, 2026.
Demonstrators outside Nepal's Parliament during a protest in Kathmandu condemning social media prohibitions and corruption by the government, June 11, 2026.
In this more hostile world, civil society is more critical than ever. It’s also increasingly endangered, particularly in an environment where funding is scarce. In 2025, Human Rights Watch was labeled “undesirable” and banned from operating in Russia. For partners in Egypt, Hong Kong, and India, these tactics are all too familiar. Restrictions on civil society and protest have become more commonplace in Europe, including the UK and France. And now, for the first time, many worry about risks associated with their operational presence in the US, where the Open Society Foundations, a major donor, have already been threatened, and the administration is preparing a list of “domestic terrorists” under overbroad guidance that could be interpreted to include the work of many progressive groups.
Breaking the authoritarian wave and standing up for human rights is a generational challenge. In 2026, it will play out most acutely in the US, with far-reaching consequences for the rest of the world. Fighting back will require a determined, strategic, and coordinated reaction from voters, civil society, multilateral institutions, and rights-respecting governments around the globe.
요청핫산 탄지로 사망회귀하는 만와2 귀멸의 칼날 마이너., Human Rights Watch’s 36th annual review of human rights practices and trends around the globe, reviews developments in more than 100 countries.