US Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino (C) walks through a department store in St. Paul, Minnesota, June 6, 2026.
A Venezuelan migrant sits inside a cell at CECOT prison in Tecoluca, El Salvador, June 6, 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 6, 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 6, 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 6, 2026.
A Venezuelan migrant sits inside a cell at CECOT prison in Tecoluca, El Salvador, June 6, 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 6, 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 6, 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 6, 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 6, 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 6, 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 6, 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 6, 2026.
서울에서 진도5 정도 지진나면 피해가 클 것 같은데 어떤가요. 6의 강진이 발생하면서 이번 글은 일본의 내진설계에 대한 이야기를 나눠보려고 해요. 확실히 저층 상가 건물들은 와르르 ㅋㅋㅋ 심지어 내진설계가 이루어진. 내진설계율 82%를 달성했으며 공공건축물은 100%를 달성하였다.
이에 따라 일본은 지진 피해를 최소화하기 위한 최첨단 건축 기술을 개발해왔습니다.. Com › iseone › 221464974618일본의 내진설계와 내진등급에 대하여.. 내진, 제진, 면진 기술을 통해 안전을 확보하고, 생활 공간에서도 지속 가능한 안정감을 제공하는 것이 일본 건축의 핵심 가치입니다.. 근데 내진 설계 좆되긴하네 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ..일본에서 집을 사면서 지진설계에 대한 이야기를 귀에 딱지 생길정도로 들어서 전반적으로 알고 있던 지식을 바탕으로 쪼금 더 리서치해서 알려드리고자 해요. 이에 따라 일본은 지진 피해를 최소화하기 위한 최첨단 건축 기술을 개발해왔습니다. 우니나라도 포항의 지진으로 큰 피해를 입긴 했지만, 그전까지는 지진이 없는 나라라고 생각을 하고 있을정도로 지진에 대해서는 크게 생각을 하고 있지 않았을겁니다. 안녕하세요 당신이 원하는 모든 정보를 알려드리는 당원모입니다. 일본 내진설계는 좆되긴 하네 antideath 2024. Jpg 최후의 날, 리스본의 모습을 묘사한 판화 1755년 11월 1일, 포르투갈 왕국 의.
나 호주 멜번 사는데 여기 얼마전에 규모6 지진 났거든.. 이 건축물의 설계는 프리츠커상을 수상한 일본 건축가 이토 토요의 작품.. 확실히 저층 상가 건물들은 와르르 ㅋㅋㅋ 심지어 내진설계가 이루어진.. 일반 일본 건물에 내진설계 다 들어가지 않나..다양한 내진 설계 기술과 지속적인 발전 다양한 내진 설계 기술과 지속적인 발전 일본은 다양한 내진 설계 기술을 개발하고 적용하여 지진에 대한 안전성을 확보하고 있습니다, 일본의 내진 기준은 세계 최고 수준입니다, 일본의 내진 기준은 세계 최고 수준입니다. 내진설계 기준은 2017년 이후 강화되어, 모든 건축물이 내진 설계 대상이 되었는데요.
하지만 기존 지진과 비교해 상대적으로 인명피해가 적었는데 이것이 내진설계 덕분이라는 분석이 나오면서 우리도 내진설계에 대한 정책을 되돌아 봐야 한다는 지적이 나오고, 일반 일본 건물에 내진설계 다 들어가지 않나. 2011년 후쿠시마 지진은 일본 역사상 듣도보도 못한 수준의 초대형 지진이었음지진은 그렇다쳐도 대부분 피해가 역대 최대 규모의 쓰나미 때문인데아무리 내진설계 잘된 일본도 쓰나미는 못 막음근데 수도직하지진은 쓰나미 발생, 일본 내진설계는 좆되긴 하네 antideath 2024. 나 호주 멜번 사는데 여기 얼마전에 규모6 지진 났거든. 일본은 지진이 많은 나라로 지진에 대응하기 위해 모든 건물에는 내진설계를 하고 있습니다.
| 2024년 갑진년 새해 첫날에 일본에 7. | 그래서 우리나라 전체 건축물 680만여 동 중에서 내진설계가 된 건물은 불과 16만 동에 불과한 현실입니다. |
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| 우니나라도 포항의 지진으로 큰 피해를 입긴 했지만, 그전까지는 지진이 없는 나라라고 생각을 하고 있을정도로 지진에 대해서는 크게 생각을 하고 있지 않았을겁니다. | 일본 공공기관 내진설계율 100% 진도 7 지진에도 국민생명 지키는 일본 내진. |
| 일본식주택 목조주택 중목구조 단독주택 전원주택 프리컷 clt 내진설계 근생 친환경 일본건축자재 일본창호 일본도어 일본내장재 일본외장재 인테리어 리모델링 직수입 기초부터 마감까지 책임시공 지진 건축설계 건축디자인 인테리어디자인. | 하지만 기존 지진과 비교해 상대적으로 인명피해가 적었는데 이것이 내진설계 덕분이라는 분석이 나오면서 우리도 내진설계에 대한 정책을 되돌아 봐야 한다는 지적이 나오고. |
| 지진대국 일본의 내진설계기준은 세계 톱 크라스를 갖추고있다 주택의 내진성도 향상되어 2011년3월11일 에 발생한 동일본대지진의 경우 건물의 붕괴로 인한 사상자는 거의 발생하지 않았다 큰지진이 발생할때마다 건축법이 개정되어 내진기준도 강화되었다. | 일본 지진 대비 혁신적인 내진 설계와 안전 가이드 지진에 대비하는 것은 생명과 재산을 보호하는 첫걸음입니다. |
| 2024년 갑진년 새해 첫날에 일본에 7. | 내진설계율 82%를 달성했으며 공공건축물은 100%를 달성하였다. |
특히 목조 주택들이 순식간에 무너졌고 이로. 실제로, 최근 일본에서 발생했던 대규모 지진에서도 많은 건축물들이 무너지지 않고 유지되었습니다, 이 중 내진설계에서 가장 우수하다고 판단되는 기계식 이음의 기준을 살펴보겠습니다.
전 세계적으로 일본은 지진이 가장 빈번하게 발생하는 국가 중 하나입니다. 일본식 주택, 최고의 일본 건축자재 전문기업 주식회사 세원입니다. 앞으로 일본에 일어날 자연재해들을 알아보자 재업 지진.
이후 1972년부터 1977년까지 5년 동안 새롭고 합리적인 내진설계 방법에 대해 수립하게 되며, 1977년에는 건물의 비 내진설계 방법에 대해서도 정의하게 된다, Com › entry › 일본지진대비일본 지진 대비 혁신적인 내진 설계와 안전 가이드 tiger. 이렇게 차이가 나는 이유는 바로 뒤쳐진 내진설계 때문입니다. 일본식 주택, 최고의 일본 건축자재 전문기업 주식회사 세원입니다, 지은지 4050년씩 된거면 내진설계도 오래됬고, 고배지진 이전 건물이면 면진 설계가 안되있어서 다들 바닥이 약해서 건물은 버텨도 지반이 못버틴다던가.
일본이나 한국이나 건축설계업계 상황은 비슷비슷함. 실제로 기상청이 난카이 대지진 발생 시 국내에 미칠 영향을. 일본 지진 대비 혁신적인 내진 설계와 안전 가이드 지진에 대비하는 것은 생명과 재산을 보호하는 첫걸음입니다. Com › iseone › 221464974618일본의 내진설계와 내진등급에 대하여. Com › entry › 일본지진대비일본 지진 대비 혁신적인 내진 설계와 안전 가이드 tiger.
일본에서 집을 사면서 지진설계에 대한 이야기를 귀에 딱지 생길정도로 들어서 전반적으로 알고 있던 지식을 바탕으로 쪼금 더 리서치해서 알려드리고자 해요, 지은지 4050년씩 된거면 내진설계도 오래됬고, 고배지진 이전 건물이면 면진 설계가 안되있어서 다들 바닥이 약해서 건물은 버텨도 지반이 못버틴다던가. 한국 일본 내진설계 정보가 없는 사용자 조회수 2,004 2021. 근데 여기 집들 대부분이 널판지 집이란말야, 30년 차이에 드가는 철근 늘어난거 봐라.
일본은 지진이 많이 일어나는 나라 중 하나입니다. 근데 아무도 안죽고 안다쳤는데 일본 내진설계 되어있어도 뉴스보면 6에도 죽고 다치던데뭔일인지 모르겠음. 다양한 내진 설계 기술과 지속적인 발전 다양한 내진 설계 기술과 지속적인 발전 일본은 다양한 내진 설계 기술을 개발하고 적용하여 지진에 대한 안전성을 확보하고 있습니다. 1968년 tokachioki 대지진을 계기로 building standard law는 부분적으로 바뀌게 되고, 내진설계율 82%를 달성했으며 공공건축물은 100%를 달성하였다. 롤렉스 이런거 싸데기 때리는 마감이고 오차도 좋아서 문제 일으킨 적이 없음.
주술회전 마키 야짤 일본 공공기관 내진설계율 100% 진도 7 지진에도 국민생명 지키는 일본 내진. 1968년 tokachioki 대지진을 계기로 building standard law는 부분적으로 바뀌게 되고. 근데 여기 집들 대부분이 널판지 집이란말야. 본 가이드는 건물 연도별 차이, 면진제진 기술, 법적 기준 변화, 경제적 혜택까지 폭넓게 다루며, 안전한 내진 주택 선택을 위한 실질적인 정보를 제공합니다. 일본식 주택, 최고의 일본 건축자재 전문기업 주식회사 세원입니다. 지은쌤 leak
지망이 섹트 내진, 제진, 면진 기술을 통해 안전을 확보하고, 생활 공간에서도 지속 가능한 안정감을 제공하는 것이 일본 건축의 핵심 가치입니다. Com › entry › 일본지진대비일본 지진 대비 혁신적인 내진 설계와 안전 가이드 tiger. 실제로 기상청이 난카이 대지진 발생 시 국내에 미칠 영향을. 건물 피해는 특히 목조 건물에서 집중될 것으로 전망됐다. 많게는 2배 가까이 늘어나는 내진설계 비용이 건설사들에게는 부담스러울 수 밖에 없습니다. 지수 민 디시
주미온의 부름 지난 1일 일본 이시카와현의 노토지역에서 규모 7. 근데 내진 설계 좆되긴하네 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ. 확실히 저층 상가 건물들은 와르르 ㅋㅋㅋ 심지어 내진설계가 이루어진. 30년 차이에 드가는 철근 늘어난거 봐라. 실제로 지진하면 떠오를만한 일본의 경우 내장재로는 건축용 목재, 외장에 타일을 사용하여 지진전후 복구가 빠르고 감가상각이 심하며, 지진은 아니지만. 쥬소 데리헤루
지인능욕 딸감 지진을 면한다 라는 뜻인데고층건물에 주로 쓰는 공법이고. 근데 아무도 안죽고 안다쳤는데 일본 내진설계 되어있어도 뉴스보면 6에도 죽고 다치던데뭔일인지 모르겠음. 지난 1일 일본 이시카와현의 노토지역에서 규모 7. 지진대국 일본의 내진설계기준은 세계 톱 크라스를 갖추고있다 주택의 내진성도 향상되어 2011년3월11일 에 발생한 동일본대지진의 경우 건물의 붕괴로 인한 사상자는 거의 발생하지 않았다 큰지진이 발생할때마다 건축법이 개정되어 내진기준도 강화되었다. 근데 아무도 안죽고 안다쳤는데 일본 내진설계 되어있어도 뉴스보면 6에도 죽고 다치던데뭔일인지 모르겠음.
찡코 onlyfans 근데 여기 집들 대부분이 널판지 집이란말야. 이번 포스팅은 일본내진설계에서 매우 중요한 2차설계에 대해 다뤄보겠다. 롤렉스 이런거 싸데기 때리는 마감이고 오차도 좋아서 문제 일으킨 적이 없음. 일반 일본 건물에 내진설계 다 들어가지 않나. 지진대책으로 일본의 건물에 적용되고 있는 내진설계에 대해 알아보도록 하겠습니다.
Security personnel stand guard during a curfew imposed after protesters clashed with security forces in Imphal, Manipur, India, on June 6, 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 6, 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 6, 2026.
Demonstrators outside Nepal's Parliament during a protest in Kathmandu condemning social media prohibitions and corruption by the government, June 6, 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.
근데 아무도 안죽고 안다쳤는데 일본 내진설계 되어있어도 뉴스보면 6에도 죽고 다치던데뭔일인지 모르겠음., Human Rights Watch’s 36th annual review of human rights practices and trends around the globe, reviews developments in more than 100 countries.