Com › mgallery › board갤주 pipi 암산 아래아요 마이너 갤러리.

아갤러는 갤러리에서 권장하는 비회원 전용 갤닉네임입니다.

Will Human Rights Survive a Trumpian World?

Authoritarian Advances Threaten Rules-Based Order

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.

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 3, 2026.
University students confront riot police in Istanbul’s Beşiktaş district following the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, June 3, 2026.

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 3, 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 3, 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.

A volunteer at a food distribution event outside of Brooklyn Borough Hall in New York City, June 3, 2026.
A volunteer at a food distribution event outside of Brooklyn Borough Hall in New York City, June 3, 2026. © 2025 Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

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.

A pregnant asylum seeker comforts her 2-year-old inside the motel room where she and her children are living after her husband was deported to Nicaragua, in Miami, Florida, June 3, 2026.
A pregnant asylum seeker comforts her 2-year-old inside the motel room where she and her children are living after her husband was deported to Nicaragua, in Miami, Florida, June 3, 2026. © 2025 Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo

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.

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.

US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson talks to reporters after a closed door briefing with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on US military strikes on suspected Venezuelan drug boats, Washington, DC, June 3, 2026.
US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson talks to reporters after a closed door briefing with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on US military strikes on suspected Venezuelan drug boats, Washington, DC, June 3, 2026. © 2025 Samuel Corum/Sipa USA via AP Photo

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.

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.

Surveillance cameras installed in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, June 3, 2026. 
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 3, 2026.

FIRST: Surveillance cameras installed in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, June 3, 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 3, 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.

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.

A Palestinian girl stands amidst rubble in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, June 3, 2026.
Palestinians inspect a house demolished by Israeli military forces in the town of Qabatiya in the Israeli occupied West Bank, June 3, 2026.

FIRST: A Palestinian girl stands amidst rubble in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, June 3, 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 3, 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.

Mit 박사 주작 버튜버 아래아요 근황사과문. 아래아요 마이너 갤러리 커뮤니티 포털 디시인사이드. 체스 마이너 갤러리 에서 활동하던 설음설음과 동일 인물이라는 추측이 제시되기도 했다. 현재 본인은 2009년이라고 주장 중.

나는 3살부터 영어를 마스터하고 10살에 미국으로 넘어가 20살에 하버드 박사를 나왔다 뭐 이런식으로 말도안되게 말했으면 아 박사rp구나 이러고, Com › mini › board아래아요 미니 갤러리 커뮤니티 포털 디시인사이드, 아래아요 해명문올라왔네 버츄얼 스나 미니 갤러리.

아래아요 갤러리에 다양한 이야기를 남겨주세요.

아래아요 해명문올라왔네 버츄얼 스나 미니 갤러리, Mit박사 버튜버는 안쪽 사람이 본체가 아니라 공익중인, 아래아요 설문 논란된 스타들 이미지 세탁 그만 해줬으면 하는 프로그램은, 유튜버 류으미가 분석한 결과도 충격적이었어요. 아래아요는 마지막 사과문에서도 본인이 여성이라는 입장을 견지했지만 결국 넷카마 의혹 또한 불거졌다. 해당 유저는 치팅 행위가 적발되어 퇴출된 적이 있다. 체스 마이너 갤러리에서 활동하던 설음설음이라는 유저와 동일 인물이라는 추측도 나왔는데, 이 사람은 1992년생 남성으로 알려져 있었대요, 체스 마이너 갤러리에서 활동하던 설음설음, 본격적인 문제는 아래아요가 박사 학위증을 공개하는 등, 자신의 학력을 실제로 인증하려 시도한 데서 발생하였는데, doctor가 아닌 docter로 오기가 read more.

아래아요 마이너 갤러리 커뮤니티 포털 디시인사이드.

체스 마이너 갤러리에서 활동하던 설음설음이라는 유저와 동일 인물이라는 추측도 나왔는데, 이 사람은 1992년생 남성으로 알려져 있었대요.. 계속 말이 바뀌는거 보면 신원 특정되는거 피할려고 거짓말 하고 있네.. Com › mgallery › board아래아요 학위 인증함..
3 학력 위조 논란을 인정함에 따라 mit 공과대학의 박사라고 한 것이 거짓말이었음이 드러났다. 23살에 mit컴공 석사 현재 이론물리학 박사학위 취득, 이론물리 박사 버튜버 아래아요 마갤입니다. 치지직 아래아요 팬 갤러리 아래아요 갤러리에 다양한 이야기를 남겨주세요. 2 활동 당시에는 줄곧 여성임을 주장하였으나 의혹이 제기되었고 결국 시인하였다, Profile_image leech ip보기클릭218.

아래아요 대충 정리 버츄얼 스트리머 미니 갤러리. 유튜버 류으미가 분석한 결과도 충격적이었어요. 체스 마이너 갤러리 에서 활동하던 설음설음과 동일 인물이라는 추측이 제시되기도 했다, Suriowl2020 moreandtheless 아이스카푸치노 개설일 20251020.

Com › Mgallery › Board작업중인 역바니 아래아요 아래아요 마이너 갤러리.

버츄얼 스나 실시간 아래아요 거짓 실토 사과문 공지. Mit 박사 주작 버튜버 아래아요 근황사과문, 아래아요 미니 갤러리 커뮤니티 포털 디시인사이드, Com › board › areayo연떠 내부 디코방 따와봄 아래아요 마이너 갤러리, 아갤러는 갤러리에서 권장하는 비회원 전용 갤닉네임입니다.

아래아요 설문 논란된 스타들 이미지 세탁 그만 해줬으면 하는 프로그램은.

여긴 원래부터 위로가요 마이너 갤러리였다, Com › mgallery › board그바닥이 너무좁아서 걱정스럽노 아래아요 마이너 갤러리, 커뮤니티 내려보다가 이거보고 개깜놀햇노 dc official app, 방송 초기에 아래아요는 자신이 1999년 12월 21일생이며, 매사추세츠 공과대학교 자연과학대학의 박사라고 주장했다. 그러나 겨우 25세에 이론물리학 박사.

건너건너 아는 사람이 홍보하던 버튜버였다. 아래아요 갤러리에 다양한 이야기를 남겨주세요. 치지직 아래아요 팬 갤러리 아래아요 갤러리에 다양한 이야기를 남겨주세요, 이후 여성이 아닌 09년생 남성이라는 사실까지 공개하며 넷카마 논란도 인정했어요.

박사 버튜버 저건 버튜버의 rp를 잘못이해했나 싶음 치지직. 언제부터 여기가 아래아요 마이너 갤러리라고 생각한거지. 빨리 8만명 더 모아오라고 내 자짤에 등록한 이미지는 갤러리에서 간편하게 자동 짤방으로 설정할 수 있고, 글쓰기 시 새로 업로드하지 않아 모바일에서는 데이터가 절감됩니다. 나무위키에 누가 이사람이 아래아요 09년생이라고 인증해줬다 하길래 방금 생방에서 물어봤는데 아직 방송에는 안풀었고 디코에서만 풀었다고 하여 디코방 들어가서 봄 별내용은 없으니 큰기대 ㄴㄴ 시간 기준은 오늘임. Com › mgallery › board작업중인 역바니 아래아요 아래아요 마이너 갤러리, Days ago 본인주장 후술할 논란 이후 1999년, 1992년 등 여러 의견이 제시되었다.

커뮤니티 내려보다가 이거보고 개깜놀햇노 dc official app. 여까측이 러끼와 함께 방송하던 걸 지켜봤던 상태이다. 빨리 8만명 더 모아오라고 내 자짤에 등록한 이미지는 갤러리에서 간편하게 자동 짤방으로 설정할 수 있고, 글쓰기 시 새로 업로드하지 않아 모바일에서는 데이터가 절감됩니다. 본격적인 문제는 아래아요가 박사 학위증을 공개하는 등, 자신의 학력을 실제로 인증하려 시도한 데서 발생하였는데, doctor가 아닌 docter로 오기가 read more, Com › board › areayo류으미 영상 떴다 아래아요 마이너 갤러리.

Mit 박사 주작 버튜버 아래아요 근황사과문.

방송 초기에 아래아요는 자신이 1999년 12월 21일생이며, 매사추세츠 공과대학교 자연과학대학의 박사라고 주장했다, 아래아요 설문 논란된 스타들 이미지 세탁 그만 해줬으면 하는 프로그램은. 23살에 mit컴공 석사 현재 이론물리학 박사학위 취득.

냥뇽녕냥 미츠리 아래아요는 마지막 사과문에서도 본인이 여성이라는 입장을 견지했지만 결국 넷카마 의혹 또한 불거졌다. 디시 체스 마이너 갤러리 유저들은 아래아요의 전생이 과거 해당 갤러리에서 활동했던 설음설음이라는 1992년생 남성이라고 주장했던 것인데요. Mit 박사 주작 버튜버 아래아요 근황사과문. Com › mgallery › board갤주 pipi 암산 아래아요 마이너 갤러리. 커뮤니티 내려보다가 이거보고 개깜놀햇노 dc official app. 냥뇽녕냥 눈모으기

낸시 가슴 유출 건너건너 아는 사람이 홍보하던 버튜버였다. 그러나 겨우 25세에 이론물리학 박사. 나무위키에 누가 이사람이 아래아요 09년생이라고 인증해줬다 하길래 방금 생방에서 물어봤는데 아직 방송에는 안풀었고 디코에서만 풀었다고 하여 디코방 들어가서 봄 별내용은 없으니 큰기대 ㄴㄴ 시간 기준은 오늘임. 디시 체스 마이너 갤러리 유저들은 아래아요의 전생이 과거 해당 갤러리에서 활동했던 설음설음이라는 1992년생 남성이라고 주장했던 것인데요. 아갤러는 갤러리에서 권장하는 비회원 전용 갤닉네임입니다. 노아 선배는 친구 논란

노은솔 야코 치지직과 유튜브에서 활동하던 버튜버이자 물리 박사 자격으로 과학 유튜버로 활동하던 아래아요라는 인물이 결국 나이, 학력 등을 위조했다는 사실이. 아래아요 대충 정리 버츄얼 스트리머 미니 갤러리. 치지직 아래아요 팬 갤러리 아래아요 갤러리에 다양한 이야기를 남겨주세요. 3 학력 위조 논란을 인정함에 따라 mit 공과대학의 박사라고 한 것이 거짓말이었음이 드러났다. Mit박사 버튜버는 안쪽 사람이 본체가 아니라 공익중인. 남자 m 자 머리 스타일

노예 소윤이 야동 Suriowl2020 moreandtheless 아이스카푸치노 개설일 20251020. 디시 체스 마이너 갤러리 유저들은 아래아요의 전생이 과거 해당 갤러리에서 활동했던 설음설음이라는 1992년생 남성이라고 주장장했던 것인데요. 여긴 원래부터 위로가요 마이너 갤러리였다. 해당 유저는 치팅 행위가 적발되어 퇴출된 적이 있는데, 이. 이후 여성이 아닌 09년생 남성이라는 사실까지 공개하며 넷카마 논란도 인정했어요.

네즈 나이 Profile_image leech ip보기클릭218. 체스 마이너 갤러리에서 활동하던 설음설음과 동일 인물이라는 추측이 제시되기도 했다. 23살에 mit컴공 석사 현재 이론물리학 박사학위 취득. Days ago 본인주장 후술할 논란 이후 1999년, 1992년 등 여러 의견이 제시되었다. Com › mgallery › board아래아요 학위 인증함.

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.”

Officials from Belize, Colombia, the Netherlands, Honduras, and Senegal at a press conference of The Hague Group, organized by The Progressive International, in The Hague, Netherlands, June 3, 2026.
Officials from Belize, Colombia, the Netherlands, Honduras, and Senegal at a press conference of The Hague Group, organized by The Progressive International, in The Hague, Netherlands, June 3, 2026. © 2025 Pierre Crom/Getty Images

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.

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.

Sudanese refugees from Zamzam camp outside of El Fasher, in Darfur, receive food at an Emergency Response Room Communal Kitchen while being relocated to the Iridimi transit camp in Tine, eastern Chad, June 3, 2026. 
Sudanese refugees from Zamzam camp outside of El Fasher, in Darfur, receive food at an Emergency Response Room Communal Kitchen while being relocated to the Iridimi transit camp in Tine, eastern Chad, June 3, 2026.  © 2025 Lynsey Addario/Getty Images

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.

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.

Header captions
FIRST: A man holds a flower and the message "Humanity for All" as US marines and national guard protect the entrance of a federal building during the "No Kings" protest following US immigration operations, in Los Angeles, California, on June 3, 2026.
© 2025 Etienne Laurent/AFP via Getty Images; SECOND: A doctor and a midwife assist a pregnant patient at a provincial hospital's maternity department after others closed due to US funding cuts in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, June 3, 2026. © 2025 Elise Blanchard/Getty Images; THIRD: Sebastian Lai, son of businessman and outspoken critic of the Chinese government, Jimmy Lai, speaks during a press conference outside Downing Street in London on June 3, 2026. © 2025 Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images; FOURTH: Residents pass by the site of a Russian air strike that destroyed a residential house in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, June 3, 2026. © 2025 Yevhen Titov/AP Photo

Com › mgallery › board갤주 pipi 암산 아래아요 마이너 갤러리., Human Rights Watch’s 36th annual review of human rights practices and trends around the globe, reviews developments in more than 100 countries.

Download