President Donald Trump’s second presidency has ushered in an escalating human rights crisis. “President Trump has led with cruelty and chaos,” says Paul O’Brien, Amnesty USA’s Executive Director. “The Trump administration has fully embraced authoritarian tactics.”
In the face of hostility towards those defending human rights, Amnesty International is pushing back against the president’s discriminatory policies and dangerous rhetoric. Since Trump’s return to office, Amnesty has taken action to oppose many of the president’s worst actions including: his targeting of immigrants through mass deportations; his attacks on freedom of expression and the right to protest; his undermining of the rule of law by disregarding court orders, threatening judges and attacking law firms; his undermining of press freedom by targeting journalists and suing media outlets; his attacks on the rights of women and LGBTQIA+ communities; and his marginalizing of Black and other racialized communities.
