r/humanrights • • 12d ago

POLITICS Trump administration shifts funds from human rights to supporting far-right causes

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r/humanrights • • Jul 23 '26

POLITICS Right wingers cherry pick videos to make minorities look bad

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r/humanrights • • Jan 20 '25

POLITICS 2025 President Trumps Inauguration Speech On Gender

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I’m speechless that our President of the United States thinks that there are only 2 genders. What a “slap in the face” to intersex humans. 😡 this is so embarrassing.

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r/humanrights • • Feb 21 '26

POLITICS College is Failing Everyone

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r/humanrights • • Feb 16 '26

POLITICS Reuters: "In Trump’s war on global justice, court staff and U.N. face terrorist‑grade sanctions" | Mike Waltz (Trump's US Ambassador to UN): "I’m glad she [UN Special Rapporteur for Palestine, Francesca Albanese] can’t get a credit card and I’m glad she can’t get a visa to come to the United States"

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r/humanrights • • Feb 03 '26

POLITICS Mother Jones: "ICE Deportation Flights Are Getting Longer and Crueler: A private equity–owned airline profits off Trump’s migrant crackdown."

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r/humanrights • • Jan 24 '26

POLITICS 'Rising Authoritarian Practices & Erosion of Human Rights in the US' | "The Trump administration’s efforts to intimidate, silence, and punish protesters and critics, restrict the press and reshape access to information, and systematically erode the rule of law are creating a human rights emergency."

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r/humanrights • • Jan 08 '26

POLITICS I asked AI to write a fair HRW report on the facts of the killing of Renee Good

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United States: Federal Agents Execute Civilian, Brand Mother a "Terrorist"

Regime Officials Praise Lethal Force Against Unarmed Poet; Local Leaders Silenced

(New York) – Federal security forces operating under the direct command of the central administration shot and killed 37-year-old poet and mother Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026, Human Rights Watch said today. The killing, characterized by high-ranking regime officials as a counter-terrorism operation, underscores the unchecked power of federal paramilitaries operating within domestic borders.

State Narrative vs. Visual Evidence

Following the extrajudicial killing, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)—the central interior ministry responsible for the agents—issued a statement claiming the victim was an imminent threat. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem praised the gunman, stating that the agent "acted quickly and defensively" against a woman she alleged had "attempted to run them over and rammed them with her vehicle."

However, video footage verified by independent observers contradicts the state’s account. The footage shows agents surrounding Good's vehicle in a residential area, shouting conflicting orders. As Good attempted to maneuver her vehicle away from the armed men, an agent positioned near the front of the car fired three shots directly into her head.

Despite the visual evidence, the head of the central government, President Donald Trump, released a statement through state-aligned media channels reinforcing the security forces' impunity. He claimed, without providing evidence, that Good "violently, willfully, and viciously ran over the ICE Officer," and labeled the mother of three a "professional agitator."

Weaponization of Rhetoric

In a disturbing escalation of rhetoric common in security states, central authorities have preemptively categorized the civilian victim as a combatant. A DHS spokesperson officially described the poet’s actions as an "act of domestic terrorism."

"Labeling a frightened mother a 'terrorist' after shooting her in the face is a tactic designed to chill dissent and justify state violence," said a researcher at Human Rights Watch. "This rhetoric effectively places federal agents above the law, granting them a license to kill anyone they deem 'disorderly'."

Breakdown of Local Authority

The deployment of federal forces has created a fracture between the central security apparatus and local governance. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, representing the local municipality, publicly rejected the central government's justification, calling the "terrorism" designation "garbage." He further stated that federal agents are "sowing chaos on our streets, and in this case, quite literally killing people."

Despite local objections, the federal administration has blocked local investigators from accessing evidence, a move typical of regimes seeking to shield security forces from independent oversight.

Recommendations

Human Rights Watch calls for an immediate, international independent inquiry into the killing of Renee Good. The US administration must cease the use of "terrorism" laws to justify police shootings and ensure that security forces are held accountable under international human rights standards.

r/humanrights • • Dec 10 '25

POLITICS Exclusive: US threatens new ICC sanctions unless court pledges not to prosecute Trump | Reuters reports that a Trump official said that the US also wants the ICC to end its probes into Israeli leaders over Gaza & Americans over Afghanistan, & that the US may sanction ICC officials & the ICC itself.

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r/humanrights • • Dec 10 '25

POLITICS Rights Groups Sue Trump Administration for Legal Justification of Deadly Boat Strikes | "[ACLU], the Center for Constitutional Rights, and the New York Civil Liberties Union today filed a lawsuit […] seeking the immediate release of […] documents related to President Trump’s illegal lethal strikes…"

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r/humanrights • • Nov 06 '25

POLITICS BBC News: US boat strikes are crimes against humanity, says former ICC prosecutor | "The BBC has repeatedly asked the Pentagon for names of … those targeted, but none have been given."

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r/humanrights • • Dec 12 '25

POLITICS ICE is flat-out torturing people at Alligator Alcatraz and ICE's Krome Processing Center in Florida.

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Credit: Democracy Now!

r/humanrights • • Dec 08 '25

POLITICS Exodus From State Department Legal Office Could Heighten Risk Of Trump Admin Breaking The Law

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r/humanrights • • Nov 25 '25

POLITICS This Palestinian human rights group was sanctioned by Trump. Its chief wishes US allies would take a stand | The Guardian: "US-based human rights and Palestinian advocacy groups that have collaborated with Al-Haq in the past are now afraid to do so." | Jabarin: "I feel a deep, deep pain in my heart"

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r/humanrights • • Sep 19 '25

POLITICS Trump has pulled the US out of its UN human rights review | "This unprecedented refusal to participate in the UN’s Universal Periodic Review procedure […] represents an extraordinary undermining of human rights accountability and evasion of any international scrutiny of the U.S. human right record."

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r/humanrights • • Nov 16 '25

POLITICS Urgent news US attempt to

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r/humanrights • • Nov 13 '25

POLITICS Reuters: DOJ drafts legal opinion backing immunity for US troops involved in boat strikes, sources say

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r/humanrights • • Sep 30 '25

POLITICS Currently in morroco, the killing of a young man by being run over

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Please spread the word young people all over morocco are being oppressed,kidnaped and killed

r/humanrights • • Oct 23 '25

POLITICS US axes website for reporting human rights abuses by US-armed foreign forces | BBC: "The US State Department has removed an online portal for reporting alleged human rights violations by foreign military units supplied with American weapons."

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r/humanrights • • Oct 28 '25

POLITICS As Trump talks of designating antifa a foreign terrorist group, experts see danger

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r/humanrights • • Sep 05 '25

POLITICS US sanctions against Palestinian NGOs a blatant attack on human rights | "The Trump administration’s decision to impose sanctions against three prominent Palestinian human rights organizations is a deeply troubling and shameful assault on human rights and the global pursuit of justice."

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r/humanrights • • Sep 16 '25

POLITICS UN declared genocide

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r/humanrights • • Sep 18 '25

POLITICS POLITICO: Former GOP officials fear US strikes on alleged drug smugglers aren't legal

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r/humanrights • • Sep 23 '25

POLITICS Safeguarding Human Rights Must Be Integral to the ICC Office of the Prosecutor’s Approach to Tech-Enabled Crimes

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r/humanrights • • Sep 10 '25

POLITICS Amid escalating attacks in Gaza, UN rights chief calls on US to withdraw sanctions against Palestinian rights groups

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