** Report Details Trump’s Rapid Escalation Toward Authoritarianism in First Year of Second Term
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Exactly a year into President Donald Trump’s second term in office, a leading human rights group on Tuesday released a report cataloging the administration’s rapid escalation of authoritarian practices—and outlining the steps that can and must be taken in the US to halt Trump’s attacks on immigrants and refugees, the press, protesters, and his political opponents.

Amnesty International’s report, titled Ringing the Alarm Bells: Rising Authoritarian Practices and Erosion of Human Rights in the United States, details 12 interlocking areas in which the president is “cracking the pillars of a free society.”
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