Amnesty International Releases Its Annual Report on Human Rights Abuses Around the World Ryan Biek - Newsy
go to original February 23, 2017

A human rights watchdog says President Donald Trump has something in common with the leaders of Turkey, Hungary and the Philippines: the "politics of demonization."

Amnesty International, a nonpartisan organization, released its annual report on global abuses this week. It says one of the most dangerous threats facing human rights is an "us versus them" mentality.

Amnesty's secretary general said, "Whether it is Trump, [Hungary's Viktor] Orbán, [Turkey's Recip Tayyip] Erdogan or [the Philippines' Rodrigo] Duterte, more and more politicians calling themselves anti-establishment are wielding a toxic agenda that hounds, scapegoats and dehumanizes entire groups of people."

The report also criticized former President Barack Obama for his reliance on drone strikes, mass surveillance and failure to close Guantanamo Bay, which has been accused of human rights abuses.

But the group says this recent trend involves "narratives of blame, hate and fear" that haven't been this prevalent since the 1930s.

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