US: Trump’s First Year Sets Back Rights

Expand Several hundred thousand people march down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC, during the Women's March, January 21, 2017. © 2017 Reuters (Washington, DC) – The first year of US President Donald Trump’s administration was marked by a sharp regression in government efforts to protect and promote a range of human rights, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2018. The Trump administration made policy changes that have harmed refugees and immigrants, undermined police accountability for abuse, and rolled back women’s rights, including access to important health services.…

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