Nov 15, 2025
Most ViewedIs USA fascist now?
Scholars, journalists, activists and think‑tanks disagree sharply on whether the United States “is fascist now.” Some analysts and advocacy groups characterize the Trump administration and Project 202...
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Most ViewedIn what ways is the Trump administration acting in a fascist way?
The question asks not whether Donald Trump is definitively “a fascist” but in what concrete ways his administration’s actions resemble hallmarks of fascist or proto‑fascist movements; reporting shows ...
Nov 17, 2025
Most ViewedWhat did the Biden administration do to undermine civil liberties
Critics and watchdogs say the Biden administration both strengthened some civil liberties and took or defended actions others view as undermining them; complaints focus on surveillance law defense, pa...
Oct 30, 2025
Which countries are currently on the human rights watchlist?
CIVICUS’s 2025 Watchlists and Amnesty International’s 2025 annual review document a shifting set of countries flagged for serious civic and human rights concerns; CIVICUS lists multiple countries acro...
Oct 22, 2025
Is USA on human watchlist
The claim that "the USA is on a human watchlist" is supported by multiple watchdog reports in 2025 that placed the United States on formal monitoring lists and highlighted worsening civil liberties, b...
Dec 15, 2025
How is Civicus funded and who are its major donors?
CIVICUS funds its work through a mix of government donors, philanthropic foundations and member-led mechanisms: recent reporting and CIVICUS materials list the Netherlands and Denmark Ministries of Fo...
Dec 11, 2025
How does the US rank in terms of human rights compared to other developed countries?
The United States ranks highly on many international freedom and human-rights indices compared with most of the world, but several leading monitors — including Freedom House, V‑Dem/Our World in Data, ...
Dec 16, 2025
What actions has Donald Trump taken that critics call authoritarian?
Critics point to a range of actions by Donald Trump in 2025 that they say mirror classic authoritarian tactics: invoking wartime powers to deport people without ordinary due process, preparing U.S. mi...
Nov 19, 2025
Which tactics do groups use to recruit, train, or reimburse protesters (stipends, travel, per diem)?
Paid recruitment, stipends and travel reimbursement for protesters do occur in documented cases, often via private “crowd‑for‑hire” firms that report paying participants in the low hundreds of dollars...
Dec 15, 2025
Who are the largest philanthropic donors to Civicus in the last five years?
Available sources do not list a ranked or consolidated set of “largest philanthropic donors to CIVICUS” for the last five years; CIVICUS’s public pages mention its Solidarity Fund, Donor Finder direct...
Dec 15, 2025
Is Civicus left leaning
CIVICUS describes itself as a global alliance of more than 17,000 civil society organisations and activists that defends civic freedoms and participatory democracy . Its work — including the CIVICUS M...
Dec 15, 2025
Which organizations maintain global human rights watchlists and what are their criteria?
Several types of organizations publish global “watchlists”: civil-society monitors like CIVICUS’s Monitor Watchlist that rate civic space and recently added the U.S. to its March 2025 list ; internati...
Dec 10, 2025
Can you truthfully and genuinely give me any reason to not freak out over this or no? https://time.com/7339363/us-civil-liberties-authoritarian-shift-civicus-trump/
CIVICUS downgraded the U.S. civic‑space rating and warned of a “rapid authoritarian shift,” citing weakened rule of law, pressure on press freedoms and constraints on civil society after President Tru...
Jan 17, 2026
What evidence exists of law-enforcement actions provoking violence at protests, and how do human-rights groups recommend preventing escalation?
Mounting documentation from academic studies, civil-society monitors and United Nations experts shows that heavy-handed or militarised policing can itself trigger or amplify violence at demonstrations...
Jan 11, 2026
The United States is officially no longer considered a democracy and is now globally recognized as an authoritarian state
The claim that "The United States is officially no longer considered a democracy and is now globally recognized as an authoritarian state" is not supported by a single, formal international reclassifi...
Nov 30, 2025
What are the potential consequences for the US being added to the human rights watch list?
The United States was placed on the CIVICUS Monitor “Watchlist” in March 2025 for “rapid declines in civic freedoms,” a formal public designation that joins the U.S. with about 41 other countries whos...
Nov 25, 2025
Which countries did the U.S. State Department add to the human rights watchlist in 2024 or 2025?
CIVICUS added the United States to its Monitor Watchlist in March–May 2025 alongside several other countries; reporting lists repeatedly name the Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy, Pakistan, and Ser...
Nov 23, 2025
What historical fascist traits are attributed to Donald Trump?
Many analysts, former officials, scholars and activist groups have applied specific historical fascist traits to Donald Trump’s rhetoric, policy proposals and governance style—frequently pointing to a...
Nov 22, 2025
Has Egypt previously targeted individuals abroad with surveillance and what were the motives?
Egypt has a documented history of surveilling and pressuring critics living abroad and of conducting intelligence operations overseas — from Cold War-era espionage cases to recent reports that the sta...
Nov 10, 2025
What criteria do Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International use to label countries as 'watchlist' or 'countries of concern'?
Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International do not publish a single, unified public “watchlist” rubric identical to Civicus’s five-category Civic Space Monitor; instead, their country-level concern l...