EDITORIAL. An extensive list of 'egregious violations' of human rights committed in the US, compiled in the international NGO Human Rights Watch's annual report, highlights the drift currently seen in the country under Donald Trump.

Rights group says growing authoritarianism and abuses in US, Russia and China threaten global rules-based order

WASHINGTON: Human Rights Watch warned Wednesday that President Donald Trump was turning the United States into an authoritarian state as democracy declines globally to its lowest…