Trumpeffekt behind the dark years

"Human Rights Watch in its annual report, describes the development of human rights, which dark and headed in the wrong direction will not come as any surprise."

"it is Not difficult to point out an important underlying factor."

"Trump gets the blame for much that goes wrong in the world. Often it is justified, sometimes not."

"However, it is difficult to ignore his influence on the already existing authoritarian regimes in the world and the emergence of new leaders of the same cut."

"The negative trend for human rights began long before Trump was chosen, but after his access, the situation has deteriorated significantly."

"In the report, which was presented yesterday at the Medelhavsmuseet in Stockholm, describes to Human Rights Watch how the world got to see a resurgence of authoritarian leaders who have one thing in common. They use the democratic system and scare tactics to achieve power, and dedicated then to piece by piece dismantle the institutions that will defend the liberal society."

"On 1 January took over Jair Bolsonaro as president of Brazil. A leader who celebrates the former military dictatorship, and encourages the police and the military to use lethal force. He believes that the country's minorities have greater rights."

"In many ways, it is incomprehensible how a nation can vote for a person with his questionable credentials. There is no doubt that Brazil's population just like Bolsonaro has been inspired by Donald Trump's success with his authoritarian leadership style."

"the Same applies for the other new populist leaders such as Italy's Matteo Salvini."

"not to mention president Vladimir Putin, for which the Trump often express admiration. At the summit between the two in Helsinki last year declared Trump that he trust more in Putin than their intelligence when it comes to Russia's attempts to influence the outcome of the presidential election."

"the united states has through the years supported a series of dictators, open or hidden, but at the same time usually acted as a kind of världspolis that kept the worst perpetrators of human rights violations in chess. Regimes that have engaged in massförföljelse of the dissenters have taken a risk.you situation today is a completely different."

"Saudi arabia's Muhammad bin Salman who is the one who really embraced Trumps free rein. Both the CIA and Turkey says they have evidence that it was he personally who ordered the murder of the dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi. A brutal murder, in October last year was carried out at the saudi consulate in Istanbul, where the body dismembered with a bonesaw. A murder that the saudis before Trump never ventured on."

"But the murder was also in many ways a turning point and a signal to the democratic forces to fight back. Therefore, describing the Sverigechefen for Human Rights Watch Måns Molander how there is after all some hope. A resistance against any development that would otherwise go in the wrong direction."

"He gives some examples."

"the EU has started legal proceedings against Hungary for violating EU's democratic values. The world pressured the Drc's leader Kabila to hold elections after having postponed them for two years. No one buys anymore, the image of the crown prince bin Salman as a reformer."

"So even if it is a long way to go to joy and the human rights of our after the fall of communism in 1989, the picture is not completely black."

"And it is not absolutely sure that dictators' pet is chosen for 2020."