The Trump administration seems hellbent on dismantling the system of checks and balances which are the pillars of a democratic society,” the statement said.

The United States has been added to CIVICUS's monitor list of potential human rights threats due to President Trump's restrictive executive orders and institutional cutbacks, which are creating an atmosphere to chill democratic dissent.

The United States, the country that used to slap sanctions on others for suppressing dissent, is now being called out for doing the exact same thing. Earlier this week, CIVICUS, an international watchdog group dedicated to monitoring civic freedoms,

Civicus added the United States to their watchlist for a “narrowing” civic space rating; alongside Serbia, Pakistan, Italy, and DRC.

Media outlets began circulating news this week that the United States had been added to a “global human rights watchlist” due to President Donald Trump’s policies. What the outlets failed to report, however,

The US has been added to a global human rights watchlist over president Donald Trump’s “unparalleled attack on the rule of law”. Non-profit organisation CIVICUS has added the US to its first 2025 Monitor Watchlist “due to threats to civil freedoms under the Trump administration”.

The United States joined Pakistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Chile, Slovakia and 37 other countries on the CIVICUS’s monitor list of potential human rights threats. The global nonprofit said that the move is directly linked to President Donald Trump's actions since his return to the White House in January.

On Sunday, March 9, the United States was placed on the CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist. This is an international list that keeps track of international states who actively seek to violate human and civil rights.