US placed on rights watchlist over health of its civil society under Trump

International non-profit Civicus says sustained attacks on civic freedoms' put US on par with El Salvador and Kenya

A group of global civil society organizations have placed the US on a watchlist for urgent concern over the health of its civic society, alongside Turkey, Serbia, El Salvador, Indonesia and Kenya.

On Wednesday, a new report released by the non-profit Civicus placed the US on its watchlist following sustained attacks on civic freedoms" across the country, according to the group.