Thursday, 07 January 2021_A senior Human Rights Watch (HRW) official has blasted US President Donald Trump for “sitting idly by” when his supporters attack the US Capitol, while condoning the use of teargas and force against peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters.
“We are witnessing bedlam and chaos as angry mobs storm the US Capitol in a futile effort to overturn a legitimate national election,” said Nicole Austin-Hillery, the executive director of the US Program at the Human Rights Watch.
“This is what happens in other nations ruled by lawless autocrats who mobilize brigades to intimidate and attack political opponents,” she added in a tweet.
She said Trump and his cohorts “sit idly by as unlawful activity overtakes the Capitol yet condones [sic] the use of force and teargas to suppress peaceful protesters exercising their right to free speech after the police killing of Black people.”
“The Rule of Law must be respected if we call this a democracy,” Austin-Hillery noted.
Trump & Co. sit idly by as unlawful activity overtakes the Capitol yet condones the use of force & teargas to suppress peaceful protestors exercising their right to free speech after the police killing of Black people. The Rule of Law must be respected if we call this a democracy pic.twitter.com/G37VW9Vjs0
— Nicole Austin-Hillery (@NicoleAustinHil) January 6, 2021
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