GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House next week threatens freedoms at home and abroad, the head of Human Rights Watch said on Thursday, warning that his second term could be more damaging than his first.

Human Rights Watch criticises Central Asia's worsening rights situation, with authoritarian governments cracking down on dissenters and journalists in 2024.

The Human Rights Watch says the return of the US President-elect Donald Trump to the White House next week threatens freedoms at home and abroad, warning that his second term could be more damaging than his first.

Human Rights Watch has published its annual report, warning that Donald Trump's return to power will compound pressure on the world's "fraying" rights system.