(Washington, DC, August 11, 2025) – United States President Donald Trump on August 11, 2025, announced the deployment of US National Guard troops in Washington, DC, claiming that “rising violence in the capital now urgently endangers public servants, citizens, and tourists, disrupts safe and secure transportation and the proper functioning of the Federal Government, and forces the diversion of critical public resources toward emergency response and security measures.” In fact, crime rates in Washington, DC, have been falling for years and the district government has not asked for military intervention.

Tanya Greene, US program director at Human Rights Watch:

“Involving the military in civilian law enforcement is dangerous and unwarranted. The Trump administration’s moves to deploy mi

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