Following President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s victory, \u00a0Amnesty International secretary-general Salil Shetty said, \u00a0\u201cPresident-elect Trump has provoked grave consternation at many points throughout his election campaign and raised serious concerns about the strength of commitment we can expect to see from the United States towards human rights in the future.\u00a0 He must now put this behind him and both reaffirm and abide by the United States\u2019 obligations on human rights\u201a at home and abroad.\u201d<\/p>\n
Margaret Huang, the organisation’s executive director in the US says, \u201cThis rhetoric cannot and must not become government policy. The xenophobic\u201a sexist and other hateful remarks made by Trump have no place in government.\u00a0 From internment camps to the use of torture\u201a we have seen disastrous results when those we elect to represent us flout the United States\u2019 obligations to uphold human rights. All who have been elected today \u2013 from the executive office to city council \u2013 should bear these lessons in mind.\u201d<\/p>\n
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