By Daphne Psaledakis

WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has attacked key pillars of his country's democracy, Human Rights Watch warned on Wednesday in its annual global report, citing the Republican president's immigration crackdown, threats to voting rights and other policies.

In an introduction to the report - which reviews human rights practices in more than 100 countries - the head of the prominent independent New York-based rights group largely focused on the U.S. at a time when the Trump administration has shifted away from U.S. support for human rights globally, not only praising prominent autocratic rulers but showing little interest in reining them in.

Human Rights Watch Executive Director Philippe Bolopion wrote that Washington was now helping countries such as Russia and China in undermining human rights.

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