There is a lot of reporting on this story by BuzzFeedNews, and it is all a mess.
For one, another article goes on and on about President Trump. Why? He has nothing to do with this, but the author of this story seems to have an obsession with him. In fact, most of his articles in the last year somehow tie to the former President. And last year? Once again, most of his articles were about President Trump.
"Human Rights groups"? Well, which ones? Generally in legitimate news, they give these things known as "references". You know, where they say who exactly it is. Not here, just vague references, and attempts to link it in to a larger "Far Right" movement. Obviously with the former President as the puppet master.
Good rule of thumb, is to just add BuzzFeedNews to the list of "junk news" sites. I looked through multiple of their "articles", especially those by the author of that one. The TDS with that reporter is huge, and nothing he writes (or most of the site) should be taken seriously at all.