Posted on 05/05/2021 8:09:21 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The “Atlas of Civil Society” report is full of examples of restricted freedoms: overcrowded prisons in the Philippines, arrested journalists in Zimbabwe, threatened human rights defenders in Mexico. For the fourth time, the organizations Bread for the World and Civicus published a comprehensive report on the situation of civil society organizations and their members in almost 200 countries.
“2019 was a year of protests,” said Dagmar Pruin, chairperson of Bread for the World. “Worldwide, people took to the streets. And this mobilization continued in 2020, for example in the US, or in Belarus.”
There were also protests in connection with the pandemic, for example by people calling for more financial assistance and less corruption.
“But in response to this, the governments in many countries didn’t fight the causes of the protests, but the protesters,” Pruin said.
The picture for 2020 is bleak. According to the report, 88% of the world’s population lives in restricted, oppressed or closed societies. The remaining are classified as impaired or open societies.
Germany counts as open because civil society organizations suffer no restrictions, and information is easily accessible. Only 42 of the 196 examined countries are considered open. And that does not include all 27 EU member countries. …
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Quite a bit in there needs some work. Take note of the direct comparison of the USA to Belarus.
I’m only a title editor. Some other guy does articles. :)
what have govt types learned?
kill off enough people in a mysterious, unseen way, and they can make the people do whatever they want in the name of ‘safety’
Lol!
I'm just here emptying trash cans, but:
“But in response to this, the governments in many countries didn’t fight the causes of the protests, but the protesters,” Pruin said.
>>> "In the US, didn't fight the causes of the protests, but rather capitulated to the protesters, unless they were wrong-thinkers."
Heh heh. And a darned good job you're doing! :)
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