Posted on 12/10/2020 7:13:08 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
An international civil rights alliance called CIVICUS Monitor published a report this week that accused countries around the world, including the United States, of using the coronavirus pandemic as an “opportunity to introduce or implement additional restrictions on civic freedoms.”
CIVICUS Monitor had a generally pessimistic view of global civil liberties even before the pandemic — according to the group’s metrics, things were getting worse almost everywhere. The coronavirus dramatically accelerated that downward trend. The depth of pessimism in their latest bulletin can be conveyed by noting that the only two countries where the level of civic freedom was “upgraded” were Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
The United States was among the 11 nations “downgraded” in the latest report. According to CIVICUS Monitor’s analysis, 87 percent of the world’s population now lives in nations with strongly negative civic freedom ratings, a four percent increase from 2019, and a quarter of the human race lives under repressive authoritarian regimes with the worst rating. (Sudan and the DRC were upgraded from the worst level, “closed” societies, to “repressed.”)
“The Covid-19 [Chinese coronavirus] pandemic has had a dire impact on civic freedoms globally,” the report asserted, citing increases in the “aggressive use of force” against protesters, censorship of journalists and the general public, and the harassment of human rights advocates.
“The use of detention as the main tactic to restrict protests only shows the hypocrisy of governments using Covid-19 as a pretense to crack down on protests — the virus is more likely to spread in confined spaces like prisons,” argued lead researcher Marianna Belalba Barreto.
“Our research reflects a deepening civic space crisis across the globe and highlights how governments are using the pandemic as an excuse to further curtail rights, including by passing legislation to criminalize speech,...”
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The Great Reset.
Brought to you by the CCP Virus and Soros.
Great examples of worst repressive regims are so called democracies UK, India, USA, Australia, New Zealand.
And to steal the U.S. election!
t the only two countries where the level of civic freedom was “upgraded” were Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
They’re testing us.
They’re getting ready for the future of socialism, to be followed by communism.
It’s mostly the blue (socialist) states doing the repression. One small step at a time is how they progressed in the past, but, with this Covid-19 crisis, they’re taking advantage and taking the massive steps towards full government control of our lives.
They should add a second row, “You’ll have nothing.”
Two reasons for the continued exploitation of the virus in the U.S.
1. Restrict personal freedom of citizens in order to promote ever expanding control by the government.
2. Destroy free market capitalism, especially among small businesses.
And the World Economic Forum and the U.N.
It’s all about control!
Those poor people! I’m glad it can’t happen here!
“The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants.” - Albert Camus
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