US added to international watchlist for rapid decline in civic freedoms

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

US added to international watchlist for rapid decline in civic freedoms

Civicus, an international non-profit, puts country alongside Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy, Pakistan and Serbia

Anna Betts
Mon 10 Mar 2025 00.00 GMT
Last modified on Mon 10 Mar 2025 00.02 GMT

The United States has been added to the Civicus Monitor Watchlist, which identifies countries that the global civil rights watchdog believes are currently experiencing a rapid decline in civic freedoms.

Civicus, an international non-profit organization dedicated to “strengthening citizen action and civil society around the world”, announced the inclusion of the US on the non-profit’s first watchlist of 2025 on Monday, alongside the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Italy, Pakistan and Serbia.

The watchlist is part of the Civicus Monitor, which tracks developments in civic freedoms across 198 countries. Other countries that have previously been featured on the watchlist in recent years include Zimbabwe, Argentina, El Salvador and the United Arab Emirates.

Mandeep Tiwana, co-secretary general of Civicus, said that the watchlist “looks at countries where we remain concerned about deteriorating civic space conditions, in relation to freedoms of peaceful assembly, association and expression”.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/09/watchlist-decline-civic-freedoms-civicus

[BOSSHOG]

1. Another Republican Party ACHIEVEMENT

Will there be a Big Gala Event at The White House?

THE RAPID DECLINE IN CIVIC FREEDOMS FEST sponsored by Christian Mike Johnson and truly pathetic, disgusting human being JD Vance. 10 million dollars per couple. Drink refills extra.

[creon]

2. Yes.

The US ought to be.

There is a clear and present danger.

[BidenRocks]

3. Way to go chump!

We are officially a shithole country.

Considering how immigrants are treated by King Shit, imagine how many countries would be welcoming to Americans wanting to enter.
(Pick a group) NOT WELCOME!!

[Amaryllis]

4. Italy? i didnt know they were having these kinds of problems.

[Solly Mack]

5. U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.!

[AmericaUnderSiege]

6. The Reptiles are always proud of the damage they do to society.

But I think they like it most when we report their crimes as the status of the American polity rather than simply their crimes. The latter pisses them off no end, so that's how I tend to talk about it. They want to hear about their crimes in ways that create the most despair for Americans.

I'm talking of course about their master caste, not their degenerate voters.

[dchill]

7. What a proud moment.

For Putin.