Hey Senegal up! Great checking in on those guys, just saw they built that new airport and train line
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Those 3 that went up just did it because they couldn’t go any lower.
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Part of the report concerning switzerland:
„Switzerland has been downgraded from open to narrowed amid increasing restrictions on civil society activists, journalists and protests. Police met protests against police brutality
and racism and in solidarity with Palestine with excessive force, including rubber bullets and teargas. Concerns have
also been raised about surveillance of climate activists and social movements. In April 2024, during criminal proceedings to identify activists who had painted an illegal bike lane in Geneva, reports revealed that police had profiled over 100
XR members. Investigators traced activists’ incomes, family ties, donations and holidays, despite the group’s non-violent actions causing only minor property damage. Switzerland’s strict banking secrecy laws also limit press freedom. Police
raided journalist Lukas Hässig’s home and office and seized his devices due to his reporting on the former CEO of Raiffeisen Bank and his adviser. The laws impose penalties of up to five years in prison for disclosing banking information, even when publication is clearly in the public interest.“
Sadly I must agree on the protest part. The hate and persecutionand prosecution fetish parts of the population and politicans have towards protests is disturbing. Feelings have shifted from prosecuting and disolving violent protests towards any protest that may slightly inconvenience people. Nuance on “illegal” protests has been lost. The right to protest has to be weighted against safety and convenience. The way the police and bureaucrats can label protests as illegal and then dissolve them and arrest people takes way too much power away from the people giving it to unelected officals. This is especially problematic as systematic moral and legal failures of the police are not taken seriously and thus not corrected.
This has led to a feeling of being at a slight risk of being arrested, or attacked even at extremely tame and legal protests. This is not acceptable for a totally free country, so the „narrowed“ assessment fits well.
We should also not forget that the 3rd largest party’s election campaign. FDP used AI to hallucinate a reality that never happened, potraying illegal, non-violent protest as illegal, violent protests. Which then would then allow for the use of power that would prevent such protests. Of course, any measure that would reliably prevent such non-violent protests would put us at „repressed“ rather than „narrowed“.
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Sauce:[monitor.civicus.org](https://monitor.civicus.org/)
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Hey Senegal up! Great checking in on those guys, just saw they built that new airport and train line
Those 3 that went up just did it because they couldn’t go any lower.
Cool cool cool cool cool cool…
Now vote accordingly.
Part of the report concerning switzerland:
„Switzerland has been downgraded from open to narrowed amid increasing restrictions on civil society activists, journalists and protests. Police met protests against police brutality
and racism and in solidarity with Palestine with excessive force, including rubber bullets and teargas. Concerns have
also been raised about surveillance of climate activists and social movements. In April 2024, during criminal proceedings to identify activists who had painted an illegal bike lane in Geneva, reports revealed that police had profiled over 100
XR members. Investigators traced activists’ incomes, family ties, donations and holidays, despite the group’s non-violent actions causing only minor property damage. Switzerland’s strict banking secrecy laws also limit press freedom. Police
raided journalist Lukas Hässig’s home and office and seized his devices due to his reporting on the former CEO of Raiffeisen Bank and his adviser. The laws impose penalties of up to five years in prison for disclosing banking information, even when publication is clearly in the public interest.“
Sadly I must agree on the protest part. The hate and persecutionand prosecution fetish parts of the population and politicans have towards protests is disturbing. Feelings have shifted from prosecuting and disolving violent protests towards any protest that may slightly inconvenience people. Nuance on “illegal” protests has been lost. The right to protest has to be weighted against safety and convenience. The way the police and bureaucrats can label protests as illegal and then dissolve them and arrest people takes way too much power away from the people giving it to unelected officals. This is especially problematic as systematic moral and legal failures of the police are not taken seriously and thus not corrected.
This has led to a feeling of being at a slight risk of being arrested, or attacked even at extremely tame and legal protests. This is not acceptable for a totally free country, so the „narrowed“ assessment fits well.
We should also not forget that the 3rd largest party’s election campaign. FDP used AI to hallucinate a reality that never happened, potraying illegal, non-violent protest as illegal, violent protests. Which then would then allow for the use of power that would prevent such protests. Of course, any measure that would reliably prevent such non-violent protests would put us at „repressed“ rather than „narrowed“.
[Ahem.](https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/staenderat-will-anonyme-kommentare-bei-onlinemedien-verbieten-316061253225)