The UK has been downgraded in an annual global index of civic freedoms as a result of the Government’s “increasingly authoritarian” drive to impose restrictive and punitive laws on public protests.
The Civicus Monitor, which tracks the democratic and civic health of 197 countries across the world, said the UK Government was creating a “hostile environment” towards campaigners, charities and other civil society bodies.
The UK’s willingness to clamp down on civic freedoms such as the right to peaceful assembly means it is now classified as “obstructed”, putting it alongside countries such as Poland, South Africa and Hungary.
This comes as no surprise at all to anyone who has deep concerns about the climate emergency and the biodiversity crisis and has seen the UK Government's increasingly authoritarian actions towards democratic campaigning and protest.
The Guardian - "Hostile, authoritarian" UK downgraded in civic freedoms index
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