The United States has been added to the Civicus Monitor Watchlist due to a rapid decline in civic freedoms under the Trump administration.
🔑Key Points
📌Civicus Monitor Watchlist:
An international non-profit focused on civil rights, Civicus monitors global civic freedoms, analyzing peaceful assembly, association, and expression.
📌Reasons for Inclusion:
The decision cites various actions by the Trump administration, such as mass terminations of federal employees, appointing loyalists to key positions, withdrawing from international organizations like the WHO and UN Human Rights Council, freezing aid, and restricting media access to presidential briefings.
📌Concerns Raised:
Civicus expressed concern that these actions threaten constitutional freedoms and reverse human rights advancements, likening the situation to the McCarthyism era.
Implications The U.S. currently holds a "narrowed" civic space rating but is at risk of regressing to an "obstructed" rating. Civicus urges upholding the rule of law and respecting both constitutional and international human rights norms.
