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SH.BA on the list of international observations for the rapid decline of civic freedoms
Anna Betts
The United States has been added to the Monitor Civicus Observation list, which identifies countries for which global civil rights guards believe are currently experiencing a rapid decline in civic freedoms.
Civicus, an international non -profit organization dedicated to “strengthening the action of citizens and civil society around the world”, announced the involvement of the US in the first list of 2025 on Monday, along with the Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy, Pakistan and Serbs.
The observation list is part of the civicus monitor, which traces developments in civic freedoms in 198 countries. Other places that have previously been on the observation list in recent years include Zimbabwe, Argentina, El Salvador and the United Arab Emirates.
Mandeep Tiwana, co-secretary general of Civicus, said the observation list “looks at the places where we remain concerned about the deterioration of the conditions of civic space, regarding the freedoms of the Assembly, the Association and the peaceful expression”.
The selection process, the website is said, includes knowledge and data from the Global Network of Civicus Partners and Data.
The decision to add the US to the first 2025 observation list was taken in response to what the group described as the “Trump administration attack on democratic norms and global cooperation”.
US President Donald Trump has not treated Greenlanders with respect since the expression of his renewed interest in getting the wide island, rich in Arctic minerals, the Prime Minister of Groenland was quoted Monday to say on Monday.
Trump repeated his interest in buying the island during his address at Congress last Tuesday, painting a photo of prosperity and security for Greenland’s “incredible people”, an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark, Reuters reported.
Trump reaffirmed that message in a social post of truth early on Monday, writing: “We will continue to keep you safe, as we have since World War II. We are ready to invest billions of dollars to create new jobs and make you rich. “
The Prime Minister of Greenland Muthe Egede told Danish public broadcaster Dr. in an interview Monday: “We deserve to be treated with respect, and I do not think the US president has done it lately since he took office.”
“I think the last things the US president has done means that people do not want to get closer as possible (SH.BA) as they might have wanted in the past,” he added.
“We have to draw a line in the sand and make more efforts to (cultivating relations with) places that show us respect for the future we want to build,” Egede said in comments the day before Greenland hold a general choice.
Egede has repeatedly said that Greenland, whose population is only 57,000, belongs to its people and that it should decide on its future. It supports full independence for Greenland.
Republican lawmakers warn Trump’s fees that harm American business
Hi and welcome to US Live’s blog. I am Tom Ambrose and will bring you the latest news over the next few hours.
We start with news that Republicans are worried that President Donald Trump’s tariffs are damaging the American economy, with voters telling them they are fighting financially.
Business owners, exporters and farmers have told lawmakers that the expansion of Trump’s trade war and the threat of steep tariffs against Canada, Mexico and Europe have a direct impact on business in the US, reports Hill.
“Canadian tariffs will ultimately have a detrimental impact on the Maine economy and border communities in particular,” Senator Susan Collins said. “We have, for example, a large paper grinder in the northern maine on the border that takes its pulp from Canada.”
“Only that mill, which is the largest employer in the region, employs 510 people directly. I have talked to the owner of this mill, imposing a 25% tariff can be devastating, ”she added.
“I have every large industry in Kentucky lobbying me against them; cargo carriers, farmers, bourbon manufacturers, house builders, home sellers-you name the fence producers,” Senator Rand Paul told The Hill.
“The Bourbon industry says they are still injured by revenge tariffs” during Trump’s first term, he said. “So do farmers.”