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Repression of environmental activists who use peaceful civil disobedience in Europe a "major threat to democracy and human rights," UN report says (unece.org)

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"The environmental emergency that we are collectively facing, and that scientists have been documenting for decades, cannot be addressed if those raising the alarm and demanding action are criminalized for it," says Michel Forst, UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders under the Aarhus Convention.

The position paper concludes with five calls for action to States on how to make a profound change in how they respond to environmental protest:

First and foremost: States must address the root causes of environmental mobilization.
In terms of the media and political discourse: States must take immediate action to counter narratives that portray environmental defenders and their movements as criminals.
In terms of legislation and policy: States must not use the increase of environmental civil disobedience as a pretext to restrict the civic space and the exercise of fundamental freedoms.
In terms of law enforcement: States must comply with their international obligations related to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association in their response to environmental protest and civil disobedience and immediately cease the use of measures designed for counterterrorism and organized crime against environmental defenders.
And with respect to the courts: States must ensure that the courts’ approach to disruptive protest, including any sentences imposed, does not contribute to the restriction of the civic space.

The paper can be downloaded on English (pdf) and French (pdf).

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

First, "crazy" is a lazy word used by lazy people to avoid digesting a new idea. Its just used to describe anything that deviates from one person's subjective idea of "normal", another word with very little meaning outside of social conformity.

"Crazy people" has been used to describe women, gays, slaves, unionizers, and everyone else who saw the flaws in their times and tried to change them. So firstly, gosh, how lazy is your writing?

Reading your points. You have a major disconnect.

You see protestors as violent, and I don't disagree.

But corporations giving a generation rising waves of colon cancer via pollution, "spilling" oil and making parts of the planet uninhabitable for years at best, generations at worst.

Is this violence?

Capturing the housing supply via unlimited money supply causing rising homelessness.

Is this violence?

Making healthcare so unaffordable that people die in their homes over going to a doctor and losing their life savings attempting to treat their condition.

Is this violence?

^ Trick question, there is no violence, that's just business! Any action besides "pls stop mister corpo" sends you to prison.

What a world you live in where corpos have more rights than humans.. and you frame that as a good thing?

You have a double standard and are unable to see that both are acts of violence. One indirect, the other direct. We'll give corpos a bone here and not even factor-in the number of people impacted by each act of violence to determine its severity..

You haven't put 2 and 2 together and noticed that all of your opinions are pro-corpo-violence?

I can't help you. I assume intentional ignorance, shill, bot, or family member of some corpo-murderer.

Hey everyone, according to this person, we just need to ask nicely and the corpos will stop.

[+] [email protected] -9 points 7 months ago (2 children)

oh no does the word crazy offend you? if it does that's your problem not mine its simple to understand and everybody knows what it means that's why i use it and will keep using it. and has nothing to do with avoiding digesting a new idea that is your fantasy it has to do with getting to fucking point quicker. if you want to do that thing where you make this big deal about what the definition of crazy and normal is you can but i don't really give a fuck its a distraction and has nothing to do with what i was talking about. if you want to use complicated words in a long stretched out way that is your business. for the most part you are just talking to yourself and maybe your fantasy of what your replying to. thank you for your reply it was very funny to read.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Crazy is not a well defined word everybody knows what it means.

wictionary lists:

Of unsound mind; insane, demented.
Out of control.
Very excited or enthusiastic.
In love; experiencing romantic feelings
Very unexpected; wildly surprising.
Flawed or damaged; unsound, liable to break apart; ramshackle
Sickly, frail; diseased.

I agree throwing food on the Mona Lisa is crazy. I pick meaning 5) with a bit of 3) and think it's a creative and effective way to raise awareness.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 7 months ago

its a good way to gain attention for the wrong reason. like who to avoid.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

What? Where did you get that it offended me? Is this one of those internet interactions where victory is making someone upset? That tells me a lot about you.

It is weak writing because it acts as a stand-in for a word that is objective. Crazy is a subjective descriptor that relies on knowledge of the cultural context of the individual speaking.

For example, if you lived in a majority gay society, wanting to have sex with women could be seen as 'crazy'! Seems a bit lazy doesn't it? Or at least irksome to have your (in your view) completely normal desires relegated to a dismissive word? Let's change topics, judging by your previous replies I probably lost you here. I apologize.

I am going to make a big jump and assume you know the definition of subjective and objective, though your writing shows no intelligible signs of understanding..

Nonetheless, I'm glad you found some amusement in the explanation of your intellectual disability. Check the votes.. you're in the extreme minority here and seem to be missing something, the question is, are you missing it on purpose (via trolling) or are you a dunning-kruger? What is amusing, if you are a dunning-kruger then you'll read this, silently assert your intelligence to yourself and continue with your day. It is a magical ability.

Third option, you are a bot programmed to start conflict and say unpopular things, seems the most likely as I doubt a real person could be this unaware.

Anyway, end of post. Every response you have written fails to engage with the topic of the post to which you are writing replies, but I assume you are doing your best. Carry on my 'friend', you're doing a 'good' job.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 7 months ago

i got that from you complaining about me using common words. you really like to sniff your own farts. thank you for being so funny i bet you used reddit a lot.