Report says governments in global north increasingly using draconian measures while criticising similar tactics in global south
  • norimee@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Last Generation Austria (Letzte Generation Österreich) disbanded recently, because they can’t handle legal fees anymore. Others are on the same path.

    While protesters for other causes face no consequences, climate protesters get arrested regularly.

    For example farmers in Germany protested that they don’t get subsidies anymore for using diesel engines, blocked and hindered main streets, people and buisnesses. Held a ferry full of people hostage because a politican with his family was on board, with no real negative or legal consequences.

    German government caved to the farmers, while at the same time charging climate activists en mass for blocking highways and such.

    • Saleh@feddit.orgEnglish
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      2 months ago

      It is not just climate protesters getting the brunt. Anyone protesting for human rights, anti discrimination, anti fascism or any progressive cause will get various levels of supression, if not just straight up police violence.

      Meanwhile literal Nazis are treated fairly nicely and during Covid the police was beating up permitted protests to make way for non permitted Nazi/Esoteric/Conspiracy protests.

  • Aceticon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    2 months ago

    Certain countries, such as the one where The Guardian is based, have long been infiltrating, surveilling and even using anti-Terrorism legislation against Ecologist groups.

    They treat Far-Right extremism significantly more mildly than Environmentalism.

    • Moah@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      2 months ago

      France used anti-terrorist legislation to prevent ecologist groups to demonstrate (by legally forcing them to stay home) during the G7 summit in Paris

  • acargitz@lemmy.caEnglish
    6·
    2 months ago

    So, you mean climate protest is working, it’s becoming actually dangerous to the system.

  • lnxtx@feddit.nlEnglish
    25·
    2 months ago

    “Rich counties” - what is the definition? Who is the rich?

    • Nester@feddit.ukEnglish
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      2 months ago

      The report this article is based on is actually called “On Thin Ice: Disproportionate Responses to Climate Change Protesters in Democratic Countries”

      The title of the article is a bit misleading including the term “rich countries”, especially as that term is not used once in the article.

      In my mind measuring the level of democracy is harder than the wealth of a nation.