{"id":42055,"date":"2020-12-16T18:45:43","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T22:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=42055"},"modified":"2020-12-16T18:45:56","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T22:45:56","slug":"liberties-and-and-rights-greatly-eroded-in-over-60-of-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=42055","title":{"rendered":"Liberties and and Rights Greatly Eroded in Over 60% of Countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Great Reset: 61% Of Nations Have Decimated Liberty With COVID Restrictions<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Human rights group warns that majority of world\u2019s countries have implemented \u201cdisproportionate, illegal, indefinite or unnecessary\u201d restrictions<\/h3>\n<p>Steve Watson<br \/>\nSUMMIT News<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_42056\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42056\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42056\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/GettyImages-1203319408.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/GettyImages-1203319408.jpg 800w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/GettyImages-1203319408-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/GettyImages-1203319408-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-42056\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">japatino \/ Getty Images<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>An international human rights group has warned that the majority of nations across the globe have implemented COVID related restrictions that have severely eroded the liberties of their citizens.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), based in Sweden, reports that 61 per cent of countries have used restrictions \u201cthat were concerning from a democracy and human rights perspective.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2018These [restrictions] violated democratic standards because they were either disproportionate, illegal, indefinite or unnecessary in relation to the health threat,\u201d the group declared in its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.idea.int\/publications\/catalogue\/global-democratic-trends-before-and-during-covid19?lang=en\">report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1336294462574620673&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fsummit.news%2F2020%2F12%2F16%2Fgreat-reset-61-of-nations-have-decimated-liberty-with-covid-restrictions%2F&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1336294462574620673\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Even more concerning was the finding that almost half of all Democratic countries implemented measures that violate basic human rights:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1336581368126582784&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fsummit.news%2F2020%2F12%2F16%2Fgreat-reset-61-of-nations-have-decimated-liberty-with-covid-restrictions%2F&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1336581368126582784\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The group has warned that most at risk from the restrictions is freedom of expression:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1336271807930777602&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fsummit.news%2F2020%2F12%2F16%2Fgreat-reset-61-of-nations-have-decimated-liberty-with-covid-restrictions%2F&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1336271807930777602\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"ifw-player expanded\" data-video-id=\"5fd9589ff17ad6036dc14ec2\">\n<div><iframe src=\"https:\/\/api.banned.video\/embed\/5fd9589ff17ad6036dc14ec2\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Paul Joseph Watson guest hosts The Alex Jones Show to break down to medical tyranny takeover of society as Christmas is to be cancelled in the U.K. and vaccine pushers are admitting the vaccines will not work, but must be taken regardless.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>IDEA also noted that half of all countries have used COVID to implement restrictions in the name of preventing \u201cdisinformation\u201d about the virus:<\/p>\n<div id=\"in-article\">\n<div class=\"ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-3\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-3&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1337036233139253254&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fsummit.news%2F2020%2F12%2F16%2Fgreat-reset-61-of-nations-have-decimated-liberty-with-covid-restrictions%2F&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1337036233139253254\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The group also warned that almost 60% of nations have implemented states of emergency, severely restricting freedom of movement, many of which are still in place:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-4\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-4&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1336362404222021637&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fsummit.news%2F2020%2F12%2F16%2Fgreat-reset-61-of-nations-have-decimated-liberty-with-covid-restrictions%2F&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1336362404222021637\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>IDEA is not alone in it\u2019s warning of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/live-news\/20201216-freedom-another-casualty-of-covid-19-pandemic\">decimation of freedom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet has warned that\u201dthere have also been deeply worrying cases where governments appear to be using Covid-19 as a cover for human rights violations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Civil liberties group Reporters Without Borders also issued a report that notes the pandemic has \u201cvisibly contributed to a news and information lockdown\u201d which has even seen reporters detained or put in jail.<\/p>\n<p>US group Freedom House has warned that \u201cthe condition of democracy and human rights has grown worse in 80 countries\u201d since the COVID pandemic was declared.<\/p>\n<p>The great reset is here.<\/p>\n<p>___<br 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