Shameful

Monaco has dissolved a rights advocacy organizaiton, had Switzerland take down a website hosted there and has started prosecutions against at least two individuals because leaders there have no meaningful commitment to freedom of expression. It is shameful, embarrassing for Monaco, and will - I predict - become a much bigger problem for Monaco in the eyes of the rest of the world very shortly. Prince Albert should, instead, announce a renewed commitment to press and expression freedom in his country and undo all that has happened there in the last couple of weeks. I will post links later to some of the comments and stories relating to the actions taken by the Monaco government and its prosecutors.