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has been made by an intergovernmental organization in Stockholm supports sustainable democracy worldwide, many democratic governments back down and take authoritarian tactics by restricting freedom of expression and weaken the rule of law, a trend exacerbated by the pandemic Corona.
This report comes ahead of US President Joe Biden’s Summit for Democracy to be held on December 9-10, where nearly 100 countries will meet to discuss challenges facing democracy
report was based on 5 main pillars in assessing the state of democracy: government, basic rights, oversight of government, impartial administration, and engagement.
According to the report, the number of declining democracies has doubled in the past decade, representing a quarter of the world’s population. This includes established democracies such as the United States, as well as European Union member states such as Hungary, Poland and Slovenia, where more than two-thirds of the world’s population lives in declining democracies or authoritarian regimes.
Overall, the number of countries moving in an authoritarian direction in 2020 exceeded the number of countries moving in a democratic direction.
The report notes that the world has lost at least four democracies in the past two years, either through flawed elections or military coups. Indicators of the global state of democracy show that authoritarian regimes have increased their repression, and 2020 was the worst year ever.
The coronavirus pandemic has deepened the trend of democratic deterioration, and as of August 2021, 64 percent of countries have taken measures deemed disproportionate, unnecessary or illegal to curb the epidemic.
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