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Russia, Turkey and Egypt also among worst perpetrators of transnational repression around the globe

While concerns about the future of American democracy dominate headlines worldwide, millions of Texans are already seeing a rapid decline in democratic standards.

Global freedom has been in decline for nearly two decades, according to Freedom House, an American non-profit organization devoted to supporting democracy around the world.

Iranian journalist Pouria Zeraati survived an assassination attempt outside his home in Wimbledon, south London, in late March 2024. Eighteen months earlier, the London-based independent television channel Iran International, for which Zeraati worked, had temporarily relocated to Washington DC over threats that they believe come from the Islamic Revolutionary Guards…

Freedom on the Net report says Kyrgyzstan showed sharpest downgrade, while Iceland had ‘freest online environment’.

Myanmar and China have the world's worst internet freedom, with declines reported in a number of other countries led by Kyrgyzstan, a study said Wednesday.

The former president's attempts to put a positive spin on the term are consistent with his alarmingly authoritarian instincts.

Needing permission to travel hands a dangerous tool to authoritarians.

Authoritarian states increasingly resort to this tactic. Immigration restrictions enacted by liberal democracies exacerbate the problem.