84 of the world’s 195 countries were declared free in 2022, 34 countries showed improvement in political rights and civil liberties, 35 countries lost positions on the free list.
The human rights organization Freedom House, in its annual report on world freedom for 2022, said that the level of global freedom is declining for the 17th consecutive year.
“Moscow’s war of occupation has led to devastating human rights violations in Ukraine. New coups and other attempts to overthrow representative governments have weakened Burkina Faso, Tunisia, Peru and Brazil… The struggle for democracy may be approaching a tipping point. The gap between the number of countries that registered an overall improvement in political rights and civil liberties, and those that registered an overall decline in 2022, is the smallest of all 17 year of global decline in freedom,” the report said.
It was reported that 84 out of 195 countries in the world were recognized as free in 2022, 34 countries showed improvement in the field of political rights and civil liberties, 35 countries lost their position in the list of free countries.
“The most serious setbacks for freedom and democracy are the result of wars, coups and attacks on democratic institutions by illiberal leaders. development,” said human rights activists.
It is reported that the occupation governments and authorities have used violence and other means to destroy the culture and change the ethnic composition of the population in 21 countries and territories, including Ukraine, Ethiopia and Myanmar, but the Ukrainians, who have material with the support of many democracies, fought. bring back the great Russian army.
The report notes that over the past 17 years, the number of countries and territories that scored 0 out of 4 on the report’s media freedom index has increased from 14 to 33. By 2022, media freedom will be under pressure in at least 157 countries and territories.
It was previously reported that a Polish journalist was sentenced to five years in prison in Belarus.
The Russian journalist was sentenced to 22 years in prison
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