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Leaders across the globe have embraced a brutal list of tactics to muzzle critics in and outside of prison.

The paper 'Subjective and Objective Measures of Democratic Backsliding', by associate professors Andrew Little from the University of California at Berkeley, and Anne Meng of the University of Virginia, says that despite the general narrative that we are in a period of global democratic decline, there have been surprisingly few empirical studies to assess whether this is systematically true

Peru and Burkina Faso led a global deterioration in freedom last year but a number of other nations made improvements,

Peru and Burkina Faso led a global deterioration in freedom last year but a number of other nations made improvements, giving hope in the fight against authoritarianism, a US democracy research group…

Freedom House downgrades Peru, Burkina Faso but sees bright spots

Peru and Burkina Faso led a general global deterioration in freedom last year, but a number of other nations showed improvements,

Four of the longest-serving African heads of state came into power through military coups – and, while they're now over 70 years old, they are not showing any signs of leaving office.

As the world faces a democratic recession, many of the most common explanations fall short. But looking more closely at antidemocratic leaders’ motivations and methods reveals valuable insights about different types of backsliding and how international actors should respond.

Across the globe, elected officials are seizing power with the passive consent of the governed.

In its latest report, the Freedom House noted that democracies are being harmed from within by illiberal forces.