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Venezuela's government has been intensifying efforts to reduce civic and democratic space, UN experts said Wednesday, voicing alarm at the situation in the run-up to elections next year. The mission warned the context was particularly alarming given upcoming presidential elections next year.

A new report documents cumulative threats over more than a decade to vital elements of the UK's democracy that enable people to have a voice, amplify that voice to decision-makers, and help hold politicians to account.

A report warns the threats are going largely unnoticed, with one interviewee likening it to a ‘boiled frog who fails to realise the water is slowly getting warmer until it is too late’

From 2015-2021, 70 UNDEF grants to CSOs with affiliation to OSF, its regional organisations, other Soros offshoots, partners and beneficiaries.

A few strong national political parties will entrench good governance and deal with chronic tribalism.

In a year dominated by the rhetoric of defending democracy, EU democracy support policies were adjusted in important ways to align with the new geopolitical context. However, the union also seemed to treat commitments in this area as second-order priorities compared to security.

"Bashing on social media is too much, it doesn’t seem right. I think there needs to be a law for this," Rep. Arnolfo Teves said on the House floor.

Activists protested at the Ternate Police headquarters, North Maluku demanding the force release eight people arrested while commemorating the West Papua Independence Day on December 1.

Meanwhile, the number of countries moving toward authoritarianism, 27, was more than double the number moving toward democracy, at 13.

“The government is using the UN joint program, they say they are complying with the HRC resolution. We don’t want the international community to depend only on that because that is only a window dressing of the Philippine government."