The international rights group Freedom House said Wednesday that the prospect of an international system built on democratic ideals is under greater threat now than at any point in the past quarter-century.
Freedom House said in its annual roundup Wednesday that the state of democracy in 2014 was “exceptionally grim.” Syria ranked the lowest in the just released annual report, but the group recorded more declines than gains in democratic freedoms around the world.
Freedom House said the one notable exception is Tunisia, which in 2014 became the first Arab country to achieve the status of “free” since Lebanon’s civil war four …read more
Source: Voice of America
