FREEDOM IN THE WORLD 2022 - The Global Expansion of Authoritarian Rule

This infographic is from the Freedom in the World 2022 report by freedomhouse.org #FreedomInTheWorld 1 FreedomHouse.org FREEDOM IN The Global Expansion THE WORLD 2022 of Authoritarian Rule Those countries that have struggled in the space between democracy and authoritarianism, meanwhile, are increasingly tilting toward the latter. [...] In the run-up to alternative to democracies as a source Russia’s September 2021 parliamentary of international support and investment, elections, the regime of President Vladimir helping would-be autocrats to entrench Putin dispelled the illusion of competition #FreedomInTheWorld 3 FreedomHouse.org FREEDOM IN The Global Expansion THE WORLD 2022 of Authoritarian Rule by impr. [...] Belarusian journalists, and offered its security forces to bolster the Belarusian authorities’ Freedom in the World 2022 Status Changes Ecuador Peru Ecuador’s status improved from Partly Free to Peru’s status improved from Partly Free to Free Free because the year’s presidential and legislative because the successful election of a new president elections did not suffer from the types of abuses see. [...] Worst of the Worst Of the 56 countries designated as Not Free, Myanmar: The military seized power in a coup to the following 16 have the worst aggregate scores prevent the sitting of a newly elected parliament for political rights and civil liberties. [...] In December 2021, expand protections for journalists who face the Summit for Democracy focused the physical attacks and harassment, including world’s attention on the importance of, and by supporting the creation of emergency challenges to, the promise of democracy.