Weakening Democracy
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India among ‘worst autocratisers’ in recent years, says Sweden’s V-Dem Institute
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Union government undermined parliamentary democracy, allege rights groups in ‘chargesheet’
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Prison verdict for Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus reflects sorry state of Bangladesh democracy
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In India, credibility of elections, freedom of political parties significantly declined, says study
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Explainer: How Modi government’s new bill aims to wrest control of Election Commission appointments
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Israel faces a divisive battle over the path it should take – and Netanyahu is responsible for this
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Modi government failed to show commitment to transparency, integrity, equity: Lancet editorial
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‘Democratic backsliding’: Washington Post, Financial Times editorials on situation in India
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India rated ‘partially free’ in Freedom House report for third straight year
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India among the ‘worst autocratisers’ in the last 10 years, says Sweden’s V-Dem Institute
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Interview: Why sections of Brazil’s military stoked the violent protests at the nation’s Congress
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Whoever wins the election, the threat to Brazil’s democracy won’t immediately go away
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Democratic erosion: Why Nicaragua has cracked down on hundreds of NGOs
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Why the US ranks as a ‘developing country’ in indexes on democracy and inequality
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Pegasus scandal: Three questions the Modi government must answer about the New York Times article
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Why it is vital for the credibility of India’s Parliament secretary-generals to be restored
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Lessons from ‘Star Wars’ about the decline of democracy
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India, US and Brazil showed most worrying examples of decline in democratic tenets in 2020: Report
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In authoritarian regimes, political institutions may look democratic even when they are not
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Adityanath’s UP is a text-book study of how democracy can be killed by the tyranny of the majority
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Saddam Hussein, Gaddafi also won elections, says Rahul Gandhi, criticises PM Modi
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Foreign minister rejects reports questioning democracy in India, says ‘enough of these homilies’
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India has turned into an ‘electoral autocracy’, says Swedish institute
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How did some legislatures hold governments to account during Covid-19? And why did others fail?
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In Cambodia, trials against the opposition leaders are latest in the country’s eroding democracy
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Peru has seen two presidents being ousted in one week. Here’s what the country is going through
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BJP now closely resembles a ‘typical governing party in an autocracy’, claims a new study
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In Modi era, the role of parliamentary standing committees is getting diminished
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With Harsh Mander named in Delhi riots chargesheet, Indian democracy has slipped into a dark hole
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Democracy Index: Congress attacks Centre, says those in power are the real ‘tukde-tukde’ gang
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India slips 10 spots to 51st rank in annual Democracy Index due to ‘erosion of civil liberties’
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‘At risk’: A study quantifies the sharp retreat of Indian democracy since Modi’s election
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India slips 10 places to 42 on Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index
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Europe’s ‘illiberal democracies’: Why Hungary and Poland are turning to conservative nationalism
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Whether Erdogan wins or loses the constitutional referendum, Turkey is in for turbulent times
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In charts: How the BJP stole Goa against the wishes of its people
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Maldives is out of the Commonwealth, but its problems still need the world's attention
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From Brexit to Colombia’s 'no' vote to peace deal: Are constitutional democracies in crisis?
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Why holding simultaneous Union and state elections will be a blow to democracy and federalism
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How pushing consensus in place of election in Modi's adopted village is leading to social tension