Restricted: Nearly 7 billion people worldwide lacking full civil rights Freedom of news news

A new study found that 40 countries representing 3.5 percent of the world’s population respect all civil freedoms, warning that “democracy and human rights are being attacked all over the world in a way that we have not seen for decades.”

Atlas of civil society Published By the German Relief Organization, Brut for Diet Wilt (bread to the world) said on Monday that 284 million people lived in “open” countries – including Austria, Estonia, Scandinavian countries, New Zealand and Jamaica – enjoying the protection of unrestricted civil rights.

The NGO defines the country as “open” if people are allowed to form associations “without legal or practical barriers, and appear in public places, receive information and allow them to publish it.”

Forty -two countries, which make up 11.1 percent of the world’s population in the second category in which civil rights are classified as “weak”. These include Germany, Slovakia, Argentina and the United States.

In these countries, the rights of freedom of assembly and expression are greatly respected, but there are registered violations.

“Restricted, suppressed or closed”

“In contrast, 85 percent of the world’s population lives in countries where civil society is restricted, suppressed or closed. This affects nearly seven billion people,” and found the report.

He added: “Their governments are strongly restricted by civil freedoms, harassment, arrest, or killing critical voices. This applies to 115 out of 197 countries.”

Many European countries appear in the “restricted” category, including Greece, the United Kingdom, Hungary and Ukraine.

Civil society is considered “persecuted” in 51 countries, including Algeria, Mexico and Turkey. In these countries, governments, prison or killing critics are monitored, and censorship, according to data.

Finally, Russia and 28 other countries are classified as “closed” and
It features a “atmosphere of fear”. Criticism of the government
Or a system in these countries is severely punished.

Brot Fur Die Welt relied on the data collected by the CIVICUS network of civil society institutions all over the world for its annual report covering 197 countries and regions.

Nine countries improved the categories of freedom of expression in the past year, including Jamaica, Japan, Slovenia, Treenidad, Tobago, Botswana, Fiji, Lubiria, Poland and Bangladesh.

However, nine countries were reduced from the previous year, including Georgia, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Peru, Ethiopia, Iswanini, the Netherlands, Mongolia and the Palestinian territories.

Dagmar Pruin, President of Brot Fur Die Welt, warned that “the rule of law, the separation of powers and protection against the arbitrariness of the state are threatened or no longer present in more and more countries.”