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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: Covid-19 is rolling back democracy
08 February 2021 - 14:29
Worldwide, fewer than one in 10 people live in a full democracy. In fact, largely as a result of Covid-19 restrictions, 2020 saw the biggest rollback of individual freedoms undertaken by governments during peacetime, according to the Democracy Index.
A military coup against an elected government in Myanmar has worsened the trend. What can existing democracies do about it?..
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