US-based Freedom House announced the “Freedom in the World 2019” report. 195 countries were evaluated in the report. Turkey was placed among the “not free countries” just as last year. The report indicated that despite the State of Emergency was revoked, the government continues to arrest journalists, rights advocates and academics.
According to the report, entitled, “Democracy in Retreat,” the year 2018 became the 13th year in which freedom in the world consecutively declined. The number of authoritarian-inclined regimes also increased with voices of the opposition silenced, leaders of such groups arrested, duty periods of political powers extended and pressure on independent media increased.
Please click for the full report; https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/freedom-world-2019/democracy-in-retreat
05.01.2019
amerikaninsesi.com