A Grim Year for Democracy and Civic Freedoms – but in Gen Z There Is Hope
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NEW YORK, December 24 (IPS) - 2025 has been a terrible year for democracy. Just over 7 per cent of the world’s population now live in places where the rights to organise, protest and speak out are generally respected, according to the CIVICUS Monitor, a civil society research partnership that measures civic freedoms around the world. This is a sharp drop from over 14 per cent this time last year.

Read the full story, “A Grim Year for Democracy and Civic Freedoms – but in Gen Z There Is Hope”, on globalissues.org


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