02-04-2021 | 15:40 PM
Freedom House’s Report 2020
The Freedom House NGO recently released its annual study entitled “Freedom in the World 2021 – Democracy under Siege" released a report on political freedom around the world.
Key Highlights:
India’s score fell by four points to 71, the worst decline among the world’s 25 largest democracies.
India scored 34 out of 40 points in the political rights category, but only 37 out of 60 in the civil liberties category, for a total score of 71, a drop from last year’s score of 75.
The scrapping of Article 370, the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA), as well as the crackdown on mass protests have been listed as the main signs of declining freedom.
