Global press freedom suffers sharpest fall in 50 years, report finds
by Jason Burke International security correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6ZYP6)
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Press freedom around the world has suffered its sharpest fall in 50 years as global democracy weakens dramatically, a landmark report has found.
According to the Stockholm-based International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), democracy has declined in 94 countries over the last five years and only a third have made progress.
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