Safe civic spaces remain essential for the meaningful realisation of civil liberties including freedoms of expression, association and assembly. However, civic spaces face serious challenges across the world not only in developing countries but also in some of most advanced democracies and liberal and minimal states in Europe. According to a recent Freedom House Report on Freedom in the World 2019, freedom in the world recorded the 13th consecutive year of decline in global freedom in 2018. Read more here
Source: Daily times