The decline in democratic ideals is apparent in countries worldwide. In Russia, ten years after the assassination of Anna Politkovskaya provoked outrage around the world, the Kremlin is quietly...

The decline in democratic ideals is apparent in countries worldwide.

• In Russia, ten years after the assassination of Anna Politkovskaya provoked outrage around the world, the Kremlin is quietly smothering media freedom under a heap of repressive legislation.


• In Azerbaijan, the The government has continued an onslaught of harrassment and threats against human rights lawyers who represent political prisoners.


• In Turkey, Turkish police took 11 members of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), the third largest party in parliament, into custody as well as raided the offices ofCumhuriyet, Turkey’s oldest newspaper and detained 13 staff members. Too, Turkish authorities were ordered to block broadcasts by more than a dozen independent TV and radio outlets.


• In Hungary, the state argues that democracy promotion is a cause of, rather than a solution to, the problem of unchecked migration.