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Reuters
Reuters
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By Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis

Biden holds second democracy summit amid doubts over progress

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the 13th anniversary of passage of the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, at the White House in Washington, U.S. March 23, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

World leaders will gather virtually this week for the second U.S.-organized Summit for Democracy, an event critics say illustrates the halting progress the Biden administration has made in advancing human rights and democracy as a focus of its foreign policy.

Starting Wednesday, the event involves 120 countries, civil society groups and technology companies and will include strategically important nations where rights groups have expressed concerns about the state of democracy, such as India, Poland and Israel.

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