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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jason Burke International security correspondent

Democracy indicators in US at lowest levels for 50 years, data shows

Two police officers use tape to handcuff a defiantly smiling woman dressed as Liberty in Chains
Police officers arrest a protester during a ‘No Kings’ protest against Donald Trump’s perceived authoritarianism in Los Angeles in March. Photograph: Étienne Laurent/AFP/Getty Images

Key indicators of democracy in the US have fallen to their lowest levels in 50 years, with the global rule of law significantly undermined by the Trump administration’s “threats and actions”, data from a leading thinktank shows.

Around the world, judicial independence, credible elections and freedom of expression, press freedom and access to justice are all at their lowest levels for at least 30 years, according to the Stockholm-based International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International Idea).

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