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Dear John,
Democratic governance declined for the 20th consecutive year in the 29 countries stretching from Central Europe to Central Asia, according to Freedom House’s latest edition of Nations in Transit, released today. This decades-long decline has had a real human cost—most gravely in Ukraine and Nagorno-Karabakh, as autocrats in Russia and Azerbaijan intensified violent aggression abroad in 2023.
The events of 2023 exposed the failure of governing institutions to perform their core functions of upholding citizens’ rights and freedoms. To protect citizens and shore up democracy in the region, it is imperative that democratic leaders in the United States, Europe, and further afield continue to bolster local actors in their fight for institutional reforms.
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NEW REPORT: Explore Nations in Transit 2024
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In 2023, the 29-country region stretching from Central Europe to Central Asia experienced further democratic setbacks amid escalating authoritarian attacks on basic rights and liberties. Yet civic activists and democratic leaders continued to strive for better governance across the diverse region. Explore the full findings of this year's Nations in Transit report.
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Dive into the Data From Nations in Transit
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There are many factors that impact a country's Nations in Transit score. Explore our interactive chart with data from the latest edition.
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Check out our interactive map and learn more about the state of democracy in Nations in Transit's area of focus, a 29-country region stretching from Central Europe to Central Asia.
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Accountability Measures for Overlooked Perpetrators
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The governments of Russia, Iran, and China are among the worst perpetrators of transnational repression, and their efforts to silence critics abroad often make headlines. However, regimes with fewer resources, and which receive comparatively less international news coverage, are also carrying out frightening incidents of transnational repression.
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