The Washington-based rights group Freedom House has warned that “challenges to democracy” in the United States are “threatening to undermine political rights and civil liberties” around the world.
RFE/RL: Freedom House – global democracy ‘in retreat’ for 13th year
Opposition supporters attend an unauthorized anti-Putin rally called by opposition leader Alexei Navalny on May 5, 2018 in Saint Petersburg, two days ahead of Vladimir Putin's inauguration for a fourth Kremlin term.The placard depicts Russian President Vladimir Putin as former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. / AFP PHOTO / Olga MALTSEVA
