A Grim Year for Democracy and Civic Freedoms – but in Gen Z There Is Hope By Mandeep S.Tiwana Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.

https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/12/a-grim-year-for-democracy-and-civic-freedoms-but-in-gen-z-there-is-hope/ NEW YORK, Dec 24 2025 (IPS) - 2025 has been a terrible year for democracy. Just over 7 per cent of the world’s population now live in places where the rights to organise, protest and speak out are generally respected, according to the CIVICUS Monitor, a civil society research partnership that measures civic freedoms around the world. This is a sharp drop from over 14 per cent this time last yea Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.