CIVICUS 2025 Report Reveals Widespread Attacks on Civic Freedoms Worldwide By Oritro Karim Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.

https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/12/civicus-2025-report-reveals-widespread-attacks-on-civic-freedoms-worldwide/?utm_source=email_marketing&utm_admin=146128&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=A_New_UN_SecretaryGeneral_Needs_the_Blessings_of_the_US_or_Get_Vetoed_Sindh_Peoples_Housing_Redefine UNITED NATIONS, Dec 11 2025 (IPS) - Over the course of 2025, global civic space conditions have deteriorated sharply, with most countries experiencing some degree of obstructed civil liberties. As authoritarian governments strengthen their hold and have even escalated the use of military force to suppress public dissent, civilians report facing increasing limitations of freedoms of association, peaceful assembly, petition and religion, as well as notable crackdowns on press freedoms. Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.