{"id":5793,"date":"2021-03-04T08:07:06","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T08:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=5793"},"modified":"2021-03-04T08:07:06","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T08:07:06","slug":"india-went-from-free-to-partly-free-in-2020-freedom-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/03\/04\/india-went-from-free-to-partly-free-in-2020-freedom-house\/","title":{"rendered":"India went from \u2018free\u2019 to \u2018partly free\u2019 in 2020: Freedom House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Freedom House has downgraded India from free to partly free, voicing fear that the world\u2019s largest democracy was descending into authoritarianism under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.<\/p>\n<p>The democracy research institute, which is independent but receives funding from the United States, pointed to mob violence against Muslims, intimidation of journalists and rising judicial interference since Modi\u2019s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won power in 2014.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5796\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/India-went-from-free-to-partly-free-in-2020-Freedom-House-rapid-news-rapidnews.jpg\" alt=\"India-went-from-free-to-partly-free-in-2020-Freedom-House-rapid-news-rapidnews\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/India-went-from-free-to-partly-free-in-2020-Freedom-House-rapid-news-rapidnews.jpg 976w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/India-went-from-free-to-partly-free-in-2020-Freedom-House-rapid-news-rapidnews-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/India-went-from-free-to-partly-free-in-2020-Freedom-House-rapid-news-rapidnews-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 976px) 100vw, 976px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cRather than serving as a champion of democratic practice and a counterweight to authoritarian influence from countries such as China, Modi and his party are tragically driving India itself toward authoritarianism,\u201d Freedom House said in its annual report on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: India is not rated &#8220;Free&#8221; in Freedom in the World 2021. Political rights and civil liberties have eroded in India since Narendra Modi became prime minister in 2014, causing the country to drop from Free to Partly Free in 2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreedomInTheWorld?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreedomInTheWorld<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HuNzEAc6Nw\">https:\/\/t.co\/HuNzEAc6Nw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mae0CmGpi5\">pic.twitter.com\/mae0CmGpi5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Freedom House (@freedomhouse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/freedomhouse\/status\/1367135204285022212?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n\u201cUnder Modi, India appears to have abandoned its potential to serve as a global democratic leader, elevating narrow Hindu nationalist interests at the expense of its founding values of inclusion and equal rights for all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Freedom House also pointed to the \u201cham-fisted\u201d COVID-19 lockdown ordered by Modi in which enormous numbers of workers who lacked resources were obliged to walk across the country to their villages.<\/p>\n<p data-inc=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5795\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/India-went-from-free-to-partly-free-in-2020-Freedom-House-rapid-news-rapidnews-dailyrapid.jpg\" alt=\"India-went-from-free-to-partly-free-in-2020-Freedom-House-rapid-news-rapidnews-dailyrapid\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/India-went-from-free-to-partly-free-in-2020-Freedom-House-rapid-news-rapidnews-dailyrapid.jpg 690w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/India-went-from-free-to-partly-free-in-2020-Freedom-House-rapid-news-rapidnews-dailyrapid-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/India-went-from-free-to-partly-free-in-2020-Freedom-House-rapid-news-rapidnews-dailyrapid-675x450.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-inc=\"1\">\u201cThe ruling Hindu nationalist movement also encouraged the scapegoating of Muslims, who were disproportionately blamed for the spread of the virus and faced attacks by vigilante mobs,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>With the decline of the billion-plus nation in Freedom House\u2019s rankings, it said that less than 20 percent of the world\u2019s population lives in free countries, the lowest since 1995.<\/p>\n<p>Freedom House also voiced alarm at deteriorations in Hong Kong, where Beijing imposed a draconian new security law; Belarus, where strongman Alexander Lukashenko has held onto power despite protests following elections widely seen as unfair; and Ethiopia, where Nobel Peace Prize-winning Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed launched a military campaign in which rights groups have reported major abuses.<\/p>\n<p>The United States remained classified as free following Donald Trump\u2019s turbulent presidency but Freedom House warned of the \u201cparlous state of US democracy\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Four year decline in India&#8217;s Freedom House ranking (driven by decline in civil liberties score (42 &#8211;&gt; 33). <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TyVxoIwdaf\">pic.twitter.com\/TyVxoIwdaf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tariq Thachil (@tariqthachil) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tariqthachil\/status\/1367118290703810565?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nIt pointed to Trump\u2019s false allegations of election fraud and the January 6 storming of the Capitol \u201cincited by the president himself\u201d.<\/p>\n<div id=\"aljazeera_incontent_dynamic2\" 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