Rights and civil liberty freedoms decrease again

FOR the fourth year in a row, freedom in terms of political rights and civil liberties have decreased in the world, according to the international organisation, Freedom House.

This, the organisation says, is the longest continuous period of decline for global freedom in the almost 40 year history of its report.

According to the Washington-based body, just 46% of the world’s 194 countries, with about the same percentage of the global population, are receiving information deemed to be independent about what is happening in their country and what is being done on their behalf.