Democracy Declined Worldwide In 2011 With Arab Spring At Risk, Watchdog Says -- NBCWASHINGTON -- Democratic governance declined throughout the world in 2011, showing that gains made in the Middle East and North Africa during the Arab Spring are very fragile and in its chaotic aftermath leaders may slip back into authoritarian rule, a U.S. watchdog group said Monday.
Only Tunisia has improved markedly its overall governance score among the Middle East and North African countries that were surveyed in the latest "Countries at the Crossroads" report published by Freedom House. Bahrain slipped backward and Egypt edged up only slightly.
Across the world, declines in the quality of governance far exceeded improvements, led by a worsening of government accountability and the rule of law in civil and criminal matters, the U.S. research group said.
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WNU editor: Freedom House's website is here. How will this decline in democracy impact us .... Howard LaFranchi at the Christian Science Monitor looks at the Arab world, and how the Arab Spring has turned into protests and 'Death to America!'.
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