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"Violence in TK protests and the assassination of Klodian Rasha", Freedom House: Albania marks decline, partly free
Freedom House concluded that in 2020 authoritarian actors became more courageous, while larger democracies faced internal problems, resulting in a 15th consecutive year of decline in world freedom.
Freedom House released its 2021 annual report on Freedom in the World, according to which the gap between declines and improvements in the level of freedom widened. According to the report, Albania has fallen one point below, while Kosovo two points. Northern Macedonia was one of the success stories with three points improvement from a year ago.
According to the Freedom House report, the Balkans are among the regions that have declined, but have also made some progress. Albania and Kosovo continue to remain partially free, and have fallen by one point and two points respectively.
Albania from 67 points last year, has 66 points this year with a drop in the category of rights of collection and organization, related to two events.
"We saw a decline in freedom of assembly, due to violence between protesters and security forces in May, during the demolition of the National Theater building. Another cause for concern was when in December police killed a citizen who had violated the curfew order. "These contributed to the decline in the category of freedom of assembly," said report co-author Amy Slipowitz.
Kosovo suffered a two-point drop from a total of 56 to 54, attributed to the decline in the categories of electoral process and political pluralism.
"It had to do with the approval of Prime Minister Hoti's government by a one-vote majority of a convicted MP," said Amy Slipowitz, co-author of the report and director of research at Freedom House.
The irregularity of this process brought down.
"It was also the fall in the category for the opposition because the old political guard orchestrated the fall of Albin Kurti's government of the Vetëvendosje party , " said Ms. Slipowitz.
Despite the decline of the region, Montenegro and Northern Macedonia have increased, even by 3 points more than last year. Northern Macedonia is one of the countries mentioned for significant growth in the report.
"The reformist government of Northern Macedonia was re-elected and its institutions have largely recovered from the damage caused by former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, " the report said.
2020-a ishte një vit ku pandemia e koronavirusit mbizotëroi në botë jo vetëm si krizë shëndetësore dhe Shtetet e Bashkuara pësuan një rënie të konsiderueshme në nivelin e demokracisë. Fredoom House thotë se pasojat ndjehen në gjithë botën.
“Kur vendet demokratike pësojnë rënie, ose tregojnë dobësi, kjo u jep aktorëve autoritarë diçka për të përmendur dhe hapësirë për të pretenduar se demokracia është një sistem inferior”, thotë bashkëautorja e raportit, Sarah Repucci, nënpresidente për studime dhe analizë në Freedom House.
Liria në Shtetet e Bashkuara ra me tre pikë dhe në dekadën e fundit ka rënë 11 pikë, një rënie e thellë që tashmë e vendos vendin më pranë shteteve me insitucione të dobëta si Rumania dhe Panamaja.
Dëmi më i madh thotë për demokracinë amerikane thotë zonja Repucci, ishin përpjekjet e Presidentit Trump për të përmbysur vullnetin e votuesve amerikanë dhe pretendimet e tij të pabaza për mashtrime në zgjedhje.
Duke përmendur si shembull ngjarjet e 6 janarit, ekspertët e organizatës Freedom House që ka matur nivelin e lirisë në botë prej dekadash, thonë se propagandistët në botë përdorin pikërisht këtë argument kundër vendeve demokratike.
“Administrata e Presidentit Biden duhet ta bëjë përparësi konsolidimin e demokracisë, ne duhet të riparojmë dobësitë afatgjata dhe jo të përqendrohemi në zgjidhje afatshkurtra”, thotë zonja Repucci.
Megjithatë studiuesit vënë në dukje se fakti që sistemi gjyqësor funksionoi tregoi forcën e demokracisë.
Freedom House cites as one of the main concerns China's role in both concealing the scale of the pandemic and in trying to expand its influence in the world.
Despite declining levels of freedom, Freedom House concludes that democracy in many parts of the world has continued to demonstrate its resilience, as protests in countries such as Malawi, Myanmar and Russia have shown./VOA