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  Pakistan slides 11 points in Democracy Index 2023, classified as 'authoritarian regime'

  World | February 16, 2024 17:10 IST

  Pakistan has suffered the biggest regression in the Asian region triggering a downgrade from 'hybrid regime' to 'authoritarian regime'. The Economist Intelligence Report said one of the reasons for this was the “outsized political influence of the military".

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  Iran authorities refuse to confirm protests fatalities

  World | December 02, 2019 13:51 IST

  Iranian authorities have not assumed any responsibility in the violent repression of protests and have instead accused countries

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  Hazare's Approach Authoritarian: Mahesh Bhatt

  India | April 22, 2011 19:04 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 22: Noted filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt and eminent historian K N Panikkar today raised questions on Anna Hazare's anti-corruption movement, accusing him of adopting an “authoritarian” approach in selecting civil society members in