epaselect epa11160489 Police officers detain participants of a civil memorial service to Russian late opposition leader Alexei Navalny near the memorial to political prisoners in St. Petersburg, Russia, 17 February 2024. Russian opposition leader and outspoken Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has died aged 47 in a penal colony, the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District announced on 16 February 2024. A prison service statement said that Navalny 'felt unwell' after a walk on 16 February, and it was investigating the causes of his death. In late 2023 Navalny was transferred to an Arctic penal colony considered one of the harshest prisons. EPA/ANATOLY MALTSEV

Zum 18. Mal in Folge verzeichnet der Thinktank Freedom House in seinem Bericht für 2023 einen weltweiten Rückgang von Freiheit und Demokratie. Während sich die Lage in 21 Staaten verbessert hat, etwa in Thailand und Polen, gab es in 52 Staaten Rückschritte, so in den Putschstaaten in Westafrika, in Lateinamerika, Serbien und Russland. 2005 war das letzte Jahr, in dem der alljährliche Bericht einen globalen Fortschritt sah. Ein ähnliches Bild zeichnete vor kurzem der Demokratie-Index des britischen "Economist".

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epaselect epa11160489 Police officers detain participants of a civil memorial service to Russian late opposition leader Alexei Navalny near the memorial to political prisoners in St. Petersburg, Russia, 17 February 2024. Russian opposition leader and outspoken Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has died aged 47 in........

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