U.S.-based human rights watchdog Freedom House has downgraded India’s status from ‘Free’ to ‘Partly Free’, in its annual report. Freedom House, which is largely funded through U.S. government grants, has been tracking the course of democracy since 1941.
India’s freedom score, calculated using indicators of political rights and civil liberties, dropped four points to 67 this year, pulling the country down into the ‘Partly Free’ category. In a year when social media censorship has been hotly seated, while the government shut down Internet connectivity in Kashmir as well as on Delhi’s borders, India’s Internet freedom score dropped to just 51.
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