Human Right Watch recently launched its eighteenth annual review of human rights practice in the world. In his introductory essay, Kenneth Roth, executive director of the organization, accuses the established democracies of diminish democracy standards to allow fake democrats to join their club.
“Rarely has democracy been so acclaimed yet so breached, so promoted yet so disrespected, so important yet so disappointing.”
According to Roth, this trend is not new but has become increasingly striking in 2007. He identifies the organization of fraudulent elections as a main strategy for autocratic leaders to pose as democrats. This fake democratic legitimacy is accompanied by political violence, silencing of media, shutting down civil society and undermining the rule of law.
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