SHRINKING DEMOCRACY, GROWING VIOLENCE 8 3. Worst offenders are entrenched and emboldened in the use of shutdowns 1,153 864 35 694 days since Nov. 4, 2020 **** days since Aug. 2021 **** days since Feb. 2022 **** shutdowns persisted from 2023 into 2024 Tigray, Ethiopia Dozens of townships across Myanmar Panjgur, Pakistan People in 17 countries were subjected to a shutdown for the entire year in 2023 ****Number of days as of Dec. 31, 2023 4. The geographic scope of shutdowns is broadening In 2023, only 30.4% of all shutdowns were on the smallest scale (only affecting one city, county, or village), whereas 46.8% of all shutdowns were on this scale in 2022. 80 shutdowns impacted multiple regions or entire countries, the highest number of such shutdowns recorded since 2016. Since 2016 1,458 shutdowns around the world New offenders in 2023 Kenya ***** Mozambique Nepal Suriname ***** First shutdown imposed by the government of Kenya; previous shutdowns in 2020 were imposed by a third party 82 countries affected 334 #KeepItOn coalition members from 106 countries Lebanon Qatar United Arab Emirates Countries with multi-year platform blocks in place appearing in the STOP database for the first time