KYIV, Feb. 28 - U.S.-based human rights group Freedom House says Ukraine’s parliament risks endangering the country’s democracy if it votes on draft laws that would increase government monitoring of civil society institutions, RFE/RL reported.

The group on Wednesday said parliament, known as the Verkhovna Rada, plans to vote on two draft laws that “imitate efforts by authoritarian governments to limit the influence of civil society in the guise of promoting transparency.”