The term used to describe a state in which authoritarian elements have captured some or much of the machinery of state and use this in an attempt to deny basic political and civil liberties.

The answer is "Pseudo-democracies".

Pseudo-Democracies portrays a political framework which calls itself popularity based, yet offers no genuine decision for the subjects. This absence of decision can originate from restricted measure of assorted gatherings qualified for a vote, established power structures which are not so much influenced by any vote, no accessibility of a voting choice "nothing unless there are other options" for voters who support change to the current political scene, no direct popularity based means, and so forth .