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WEBFreedom House’s Election Watch project offers in-depth analysis ahead of key elections around the world, including those in Partly Free and Not Free countries. Each assessment informs technology companies, policymakers, and civil society organizations about the risks of human rights violations and digital interference ahead of an election.
New Report: The global decline in democracy has accelerated
WEBWashington - March 3, 2021 — Authoritarian actors grew bolder during 2020 as major democracies turned inward, contributing to the 15th consecutive year of decline in global freedom, according to Freedom in the World 2021, the annual country-by-country assessment of political rights and civil liberties released today by Freedom House.. The report found that the share of countries designated ...
United States: Freedom in the World 2021 Country Report
WEBOverview. The United States is a federal republic whose people benefit from a vibrant political system, a strong rule-of-law tradition, robust freedoms of expression and religious belief, and a wide array of other civil liberties. However, in recent years its democratic institutions have suffered erosion, as reflected in partisan pressure on ...
Freedom in the World
WEBThe first edition of Freedom in the World covered the year 1972. Find reports from 1972 to the present, including full PDF reports downloads and historical data in Excel format. Freedom in the World is the most widely read and cited report of its kind, tracking global trends in political rights and civil liberties for over 50 years.
Countries and Territories - Freedom House
WEBFreedom House measures the level of democratic governance in 29 countries from Central Europe to Central Asia through its annual Nations in Transit report. The democracy score incorporates separate ratings on national and local governance, electoral process, independent media, civil society, judicial framework and independence, and corruption. Click on a country name below to access the full ...
Countries and Territories - Freedom House
WEBFreedom House rates people’s access to political rights and civil liberties in 210 countries and territories through its annual Freedom in the World report. Individual freedoms—ranging from the right to vote to freedom of expression and equality before the law—can be affected by state or nonstate actors. Click on a country name below to access the full country narrative report.
Freedom in the World 2021: Democracy under Siege | Freedom …
WEBIndia, the world’s most populous democracy, dropped from Free to Partly Free status in Freedom in the World 2021. The government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and its state-level allies continued to crack down on critics during the year, and their response to COVID-19 included a ham-fisted lockdown that resulted in the dangerous and ...
Russia: Freedom in the World 2022 Country Report | Freedom House
WEBIn the 2021 Duma elections, United Russia won 324 seats, maintaining its supermajority. The main Kremlin-approved opposition parties—the Communist Party, A Just Russia, the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), and the New People party—won the bulk of the remainder, totaling 118 seats. Three smaller parties and five independents ...
Explore the Map - Freedom House
WEBFreedom in the World assigns a freedom score and status to 210 countries and territories. Click on the countries to learn more. Global freedom statuses are calculated on a weighted scale. Freedom on the Net measures internet freedom in 70 countries. Click on the highlighted countries for data from our 2022 report.
Japan: Freedom in the World 2021 Country Report | Freedom House
WEBJapan is a multiparty parliamentary democracy. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has governed almost continuously since 1955, with stints in opposition from 1993 to 1994 and 2009 to 2012. Political rights and civil liberties are generally well respected. Outstanding challenges include ethnic and gender-based discrimination and claims of ...