Freedom House Freedom in the World 2026 reports 54 countries experienced worsening across political rights and civil liberties during 2025. The report further notes 35 countries had progress. Only 21 percent worldwide resides where countries are rated Free, from 46%. Two decades ago it stood 46%. FIW 2026 warns rising threats and reprisals targeting political speech created repression effect on speech.
unilateral authority. Separately, a multiyear rise in threats and reprisals for political speech as well as government efforts to punish nonviolent expression by noncitizens produced a chilling effect on personal expression more broadly. The new presidential administration also disregarded conflicts of interest and weakened both anticorruption safeguards
static.poder360.com.brMilitary coups, violence against peaceful protesters, and efforts to weaken constitutional safeguards in 2025 drove the 20th consecutive year of decline in global freedom, according to a new report…
humanrightsdefenders.blogIn the United States, an escalation in both legislative dysfunction and executive dominance, growing pressure on people’s ability to engage in free expression, and efforts by the new administration to undermine anticorruption safeguards all contributed to a 3-point decline, bringing the country’s score to 81 out of 100.
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