Freedom in the World FIW 2026 finds 54 countries reported worsening in political rights and civil liberties in 2025. It adds 35 countries showed improvements. Only 21 percent globally is in countries rated Free, from 46%. Two decades back it stood 46%. Freedom in the World signals rising threats and reprisals linked to political speech produced 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.brIn 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.
freedomhouse.orgMilitary 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…
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