The Freedom House FIW 2026 says 54 countries experienced worsening in political rights and civil liberties in 2025. It also states 35 countries showed improvements. 21% of the world’s population lives in Free-rated countries, from 46%. Over two decades it was 46%. Freedom in the World warns threats and reprisals targeting political speech fueled a chilling effect on expression.
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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