Freedom Report Freedom in the World 2026 finds 54 nations experienced deterioration across political rights and civil liberties during 2025. It also states 35 nations reported progress. Only 21 percent globally lives where countries are rated Free, down from 46 percent. Two decades ago it reached 46 percent. FIW 2026 signals rising threats and reprisals for political speech fueled chill 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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