Freedom Report Freedom in the World 2026 reports 54 nations reported deterioration in political rights and civil liberties during 2025. It adds 35 nations reported improvements. Only 21 percent worldwide is where countries are rated Free, down from 46 percent. Over two decades it reached 46%. FIW 2026 warns threats and reprisals for political speech created repression effect on speech.
In 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…
humanrightsdefenders.blogunilateral 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
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