Latest News About Freedom to govern shows worldwide erosion

Updated 2026-06-18 09:12

Freedom House FIW 2026 finds 54 nations reported deterioration in political rights and civil liberties during 2025. It also states 35 nations showed progress. Only 21 percent worldwide resides in Free-rated countries, down from 46 percent. Two decades ago it stood 46%. FIW 2026 highlights threats and reprisals for political speech produced a chilling effect on speech.

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Regional Trends | Freedom House

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.

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FREEDOM IN THE WORLD 2026

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

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