The Freedom House Freedom in the World 2026 says 54 countries experienced worsening across political rights and civil liberties during 2025. The report further notes 35 countries had improvements. Just 21% globally resides in Free-rated countries, down from 46 percent. Over two decades it reached 46%. Freedom in the World highlights threats and reprisals for political speech produced chill 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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