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Freedom-house, "an independent non-governmental organization that supports the expansion of freedom in the world", has issued its annual report this week called "Freedom of the World" detailing ranking for freedom in countries around the world. The report ranks every country on a seven point scale in two categories - "political rights" (PR) and "civil liberties" (CL), 1 being the highest and 7 the lowest.
To make it easier for you, I'll give the rankings for the East Asian countries from best ranked to lowest, first score is PR followed by CL and the change from last year (up for improvement, down for getting worse) :
- Taiwan : 1, 1
- Japan : 1, 2
- South Korea : 1, 2
- Mongolia : 2, 2
- India : 2, 3
- Thailand : 3, 3
- Philippines : 3, 3
- Malaysia : 4, 4
- Singapore : 5, 4
- Brunei : 6, 5
- Cambodia : 6 ,5
- Nepal : 6, 5 (down)
- Vietnam : 7, 5
- China : 7, 6 (down)
- Laos : 7, 6
- Burma : 7, 7
- North Korea : 7, 7
(BTW - and … Israel : 1 ,2 (up))
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Full report "Worst of the Worst: The World's Most Repressive Societies 2006" can be found here : http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=138&report=40
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| September 9th, 2006 at 10:24 pm #
Wow. And Mongolia comes from out of nowhere…
Surprised by their result, but not sure why exactly.
Surprised by Singapore as well.
fiLi
| September 10th, 2006 at 12:52 am #
Yeah, I guess I am too, in a way. Yet they make a strong argument in their papers to form what seems to be a solid case, and most of it makes lots of sense. Though I’m sure every organization has somesort of political agenda, there’s no escaping that.
Ryan
| September 10th, 2006 at 1:24 am #
A country where you can get on a horse and ride for a bazillion miles in near any direction… that’s as free as it gets
I haven’t read the paper yet, but was China’s drop due to the media crack-downs?
fiLi
| September 10th, 2006 at 2:02 am #
I’m not sure which crackdown you’re referring to but it is mentioned that “The popularity of the internet has also led to increased government crackdowns and close monitoring of personal communication”
and that…
“In March 2005, the new Regulations
on the Administration of Book Quality came into effect, requiring publishers to refrain from
reprinting books of questionable political correctness and authorizing the government to
confiscate banned books that had already been sold. In August, the Central Propaganda
Department issued a new order restricting popular access to foreign films and television
programs. The government encouraged the media to engage in self-censorship, as stipulated in
the Self-Discipline Agreement for Chinese Radio and Television Announcers and Hosts issued in
September.”
Link - http://www.freedomhouse.org/uploads/WoW/2006/China2006.pdf
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