Georgia remains 'partly free' in Freedom House rating
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Georgia remains ‘partly free’ in the latest report by independent watchdog Freedom House.
The United States (US)-based organisation released its annual Freedom in the World Report for the year 2015, called "Discarding Democracy: A Return to the Iron Fist,” in which it examined the condition of global political rights and civil liberties of 195 countries.
Out of these countries, 89 (46 percent) were ranked ‘free,’ 55 (28 percent) as ‘partly free’ and 51 (26 percent) as ‘not free.’
Georgia was ranked among the 55 'partly free' countries. In addition, on a seven-point scale of the freedom rating, where one point meant most free and seven points meant least free, Georgia ranked three points for the second time in a row.
Georgia's 2015 results were similar to the previous year in the civil liberties and political rights sections, where the country also received three points.
In general, Freedom House stated the overall overview of the political situation in the world was quite negative.
"In a year marked by an explosion of terrorist violence, autocrats’ use of more brutal tactics and Russia’s invasion and annexation of a neighboring country’s territory, the state of freedom in 2014 worsened significantly in nearly every part of the world,” said the report.
The report also named several "economically powerful or regionally influential" countries, which had moved backwards including Russia, Venezuela, Egypt, Turkey, Thailand, Nigeria, Kenya, Azerbaijan and Hungary.
Georgia has been named as one of Eurasia’s brightest stars by independent watchdog organization Freedom House.
The annually released Freedom of the Net Report by Freedom House revealed Georgia had liberal freedom on the internet while global trends showed internet censorship had increased.
Georgia’s overall democracy score was 4.61 and was classified as "Transitional Government” or "Hybrid Regime”. In last year’s report the country’s democracy score was 4.64, which meant Georgia has improved its score by 0.03 in the past 12 months.
Georgia has the most media freedom in the region.
Georgia remains ‘partly free’ in the latest report by independent watchdog Freedom House. On a seven-point scale of the freedom rating, where one point meant the most free and seven points meant the least free, Georgia ranked three points.
Independent watchdog Freedom House has released a report assessing the level of democracy in 29 countries across Central Europe and Eurasia today.
Georgia has been listed among the low-risk countries on the ‘Bloomberg Risks Map’.
Georgia has the most free media environment in the Caucasus region based on the newest report released by leading international watchdog Freedom House earlier today.
Freedom House has released its Freedom on the Net 2017 index, in which Georgia has improved its position with one point.
Georgia was ranked among the 59 'partly free' countries. Its score was again 64 on a scale of 1 to 100. In addition, on a seven-point scale of the freedom rating, where one point meant the most free and seven points meant the least free, Georgia ranked three points for the fourth time in a row.
Freedom House, the US-government funded non-governmental organisation, has made corrections in its Nations in Transit report on Georgia, after the survey was harshly criticized by the Georgian prime minister, parliament speaker and other top figures of the country. The corrections were made on May 13 and 14 and they concern the media issues.