Freedom House: Georgia still most free in region
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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 2017, called "Democracy in Crisis", in which it examined the condition of global political rights and civil liberties of 195 countries.
Out of these countries, 87 (45 percent) were ranked ‘free,’ 59 (30 percent) as ‘partly free’ and 49 (25 percent) as ‘not free.’
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.
The bigger picture
Freedom House President Michael Abramowitz said in the report that democratic governments allow people to help set the rules to which all must adhere, and have a say in the direction of their lives and work.
This fosters a broader respect for peace, fair play, and compromise. Autocrats impose arbitrary rules on their citizens while ignoring all constraints themselves, spurring a vicious circle of abuse and radicalization”, he said.
According to him political rights and civil liberties around the world deteriorated to their lowest point in more than a decade in 2017 and democracy is in crisis.
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.
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.
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 remains ‘partially free’ in the latest report by independent watchdog Freedom House.
Georgia is among the world’s top ten countries, which enjoy freedom on the net, based on the Freedom House report released earlier today. The Freedom on the Net report assessed 65 countries between June 1, 2018 and May 31, 2019.
The report says that in 2019 and in early 2020, politicians have undermined judicial independence and the rule of law in all of the subregions covered by Nations in Transit, resulting in score declines in the Czech Republic, Georgia, Latvia, Montenegro, Poland, and Slovakia
Freedom House’s latest report Democracy Under Lockdown reads that in Georgia the government has been widely commended among the population for imposing strict, but transparent measures to tackle the pandemic.