Daily Archives: January 24, 2014

90 Day Sprint To Freedom

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Amitabh Bachchan at Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom Special Screening
Amitabh Bachchan is seen here at the screening of Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. The movie has been screened at many important occasions including the White ...

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Freedom in Miami
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Project Freedom - Miracles Happen Daily with the right training

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Political rights and civil liberties declined around the world in 2013 for the eighth consecutive year, the annual report released by Freedom House said.

"Freedom in the World" said 54 countries lost ground while only 40 became more open and democratic. The report cited Egypt, where a military coup displaced an elected president, and China, where the government has cracked down on dissent.

Freedom House, which has its headquarters in Washington, is a non-governmental organization founded in 1941 to foster political liberty.

"Some leaders effectively relied on 'modern authoritarianism,' crippling their political opposition without annihilating it, and flouting the rule of law while maintaining a veneer of order, legitimacy and prosperity," the report said. "Central to modern authoritarians is the capture of institutions that undergird political pluralism. They seek to dominate not only the executive and legislative branches, but also the media, judiciary, civil society, economy, and security forces."

The report identified the 10 most oppressive countries as the Central African Republic, Somalia, Equatorial Guinea, Sudan, Eritrea, Syria, North Korea, Turkmenistan, Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan.

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Freedom House finds decline in political freedom in 2013

WASHINGTON The Philippines retained its status for the fourth straight year as a "partly free" country but was a standout among Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members in a survey of political rights and civil liberties in 195 nations conducted by Freedom House.

The Washington-based non-government organization, in its Freedom in the World 2014 report, rated the Philippines one of 59 partly free countries and gave it a score of 3 points each in political rights and civil liberties. Eighty-eight countries were ranked as free and 48 were deemed not free.

ASEAN members Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore were in the partly free grouping and all, with the exception of Indonesia, had scores of 4 points each in political rights and civil liberties.

Indonesias status declined from free to partly free due to the adoption of a law that, among other things, restricts activities of non-government organizations and increases bureaucratic oversight of such groups, Freedom House said.

Its civil liberties rating declined also from 3 to 4 though it managed to eke out a score of 2 points in political rights.

It was the second time this month that the Philippines received a positive international rating.

Last week, the Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal in their 2014 Index of World Economic Freedom upgraded the Philippines to 89th place from 97th previously out of 178 countries because of a dedication of reform amongst the countrys leadership.

Freedom House examines the ability of individuals to exercise their political and civil rights around the world and assigns each country two numerical ratings from 1 to 7 for political rights and civil liberties. The average of the ratings determines whether a country is free, partly free or not free.

One point represents the most free and seven the least free rating.

The remaining five other members of the ASEAN Vietnam, Laos, Brunei, Myanmar and Cambodia were deemed not free in the Freedom House report.

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