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How 'free' are former Soviet Republics?

November 13, 2014

On the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, CNN's Global Public Square looks at Freedom House's rankings of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Republics to see how those liberated countries have actually fared.

Issues: 
Civil Society, Democratic Governance, Elections, Freedom of Association, Freedom of Expression, Media Freedom, Rule of Law
Regions: 
Eurasia
FREEDOM AT ISSUE BLOG

Twenty-Five Years On, Freedom in Central Europe Faces New Threats

Arch Puddington
Vice President for Research
August 28, 2014

A quarter-century after the 1989 revolutions, freedom prevails in Central Europe, but some politicians are turning their backs on democratic values at home and new liberation struggles abroad.
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Nations in Transit 2014: Russia Leads Eurasia's Break from the Democratic World

June 12, 2014

In a new report, Freedom House highlights Russia's pivotal role in a decade-long decline in democracy among the countries of the post-Soviet sphere.

Issues: 
Civil Society, Democratic Governance, Elections, Freedom of Association, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights Defense, Internet Freedom, Media Freedom, Rule of Law
Regions: 
Eurasia, Europe
FREEDOM AT ISSUE BLOG

Russian Energy Weapon in Europe

Joseph Gates
Communications Intern
March 10, 2014


Russia’s natural gas supplies are potent economic weapons in the crisis with Ukraine – and in Russia’s relations with other eastern European countries and the European Union.

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Sylvana Habdank-Kołaczkowska

Project Director, Nations in Transit

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Regions: 
Eurasia

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Freedom in the World

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Evaluation of 2008-2011 UN Human Rights Council Candidates

On May 21, 2008, the UN General Assembly will elect 15 new Human Rights Council members. Twenty countries are candidates. Freedom House and UN Watch evaluated each candidate’s suitability for election to the Human Rights Council by examining its record of human rights protection at home and its record of human rights promotion at the UN.

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