Russia 'Not Free'
Political rights and civil liberties have become so restricted in Russia that the country has been downgraded to 'Not Free,' Freedom House announced in a major survey of global freedom released today.The global survey, 'Freedom in the World,' shows that Russia was the only country to register a negative category change in 2004, moving from Partly Free to Not Free. However, Russia was not the only country in the former Soviet Union that experienced political and civic changes: setbacks took place in Belarus and Armenia, while freedom gained in the aftermath of civic protests in Georgia and Ukraine.This is something we need to keep a close eye on. Hopefully, the spirit of freedom sweeping through the Ukraine will spread east.
posted by Dave Justus | 12/21/2004 09:26:00 AM
1 Comments:
is it possible that this will move in cycels.
Slowly peeling off parts of countires and then even them we may only get a percent of those countires to move toward the democratic side of the spectrum.
kida like the tide, never stopping but slowly eating away at the evil land
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