Philippines sees slight improvement in political rights in 2022 – Freedom House

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Freedom House says other countries seeing an improvement in political rights and civil liberties include Lesotho, Malaysia, Zambia, and Kenya, among others.

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines marked a slight improvement in political rights and civil liberties according toThe Philippines showed an improvement on conditions related to political rights and civil liberties by three points, and was highlighted as being among the countries who had the largest one-year gains or declines in 2022.

Freedom House gave the Philippines an overall global freedom score of 55/100 in its 2022 report , rating the country “partly free,” with a 25 out of 40 score for political rights and 30 out of 60 for civil liberties. Other countries who saw an improvement, moving up by three points, include Lesotho, Malaysia, and Zambia. Kenya and Kosovo meanwhile improved by four points, Slovenia by five points, and Colombia seeing the biggest improvement by six points.

“Eight countries registered modest improvements in civil liberties due to the rollback of COVID-19 restrictions that had disproportionately infringed on the freedoms of assembly and movement. But the most significant positive developments were driven by competitive elections in Latin America and Africa, with politicians and ordinary people in the affected countries reaffirming their commitment to the democratic process,” Freedom House said in its executive summary of the report.

Meanwhile Burkina Faso saw the biggest drop in conditions for political rights and civil liberties sliding 23 points, followed by Ukraine by 11 points and Tunisia by 8 points.

 

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