How Well Are Political Rights and Civil Liberties Observed Internationally?

The 2004 Freedom House Country Rating groups countries into three categories:
Free – Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Partly Free – Albania, Armenia (deteriorating), Bosnia-Herzegovina (improving), Macedonia (improving), Moldova, Russia (deteriorating), Serbia and Montenegro (deteriorating), Ukraine
Not Free – Azerbaijan, Belarus (deteriorating), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
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