In the 2011 Freedom House Freedom of the Press report, Belarus scored 92 on a scale from 10 ( most free ) to 99 ( least free ), because the Lukashenko regime systematically curtails press freedom.

The US Library of Congress Federal Research Division reported it in 2006 as having generally good freedom of speech and human rights records, while Freedom House listed it as " free " in 2011, giving it scores of 2 for political rights and 2 for civil liberties.

In acknowledgment of this, Freedom House granted Cape Verde two 1s in its annual Freedom in the World report, a perfect score.

As of 2008, Comoros and Mauritania are considered by US-based organization Freedom House as the only real “ electoral democracies ” of the Arab World.

According to Freedom House, in 2007 there were 123 electoral democracies ( up from 40 in 1972 ).

At the same time liberal democracies i. e. countries Freedom House regards as free and respectful of basic human rights and the rule of law are 85 in number and represent 38 percent of the global population.

* Freedom House

National elections held on 13 May 2001 returned Berlusconi to power at the head of the five-party center-right " Freedom House " coalition, comprising the prime minister's own party, Forza Italia, the National Alliance, the Northern League, the Christian Democratic Center, and the Democrats ' Center Union.

The " Freedom in the World " index, a measure of political rights and civil liberties published by Freedom House, judged Maldives as " not free " until May 1, 2009, when it was raised to " partly free ".

* Mali ( 2007 ): Freedom House report.

Freedom House states that, " North Korea does not have an independent judiciary and does not acknowledge individual rights ... reports of arbitrary detentions, ' disappearances ,' and extrajudicial killings are common ; torture is widespread and severe "

* Freedom House Country Report on North Korea

Notably, as First Speaker of the House, Jaja Wachuku received Nigeria's Instrument of Independence-also known as Freedom Charter-on October 1, 1960, from Princess Alexandra of Kent, The Queen's representative at the Nigerian independence ceremonies.

Image: President Reagan presents Mother Teresa with the Medal of Freedom 1985. jpg | President Ronald Reagan presenting Mother Teresa with the Presidential Medal of Freedom at a White House ceremony in 1985

Image: Walesa and Santorum. jpg | Lech Wałęsa presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom at a White House ceremony in 1989

File: Barack Obama speaks to Stephen Hawking. jpg | President Barack Obama talks with Stephen Hawking in the Blue Room of the White House before a ceremony presenting him and 15 others the Presidential Medal of Freedom, August 12, 2009.

*" President Bush Honors Medal of Freedom Recipients ", a news release from the White House Press Secretary, December 15, 2006, containing a transcript of President George W. Bush's opening remarks at the December 15, 2006, presentation ( with link to individual citations ).

* " Medal of Freedom Ceremony " ( August 12, 2009 ), a news release, August 12, 2009, from the White House Press Secretary at whitehouse. gov, the White House's official website.

Freedom House, an international organisation funded by the United States, ranks Russia as " not free ", citing " carefully engineered elections " and " absence " of debate.

Russian authorities dismiss these claims and especially criticise Freedom House.

The ministry also claims that such organisations as Freedom House and Human Rights Watch use the same scheme of voluntary extrapolation of " isolated facts that of course can be found in any country " into " dominant tendencies ".

Max Freedom Long wrote that he obtained many of his case studies and his ideas about what to look for in kahuna magic from the Director of the Bishop Museum in Honolulu, William Brigham.

He produced two major exegetical studies of Thomas Aquinas: Grace and Freedom, and Verbum: Word and Idea in Aquinas.

He joined studies in Law at Bombay which he gave up to join the Non-cooperation movement led by Mahatma Gandhi and joined the Freedom movement.

One of the most interesting studies on the issue of film censorship in Turkey is Alim Şerif Onaran's Sinematografik Hürriyet ( Cinematic Freedom ), published in 1968 by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but written in 1963 and being the first study in Turkey which received a PhD for a topic related to film.

Janet Rowley, MD, receives Presidential Medal of Freedom for cancer chromosome studies, 2009

# Freedom of choice – not being shackled by the restrictions that influence an incongruent individual, they are able to make a wider range of choices more fluently.

However, these were somewhat quieted when he formed a coalition with the more conservative Dominica Freedom Party.

All Latin American and Caribbean countries except Cuba and Venezuela enjoyed much more economic freedom than Haiti on the Index of Economic Freedom of 2006.

In this way, Roads to Freedom presents a less theoretical and more practical approach to existentialism.

Despite vowing not to make any more films about the Nazi Party, in 1935, Riefenstahl made the 18-minute Day of Freedom: Armed Forces about the German army.

Eighth Anniversary of Negro Freedom — New Year ’ s Day, 1871: On this occasion the Boston papers related that “… seldom is there an occasion of more attraction or greater general interest.

The American base there was called " Camp Stronghold Freedom ," yet was more often referred to as " K2 Airbase " by the personnel in theater.

However, a subsequent essay by Zechariah Chafee titled “ Freedom of Speech in War Time ” argued despite context that Holmes had intended to substitute clear and present danger for the bad-tendency standard a more protective standard of free speech.

The Charter of 1814 that Louis created entailed all that Saint-Ouen wished for and more: Freedom of Religion, a legislature composed of the Chamber of Deputies and the Chamber of Peers, the press would enjoy a degree of freedom, the biens nationaux would remain in the hands of their current owners.

During the 1990s, the party became more influenced by the French National Front, as well as the Freedom Party of Austria, Danish People's Party, German The Republicans and Italian National Alliance.

He is credited with more than 250 works, both as author and compiler, among which are the famous Seven Treasures ( mdzod bdun ), the Trilogy of Natural Freedom ( rang grol skor gsum ), the Trilogy of Natural Ease ( ngal gso skor gsum ), his Trilogy of Dispelling Darkness, and his compilation-plus commentaries-of the Nyingtig Yabshi.

The Press cited both a review of costs ( in a letter to Raven subscribers ) and changes in the direction and content of the Freedom newspaper: " Our intention is that changes in this newspaper will allow it to do some of the more reflective work that was previously The Raven's lot.

Albon had been an editor of Freedom whilst Hunt had become frustrated with the more mainstream green magazine Green Line for which he had been writing.

* International Freedom of Expression Exchange — “ The largest online archive of information on press freedom violations ”, dating back to 1995 and covering more than 120 countries.

The Dutch Labour Party and the then ruling People's Party for Freedom and Democracy ( VVD ) believed that this sanction was not enough and they called for more penalties such as economic sanctions, expulsion of the Surinamese ambassador ( who is the daughter of MP Rashied Doekhi, one of the 28 MP's who voted in favour of the law ) and a European travel ban for all the parliamentarians who voted for the amnesty law.

In June 1877 the citizens decided to change the name of the village to Freedom perhaps in the hope that by adopting a more placid appellation there would be a corresponding change in reputation.

The racial makeup of Freedom was 1, 452 ( 47. 3 %) White, 44 ( 1. 4 %) African American, 31 ( 1. 0 %) Native American, 100 ( 3. 3 %) Asian, 1, 285 ( 41. 9 %) from other races, and 158 ( 5. 1 %) from two or more races.

LT Murphy is the first sailor since Vietnam more than 35 years ago to receive the Medal of Honor and the only Navy recipient for actions in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Freedom of expression in section 2 also has a more wide-ranging scope than the First Amendment to the United States Constitution's freedom of speech.

During Freedom Summer in 1964, the Hattiesburg / Palmers Crossing project was the headquarters for all civil rights activity in the 5th Congressional District and the largest and most active site in the state with more than 90 volunteers and 3, 000 local participants.

During the Operation Iraqi Freedom more than 450 missiles were fired.

The set includes the original re-mastered album, The Freedom Sessions and a DVD that includes live performances, music videos and more.

In trying to defend his fight against the investigation, Rader wrote the 1980 self-exculpatory polemic " Against the Gates of Hell: The Threat to Religious Freedom in America " arguing that his legal fight with the Attorney General was more about religious freedoms rather than about abuse of public trust or fraudulent misappropriation of tithe funds.

The Progressive Era saw the enactment of more controls on the economy, as evidenced by the Wilson Administration's New Freedom program.