Freedom House: Georgia remains Partly Free country

20:27, 03.03.2021

Georgia scored 60 out of 100 points in the Freedom House 2021 ranking and obtained Partly Free status, according to the 2021 Freedom in the World report.

According to the international watchdog, Georgia’s “democratic trajectory showed signs of improvement during the period surrounding a change in government in 2012–13, but recent years have featured backsliding.”

It also highlighted that “oligarchic influence affects the country’s political affairs, policy decisions, and media environment, and the rule of law is undermined by politicization. Civil liberties are inconsistently protected.”

Freedom in the World index annually measures the degree of political rights and civil liberties on a scale of 0 to 100 in 195 countries and 15 disputed territories (100 points denoting “absolutely free”). In 2021, out of 195 countries, 82 were marked as “free,” 59 as “partly free” and 54 as “not free.”

By - Elene Dobordjginidze

Society

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