Third World Countries in terms of political rights and civil liberties.

The most repressive regimes in the world.List of countries with the worst records for political rights and civil liberties. Within these countries and territories, state control over daily life is pervasive and wide-ranging, independent organizations and political opposition are banned or suppressed, and fear of retribution for independent thought and action is part of daily life.According to the Freedom House report Freedom in the World 2007, there are eight countries judged to have the worst records:Burma (Myanmar), Cuba, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Turkmenistan, andUzbekistan.Also included are two territories, Chechnya (Russia) and Tibet, whoseinhabitants suffer intense repression. These states and regions received theFreedom House survey’s lowest rating: 7 for political rights and 7 for civilliberties.The report also includes nine further countries near the bottom of FreedomHouse's list of the most repressive: Belarus, China, Cote d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Laos, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Zimbabwe. The territory of Western Sahara (most of the territory is controlled by Morocco) is also included in this group. While these states scored slightly better than the “worst of the worst,” they offer very limited scope for private discussion while severely suppressing opposition political activity, impeding independent organizing, and censoring or punishing criticism of the state.(Source: Freedom House Freedom in the World 2007)See the full report on Freedom HouseSee also below: Third World Countries in Terms of Press Freedom