The 1999 Freedom House Survey: A Century of Progress

Although in 2011 declines in freedom exceeded gains for the sixth straight year, the uprisings in the Arab world represent the most significant challenge to authoritarian rule since the collapse…

Promising advances in the status of freedom in the world during the past year have been matched by significant disappointments.

Although declines in freedom outnumbered gains yet again in 2012, the year was not without some significant progress, most notably in the case of Libya.