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Each year, Freedomhouse.org publishes a Freedom in the World report, which categorizes countries as free, partly free, or not free. The countries below were deemed not free.

Repressive societies are defined as exerting pervasive state control over daily life, banning free speech, independent organizations, and political opposition, and practicing severe human rights violations. Source: Freedom in the World, 2012, published by Freedom House.

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  • Afghanistan Algeria Angola Azerbaijan Bahrain Belarus Brunei Burma Cambodia Cameroon Brunei Chad China Congo, Democratic Republic of (Kinshasa) Congo, Republic of (Brazzaville) Côte d’Ivoire Cuba Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea

  • Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia, The Gaza Strip Iran Iraq Jordon Kazakhstan Laos Libya Mauritania Nagorno-Karabakh North Korea Oman Pakistani Kashmir Qatar Russia Rwanda Saudi Arabia

  • Somalia South Ossetia South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Syria Tajikistan Tibet Transnistria Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam West Bank Western Sahara Yemen Zimbabwe

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