Freedom House: Syria, Western Sahara worst in world for political rights
The think tank also downgraded Jordan to "not free" in its 2021 democracy rankings.
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Several Middle Eastern and North African states scored badly in Freedom House’s rankings for 2021.
The think tank, which receives the bulk of its funding from the US government, released its findings on the state of democracy around the world Wednesday. Freedom House ranked Syria as the country with the least political rights in the world, followed by Western Sahara.