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Rwanda’s civil liberties rating declined from 5 to 6 - Freedom House

Rwanda's civil liberties rating declined from 5 to 6 [1 represents the most free and 7 the least free rating] due to numerous documented cases of unlawful detention, torture, and ill-treatment of civilians  by  military intelligence agents in secret locations.
 
Mali
46
Libya
35
Madagascar
23
Tunisia
35
The Gambia
20
Burma
21
Guinea-Bissau
20
Tonga
18
Bahrain
18
Egypt
13
Ukraine
16
Zimbabwe
13
Ethiopia
15
Guinea
11
Eritrea
10
Moldova
10
Rwanda
10
CĂ´te d'Ivoire
9
Yemen
10
Georgia
9
Burundi
9
Thailand
9
Ecuador
9
Tanzania
8
Honduras
9
Montenegro
6
Sri Lanka
9
Sierra Leone
6
This table shows the countries with the largest net gains or losses in total aggregate score (0–100) between Freedom in the World 2009 and Freedom in the World 2013.
See page 14 for these countries' current status and ratings.










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