Malawi: Nation Ranked 'Partly Free' On Freedom House Index - 'Mutharika Showing Autocratic Tendencies'

14 November 2016

Malawi has been ranked "partly free" in the Freedom on the Net report by the activist group Freedom House released on Monday which also said President Peter Mutharika is showing "autocratic tendencies."

The Freedom House report, one of the most authoritative reports in the field, investigated 65 geographically dispersed and politically diverse countries, and ranked them according to obstacles to access, limits on content and violations of user rights. These results translated into quantitative (0-70) and qualitative (free, partially free, not free) ratings.

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