The Middle East Didn't Really Get Any Freer in 2011 - Atlantic Online
 

19-01-12 08:15 PM

Revolution and reform brought one-point drops in Tunisia, Libya, and Lebanon; but fearful dictators and bloody crackdowns saw the scores rise by a point each in six countries: Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and the Western Sahara.

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