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                                                  INTRODUCTION

The site Freedom in the Territories ranks particular territories according to their political freedoms and their civil rights. "Particular territories" means: colonies, dependencies, overseas territories, commonwealths, territories in conflict between two countries or self-declared independents. Moreover, there are particular territories like regions, provinces or states which have a different situation of political freedoms or civil rights with respect to the country.

 

Last update 12/06/08:

  • The territories of Saint Martin and Saint Barthelemy has been added to the list, since they have been formally declared new french overseas territorial collectivities.

PF=Political Freedoms CR=Civil Rights

 


TERRITORY              PF  CR           STATUS        TYPE OF TERRITORY


UNITED STATES
 
Puerto Rico            2   1            FREE          American Organized and not Incorporated Territory
American Virgin Islands2   1            FREE          American Organized and not Incorporated Territory
Guam                   2   2            FREE          American organized and not Incorporated Territory
Northern Marianas      2   2            FREE          Commonwealth
American Samoa         2   2            FREE          American not Incorporated and not Organized Territory

 
UNITED KINGDOM
 
Northern Ireland +     3   3            PARTLY FREE   Country
Isle of Man            1   1            FREE          British Crown's Overseas Territory
Channel Islands        1   1            FREE          British Crown's Overseas Territory
Gibraltar              2   1            FREE          British Gov.'s Overseas Territory
Anguilla               2   1            FREE          British Gov.'s Overseas Territory
Bermuda                2   1            FREE          British Crown's Colony
Cayman Islands         2   1            FREE          British Gov.'s Overseas Territory
British Virgin Islands 2   1            FREE          British Gov.'s Overseas Territory 
Montserrat             2   1            FREE          British Gov.'s Overseas Territory
Turks and Caicos       2   1            FREE          British Gov.'s Overseas Territory
Falkland(Malvines)     2   1            FREE          British Gov.'s Overseas Territory
Pitcairn               2   2            FREE          Colony
St.Helena              2   1            FREE          British Crown's Colony
Ascension              2   1            FREE          Overseas Territory (St Helena's Jurisdiction)
Tristan da Cunha       2   1            FREE          Overseas Territory (St Helena's Jurisdiction)
 
 
FRANCE
 
Corsica                2   2            FREE          Region
Guadeloupe             2   2            FREE          French Overseas Department
Martinique             2   2            FREE          French Overseas Department
Saint Martin           2   2            FREE          French Overseas Territory
Saint Barthelemy       2   2            FREE          French Overseas Territory
French Guiana          2   2            FREE
French Overseas Department
Mahore(Mayotte)        2   2            FREE          French Overseas Territory
Reunion Islands        2   2            FREE          French Overseas Department
New Caledonia          2   3            FREE          French Overseas Territory
French Polynesia -     2   2            FREE          French Overseas Territory
St.Pierre and Miquelon 2   2            FREE          French Overseas Territory
Wallis and Futuna -    3   4            PARTLY FREE   French Overseas Territory
 
 
DENMARK
 
Greenland              1   1            FREE          Administrative Division Of Denmark
Feroe Islands          1   1            FREE          Administrative Division of Denmark
 
 
NETHERLANDS
 
Netherlands Antilles   1   2            FREE          Dutch Autonomous Territory
Aruba                  1   1            FREE          Dutch Autonomous Territory
 
 
FINLAND
 
Aland                  1   1            FREE          Special Province
 
 
NORWAY
 
Svalbard               1   1            FREE          Territory
 
 
SPAIN
 
Canary Islands         1   1            FREE          Autonomous Community
Ceuta                  1   2            FREE          Autonomous Community
Melilla                1   2            FREE          Autonomous Community
Basque Region          2   3            FREE          Autonomous Region
Catalonia              2   1            FREE          Autonomous Region
Galicia                2   1            FREE          Autonomous Region


PORTUGAL
 
Azores                 1   1            FREE          Autonomous Region
Madeira                1   1            FREE          Autonomous Region
 

AUSTRALIA
 
Christmas Island       2   2            FREE          Australian Gov.'s Territory
Norfolk Island         2   1            FREE          Australian Gov.'s Territory
Cocos Islands(Keeling) 2   1            FREE          Australian Gov.'s Territory
 
 
NEW ZEALAND
 
Cook Islands           2   2            FREE          Free Associated Autonomous Territory  
Niue                   2   1            FREE          Free Associated Autonomous Territory
Tokelau                1   1            FREE          Island Territory
 
 
ISRAEL
 
Gaza Strip             7   7            NOT FREE      Territory under the control of the Hamas guerrilla
West Bank              6   5            NOT FREE      Territory claimed by the Palestinian Authority
Golan Heights          4   5            PARTLY FREE   Territory claimed by Syria
 
 
CYPRUS
 
Northern Cyprus        3   3            PARTLY FREE   Self Proclamed Independent Country


TURKEY

Turkish Kurdistan -    5   5            PARTLY FREE   Special Region
 
 
SERBIA
 
Vojvodina              3   3            PARTLY FREE   Autonomous Province
Kosovo                 5   5            PARTLY FREE   Self declared independent country
Mitrovica -            6   6            NOT FREE      Province in Kosovo in conflict/separatist area


BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
 
Sprska Rebublic        5   4            PARTLY FREE   Entity
Croatian-Muslim Fed.   4   4            PARTLY FREE   Entity
Brcko                  6   5            NOT FREE      Entity with a transitional UN Administration


MOLDOVA
 
Transnistria           6   6            NOT FREE      Self Proclamed Independent Republic
Gagauz Yeri            3   4            PARTLY FREE   Autonomous Region


RUSSIA

Primoski               6   4            PARTLY FREE   Region
Gorno-Altay            6   5            NOT FREE      Republic
Karelia                6   5            NOT FREE      Republic
Khakassia              6   5            NOT FREE      Republic
Komi                   6   5            NOT FREE      Republic
Mordvinia              6   5            NOT FREE      Republic
Udmurtia               6   5            NOT FREE      Republic
Yakutia-Sakha          6   5            NOT FREE      Republic
Buryatia               6   5            NOT FREE      Republic
Chuvasia               6   5            NOT FREE      Republic
Tuva                   6   5            NOT FREE      Republic
Kalmykia               6   5            NOT FREE      Republic
Mari El -              6   6            NOT FREE      Republic
Bashkortostan -        6   5            NOT FREE      Republic
Tatarstan              6   5            NOT FREE      Republic
Northern Osetia        6   5            NOT FREE      Republic
Dagestan               6   5            NOT FREE      Republic
Adygea -               6   6            NOT FREE      Republic
Kabardino-Balkaria     6   6            NOT FREE      Republic
Karachay-Cherkessia    6   6            NOT FREE      Republic
Ingushetia -           6   6            NOT FREE      Republic
Chechnya               7   7            NOT FREE      Republic 
 

UKRAINE
 
Crimea                 3   3            PARTLY FREE   Autonomous Republic
Donetsk                3   4            PARTLY FREE   Autonomous Region


GEORGIA
 
Abkhazia -             5   6            NOT FREE      Self proclamed independent Republic
Adzharia               4   4            PARTLY FREE   Autonomous Republic
South Ossetia -        6   6            NOT FREE      Self proclamed independent Republic 
 

AZERBAIJAN
 
Nakhichevan -          6   6            NOT FREE      Autonomous Republic
Nagorno Karabakh       6   6            NOT FREE      Autonomous Republic under the control of Armenia
 
 
TAJIKISTAN
 
Gorno Badakhsan        6   6            NOT FREE      Autonomous Region
 
 
UZBEKISTAN
 
Karakalpakstan         7   6            NOT FREE      Autonomous Republic
 
 
IRAQ
 
Kurdistan              6   5            NOT FREE      Special Region
Shiis State            6   6            NOT FREE      Special Region
 
 
INDIA
 
Jammu and Kashmir      5   5            PARTLY FREE   State       
Assam -                4   6            PARTLY FREE   State
Gujarat                4   5            PARTLY FREE   State
Manipur                4   5            PARTLY FREE   State
Nagaland               4   4            PARTLY FREE   State
Bihar -                3   5            PARTLY FREE   State
Jharkhand              3   5            PARTLY FREE   State
Tripura                3   5            PARTLY FREE   State
Chhattisgarh -         3   5            PARTLY FREE   State
Andra Pradesh          3   5            PARTLY FREE   State
Maharashtra            3   4            PARTLY FREE   State
West Bengal            3   4            PARTLY FREE   State
Punjab -               3   4            PARTLY FREE   State
Orissa                 3   4            PARTLY FREE   State
Meghalaya              3   4            PARTLY FREE   State
Arunachal Pradesh      3   4            PARTLY FREE   State

 
PAKISTAN
 
Tribal Areas           7   7            NOT FREE      Special region
Baluchistan            6   7            NOT FREE      Special region
Kashmir                6   6            NOT FREE      State        


SRI LANKA

Tamil region -         6   6            NOT FREE      Province under separatist war 


CHINA
 
Guangxi Zhuang         7   5            NOT FREE      Autonomous Region
Nei Monggol            7   6            NOT FREE      Autonomous Region
Ningxia Hui            7   6            NOT FREE      Autonomous Region
Xinjiang Uygur         7   7            NOT FREE      Autonomous Region
Xizang(Tibet) -        7   7            NOT FREE      Autonomous Region
Hong Kong              6   3            PARTLY FREE   Special Administrative Region
Macau                  6   4            PARTLY FREE   Special Administrative Region


LAOS
 
Xaisomboun             7   7            NOT FREE      Special territory
 
 
THAILAND
 
South.Muslim Provinces 5   6            NOT FREE      Separatist Provinces
 

MALAYSIA
 
Kelantan               5   5            PARTLY FREE   State
 

INDONESIA
 
Riau                   3   4            PARTLY FREE   Province
East Kalimantan        3   4            PARTLY FREE   Province
West Timor             3   4            PARTLY FREE   Province
Ambon                  3   5            PARTLY FREE   Separatist Province
Sulawesi               3   5            PARTLY FREE   Province
Aceh                   4   5            PARTLY FREE   Special Autonomous District
West Papua(Irian Jaya) 5   6            NOT FREE      Separatist Province
 
 
PHILIPPINES
 
Mindanao               4   5            PARTLY FREE   Autonomous Region
 
 
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
 
Bougainville           3   4            PARTLY FREE   Autonomous Province
 
 
MOROCCO
 
Western Sahara         7   6            NOT FREE      Moroccoan Anexated Territory
 
 
SENEGAL
 
Casamance              3   5            PARTLY FREE   Region in a conflict area
 
 
GHANA

Northern State         3   4            PARTLY FREE    Region


NIGERIA
 
Plateau & Nort.States  5   6            NOT FREE      States
Niger Delta -          5   6            NOT FREE      State
Bayelsa                6   5            NOT FREE      State
Anambra -              5   5            PARTLY FREE   State
Ekiti -                5   5            PARTLY FREE   State

 
CONGO BRAZZAVILLE

Pool Region            6   5            NOT FREE      Region


CONGO KINSHASA

Ituri                  6   7            NOT FREE      Province in civil war
North Kivu             6   7            NOT FREE      Province in civil war

 
ANGOLA
 
Cabinda +              6   5            NOT FREE      Enclave surrounded by the Rep.Dem.of Congo
 

NAMIBIA
 
Caprivi                5   5            PARTLY FREE   Province 
 

SOMALIA
 
Somaliland             5   5            PARTLY FREE   Self Proclamed Independent Country
Puntland -             6   6            NOT FREE      Autonomous Region
Maakhir                6   6            NOT FREE      Self Declared Autonomous Region


SUDAN
 
Southern Sudan         7   5            NOT FREE      Autonomous Region
Abyei -                7   7            NOT FREE      Autonomous Region Disputed between Southern Sudan and the Central Government
Darfur                 7   7            NOT FREE      Zone in a conflict area
 
 
ETHIOPIA
 
Gambela -              6   6            NOT FREE      Region
 
 
TANZANIA
 
Zanzibar               6   4            PARTLY FREE   Autonomous Region
Pemba                  5   4            PARTLY FREE   Autonomous Region


MAURITIUS
 
Rodrigues Island       3   3            PARTY FREE    Autonomous Region