Most Oppressive Regimes

House has done its annual list of the world's most oppressive regimes.

The very sad thing is that fully one third of these 18 most oppressive regimes sit on the Nations Commission on . To be fair to Kofi Anna he has proposed replacing this body with a reformed “”, members being chosen based on their compliance with the “highest human rights standards.” Not before time.

The eight countries with the worst records are Burma, , , North Korea, , Sudan, and Turkmenistan. Plus the territories of Chechnya and Tibet were also at the bottom.

Overall 46% of countries are found to be free, and 28% partly free.