CPAC Releases First Freedom of Speech Ratings

Freedom of expression is under attack around the world. The rise in thought control correlating with the Left’s insertion of itself into positions of power around the world comes as little surprise to those familiar with the communist and socialist agenda. 

Thought control is key to the overall population control communism and socialism seek to achieve. ‘Newspeak’ is not just a figment of George Orwell’s imagination but a reality for many countries and concerningly, for an increasing number of countries in the Western World.  

The freedom to express one’s self, especially against a reining regime, and engage in discussion of diverse ideas is key to keeping a society free. It is so valuable that the United States’ Founding Fathers enshrined it in the First Amendment and Americans since then have spent nearly 250 years fighting for this freedom in the rest of the world.  

Recognizing the value of this right, CPAC has meticulously compiled the inaugural Freedom of Speech Ratings. The ratings objectively analyze political prisoners with the most severe sentences from the past 10 years in 30 different countries. CPAC used the following scale to rate countries:  

0% - Death penalty for presenting forbidden ideas  

10% - Imprisoned for presenting forbidden ideas, NO independent media allowed  

20% - Imprisoned for presenting forbidden ideas, independent media IS allowed  

30% - Imprisoned for jokes, poems, or insults  

40% - Imprisoned for the tone but not the content of ideas (e.g. blasphemy, koran burning)

70% - Speech punished by non-state actors (e.g. drug cartels, terrorist groups)  

90% - No one is imprisoned for speech, but no Constitutional guarantee  

100% - No one is imprisoned for speech, a Constitutional guarantee of Freedom of Speech 

 +10% bonus if the prison sentence was less than one year  

Political prisoners were selected based on objective criteria and the facts of their cases, and CPAC vehemently opposes the viewpoints expressed by many of the political prisoners. CPAC stands for the right to freedom of speech of everyone, even those whose views we vehemently oppose.  

The highest-ranked countries include:  

United States (100%) 

Argentina (90%)

Hungary (90%) 

Japan (90%) 

Poland (90%) 

Taiwan (90%) 

The lowest-ranked countries include:  

Iran (0%) 

North Korea (0%) 

Russia (0%) 

Saudi Arabia (0%) 

Syria (0%) 

China (10%) 

Qatar (10%) 

Venezuela (10%) 

Vietnam (10%) 

Explore the full ratings here.