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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 30/01/13:
PF=Political Freedoms CR=Civil Rights
TERRITORY PF CR STATUS TYPE OF TERRITORY UNITED STATES Puerto Rico 1 2 FREE American Organized and not Incorporated Territory American Virgin Islands2 1 FREE American Organized and not Incorporated Territory Guam 2 1 FREE American Organized and not Incorporated Territory Northern Marianas 2 1 FREE Commonwealth American Samoa 2 1 FREE American not Incorporated and not Organized Territory UNITED KINGDOM Northern Ireland + 2 3 FREE Country Isle of Man 1 1 FREE British Crown's Dependency Jersey 1 1 FREE British Crown's Dependency Guernsey 1 1 FREE British Crown's Dependency Sark Island + 3 2 FREE Island part of Guernsey Dependency Gibraltar 2 1 FREE British Overseas Territory Anguilla 2 1 FREE British Overseas Territory Bermuda 2 1 FREE British Overseas Territory Cayman Islands 2 1 FREE British Overseas Territory British Virgin Islands 2 1 FREE British Overseas Territory Montserrat 2 1 FREE British Overseas Territory Turks and Caicos + 2 2 FREE British Overseas Territory Falkland(Malvines) 1 1 FREE British Overseas Territory Pitcairn 2 2 FREE British Overseas Territory St.Helena,Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 2 1 FREE British Overseas Territory FRANCE Corsica 2 2 FREE Region Guadeloupe 2 2 FREE French Overseas Department Martinique 2 2 FREE French Overseas Department Saint Martin 2 1 FREE French Overseas Collectivity Saint Barthelemy 2 1 FREE French Overseas Collectivity French Guiana 2 2 FREE French Overseas Department Mahore(Mayotte) 2 2 FREE French Overseas Community Reunion Islands 2 2 FREE French Overseas Department New Caledonia - 2 3 FREE French Overseas Collectivity French Polynesia 2 1 FREE French Overseas Collectivity St.Pierre and Miquelon 2 2 FREE French Overseas Collectivity Wallis and Futuna 3 3 PARTLY FREE French Overseas Collectivity DENMARK Greenland 1 1 FREE Autonomous Country Faroe Islands 1 1 FREE Autonomous Country NETHERLANDS Curaçao 1 1 FREE Constituent Country Sint Maarten 1 1 FREE Constituent Country Aruba 1 1 FREE Constituent Country Bonaire 2 1 FREE Special Municipality Saba 1 1 FREE Special Municipality Sint Eustatius 1 1 FREE Special Municipality FINLAND Aland Islands 1 1 FREE Autonomous 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 2 FREE Autonomous Community Catalonia 2 1 FREE Autonomous Community Galicia 1 1 FREE Autonomous Community 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 Self-governing Territory of Australia 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 6 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 GREECE Mount Athos 3 2 FREE Autonomous State CYPRUS Northern Cyprus 3 3 PARTLY FREE Self Proclamed Independent Country TURKEY Turkish Kurdistan 5 5 PARTLY FREE Separatist Territory SERBIA Vojvodina 2 3 PARTLY FREE Autonomous Province Kosovo + 5 4 PARTLY FREE Self declared independent country Mitrovica + 6 5 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 + 5 6 NOT FREE Self Proclamed Independent Republic Gagauzia 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 6 NOT FREE Republic Northern Ossetia - 6 5 NOT FREE Republic Dagestan - 6 7 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 7 NOT FREE Republic Chechnya 7 7 NOT FREE Republic UKRAINE Crimea 4 5 PARTLY FREE Autonomous Republic Donetsk 4 5 PARTLY FREE Province GEORGIA Abkhazia 5 5 PARTLY FREE Self proclamed independent country South Ossetia 6 6 NOT FREE Self proclamed independent country Adzharia 4 5 PARTLY FREE Autonomous Republic AZERBAIJAN Nakhichevan 6 6 NOT FREE Autonomous Republic Nagorno Karabakh + 5 6 NOT FREE Autonomous Region occupied by Armenia TAJIKISTAN Gorno Badakhsan - 6 7 NOT FREE Autonomous Province UZBEKISTAN Karakalpakstan 7 6 NOT FREE Autonomous Republic Sokh District 7 7 NOT FREE Enclave within Kyrgyzstan IRAQ Kurdistan 5 4 PARTLY FREE Autonomous 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 Andhra Pradesh 3 5 PARTLY FREE State Orissa 3 5 PARTLY FREE State Maharashtra 3 4 PARTLY FREE State West Bengal 3 4 PARTLY FREE State Punjab 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 autonomous Territory Balochistan 6 7 NOT FREE Autonomous Province North West Frontier 6 7 NOT FREE Autonomous Province Kashmir 6 6 NOT FREE Autonomous Region SRI LANKA Tamil Regions 5 6 NOT FREE Territory with autonomous claims 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 MYANMAR Kayin State 6 6 NOT FREE State Mon State 6 6 NOT FREE State Kachin State 6 6 NOT FREE State Chin State 6 6 NOT FREE State Shan State 7 6 NOT FREE State Rakhine State 7 7 NOT FREE State LAOS Xaisomboun 7 7 NOT FREE Territory under guerrilla activity THAILAND South.Muslim Provinces 5 6 NOT FREE Separatist Provinces MALAYSIA Kelantan 4 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 4 PARTLY FREE Separatist Province Sulawesi 3 5 PARTLY FREE Province Aceh 4 5 PARTLY FREE Special Autonomous Territory 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 Region FIJI Rotuma Island + 6 5 NOT FREE Dependency MOROCCO Western Sahara 7 6 NOT FREE Separatist Territory SENEGAL Casamance - 3 5 PARTLY FREE Separatist Territory MALI Northern Mali + 7 6 NOT FREE Separatist Territory GHANA Upper West 2 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 Ekiti 5 6 NOT FREE State Anambra 5 5 PARTLY FREE State CONGO KINSHASA Ituri - 6 7 NOT FREE Province in civil war North Kivu - 7 7 NOT FREE Province in civil war ANGOLA Cabinda 6 5 NOT FREE Separatist Province NAMIBIA Caprivi 5 5 PARTLY FREE Province SOMALIA Somaliland - 3 5 PARTLY FREE Self Proclamed Independent Country Puntland + 5 5 PARTLY FREE Autonomous Region Maakhir 6 6 NOT FREE Self Declared Autonomous Region Galmudug 6 6 NOT FREE Self Declared Autonomous Region SUDAN Abyei 6 6 NOT FREE Autonomous Region Disputed between South Sudan and the Central Government Nuba Mountains 6 6 NOT FREE Autonomous Region Disputed between South Sudan and the Central Government Blue Nile 6 6 NOT FREE Autonomous Region Disputed between South Sudan and the Central Government Southern Kordofan - 6 6 NOT FREE Zone in a conflict area East Sudan - 6 6 NOT FREE Zone in a conflict area Darfur 7 7 NOT FREE Zone in a conflict area ETHIOPIA Gambela 6 6 NOT FREE Region TANZANIA Zanzibar 5 4 PARTLY FREE Semi-Autonomous part of Tanzania Pemba 5 4 PARTLY FREE Island part of Zanzibar Archipelago MAURITIUS Rodrigues Island 3 3 PARTY FREE Dependency CHILE Easter Island 3 3 PARTLY FREE Special Territory