Rwanda’s civil liberties rating declined from 5 to 6 - Freedom House

Rwanda's civil liberties rating declined from 5 to 6 [1 represents the most free and 7 the least free rating] due to numerous documented cases of unlawful detention, torture, and ill-treatment of civilians  by  military intelligence agents in secret locations.

http://www.freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/FIW%202013%20Booklet.pdf

 

Mali	46	Libya	35
Madagascar	23	Tunisia	35
The Gambia	20	Burma	21
Guinea-Bissau	20	Tonga	18
Bahrain	18	Egypt	13
Ukraine	16	Zimbabwe	13
Ethiopia	15	Guinea	11
Eritrea	10	Moldova	10
Rwanda	10	Côte d'Ivoire	9
Yemen	10	Georgia	9
Burundi	9	Thailand	9
Ecuador	9	Tanzania	8
Honduras	9	Montenegro	6
Sri Lanka	9	Sierra Leone	6

This table shows the countries with the largest net gains or losses in total aggregate score (0–100) between Freedom in the World 2009 and Freedom in the World 2013.

See page 14 for these countries' current status and ratings.