The Democracy Index 2024 report, published by the British newspaper The Economist today, ranked Morocco 91st globally out of 167 countries, placing it in the category of hybrid regimes.
Ten months after proclaiming the creation of the Kabyle State from New York, the MAK has sent a letter to the new U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio. In it, the movement denounces the Polisario and its Algerian supporters.
In its Freedom on the Net report, Freedom House classified Morocco as a partially free country, scoring 54 out of 100 points, up from 51 the previous year. The report highlights ongoing violations of users' rights and content restrictions, reflecting a broader global decline in online freedom.
According to the recently published Democracy Index 2023 by The Economist, Morocco ranks 93rd globally out of 167 countries, falling within the «hybrid regimes» category.
Morocco has gone down in the ranking of the 2018 Freedom in the World report. The latter, conducted to assess each country's degree of political freedoms and civil liberties, has rated the Kingdom as a partially free nation.
The Moroccan and the Jordanian monarchies have been perceived differently when compared to the other Arab kingdoms. «Moderate, Western-oriented and reform-minded», the Washington Post argues that the two regimes are not ready for democracy.