Here’s a list of the nations in the Middle East in alphabetical order. Each has their freedom rated in Political Rights and Civil Liberties (1 is the most free and 8 is the most oppressed). These ratings were done by the unbiased group Freedom House at:
http://www.freedomhouse.org/research.../countries.htm
As you can see there was only one country in the entire Middle East that has the status of “Free” and that nation is Israel.
Algeria
Political Rights:
6 Civil Liberties:
5 Status:
Not Free
Bahrain
Political Rights:
5 Civil Liberties:
5 Status:
Partly Free
Egypt
Political Rights:
6 Civil Liberties:
6 Status:
Not Free
Iran
Political Rights:
6 Civil Liberties:
6 Status:
Not Free
Iraq
Political Rights:
7 Civil Liberties:
5* Status:
Not Free
Israel
Political Rights:
1 Civil Liberties:
3 Status:
Free
Jordan
Political Rights:
5* Civil Liberties:
5 Status:
Partly Free
Kuwait
Political Rights:
4 Civil Liberties:
5 Status:
Partly Free
Lebanon
Political Rights:
6 Civil Liberties:
5 Status:
Not Free
Libya
Political Rights:
7 Civil Liberties:
7 Status:
Not Free
Morocco
Political Rights:
5 Civil Liberties:
5 Status:
Partly Free
Oman
Political Rights:
6 Civil Liberties:
5 Status:
Not Free
Qatar
Political Rights:
6 Civil Liberties:
6 Status:
Not Free
Saudi Arabia
Political Rights:
7 Civil Liberties:
7 Status:
Not Free
Syria
Political Rights:
7 Civil Liberties:
7 Status:
Not Free
Tunisia
Political Rights:
6 Civil Liberties:
5 Status:
Not Free
United Arab Emirates
Political Rights:
6 Civil Liberties:
6* Status:
Not Free
Yemen
Political Rights:
5* Civil Liberties:
5 Status:
Partly Free