NOT FREE Countries In 2020:

 

NOT FREE Countries In 2020:

Afghanistan – Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, President of Afghanistan

Algeria – Abdelmadjid Tebboune, President of Algeria

Angola – João Lourenço, President of Angola (since Sept 26, 2017; replaced Jose Eduardo dos Santos)

Azerbaijan – Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan

Bahrain – King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain

Belarus – Aleksandr Lukashenko, President of Belarus

Brunei – Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah

Burundi – Pierre Nkurunziza, President of Burundi

Cambodia – Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia

Cameroon – Paul Biya, President of Cameroon

Central African Republic – Faustin Archange Touadera

Chad – Idriss Deby, President of Chad

China – Xi Jinping, President of China

Congo, Dem. Rep. of – Joseph Kabila, President of Congo

Congo, Rep of (Brazzaville) – Denis Sassou Nguesso, President

Cuba – Miguel Díaz-Canel, President of Cuba

Djibouti – Ismaïl Omar Guelleh – Moved from Partly Free to Not Free

Egypt – Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, President of Egypt

Equatorial Guinea – OBIANG NGUEMA MBASOGO, President

Eritrea – Isaias Afwerki, President of Eritrea

Ethiopia – Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia

Gabon – Albert-Bernard Bongo, President of Gabon

Iran – Ali Khamenei, 2nd Supreme Leader of Iran

Iraq – Barham Salih, President of Iraq

Kazakhstan – Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Acting President of Kazakhstan

Laos – Bounnhang Vorachith, President (elected on Apr 19, 2016)

Libya – Nouri Abusahmain, President

Myanmar – Win Myint, President  – Moved from Partly Free to Not Free

Mauritania – Mohamed Ould Abd Aziz, President of Mauritania Moved to Partly Free

Nicaragua – Daniel Ortega Saavedra, President of Nicaragua

North Korea – Kim Jong-un, President of North Korea

Oman – Qaboos bin Said Al-Said, Prime Minister of Oman

Qatar – Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al-Thani

Russia – Vladimir Putin, President of Russia

Rwanda – Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda

Saudi Arabia – King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz, King of Saudi Arabia

Somalia – Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of Somalia

South Sudan – Salva Kiir Mayardit, President

Sudan – Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan, President of Sudan

Swaziland (Eswatini) – Mswati III, King of Swaziland

Syria – Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria

Tajikistan – Emomalii Rahmon, President of Tadjikistan

Thailand – Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister of Thailand Moved to Partly Free

Turkey – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister of Turkey

Turkmenistan – Gurbanguly BERDIMUHAMEDOW, President of Turkmenistan

Uganda – Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of Uganda

United Arab Emirates – Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Uzbekistan – Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of Uzbekistan

Venezuela – Nicolás Maduro, President of Venezuela

Vietnam – Nguyễn Phú Trọng, President of Vietnam

Western Sahara – Brahim Ghali, President of Western Sahara

Yemen – Ali Abdallah Salih, President of Yemen