Irrespective of the veracity of the claim, FreedomHouse is not a source worth trusting on an evidence loving platform like HN. A lot of other survey orgs like

Irrespective of the veracity of the claim, FreedomHouse is not a source worth trusting on an evidence loving platform like HN. A lot of other survey orgs like Pew Research or 538 are lot more thorough, and frequently reach conclusions in complete contradiction with freedomhouse. I would not take them as a reliable source for anything.