AP®︎ Comparative Government: Topic 3.7 Flashcards

Protections for individuals and groups against unjustified government interference, including freedoms of speech, press, religion, assembly, association, privacy, and due process

Guarantees of equal treatment and equal protection under law regardless of characteristics such as ethnicity, race, religion, or sex

De jure protections are rights formally recognized in law; de facto protections are the rights people can actually exercise without censorship, discrimination, punishment, or violence

The ability of independent media to circulate political information, criticize officials, investigate abuses, and help citizens hold government accountable

The open circulation of information about government decisions, proceedings, spending, and policy making

A hybrid regime with elections and some opposition activity but systematically unfair competition, weak civil liberties, limited media access, and low transparency; Russia is the course example

China's legal, technological, and administrative system for blocking, filtering, removing, and monitoring politically sensitive internet content

Iranian courts may suspend or revoke media licenses after a jury finds owners guilty of publishing anti-religious material or information detrimental to the national interest

The Russian government owns or controls most nationally important broadcast media and rigidly limits opposition news coverage

The United Kingdom law that incorporated most European Convention on Human Rights protections into domestic law and allowed rights claims in British courts

The principle that Parliament retains supreme lawmaking authority, so British courts generally cannot invalidate its acts even when they declare legislation incompatible with protected rights