Political freedom
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Political freedom is the right, or the capacity and ability, of self-determination as an expression of the individual will.
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Types
The concept of political freedom is very closely allied with the concepts of civil liberties and individual rights, which in most democratic societies is characterized by various freedoms which are afforded the legal protection from the state. Some of these freedoms may include (in alphabetical order):
- Freedom of assembly
- Freedom of association
- Freedom of movement
- Freedom of religion
- Freedom of speech
- Freedom of the press
- Freedom of thought
- Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures, which is related to freedom of privacy
- Freedom to bear arms
- Suffrage
- Scientific freedom
- Academic freedom
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