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Oman is an absolute monarchy in which all legislative, executive, and judiciary power ultimately rests in the hands of the hereditary sultan, and in which...

upon the organization's own assessment of the countries' press freedom records in the previous year. It intends to reflect the degree of freedom that...

Oman, officially the Sultanate of Oman, is a country in Arabia. It is located on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and overlooks the mouth...

non-governmental organization Freedom House. It presented measurements of the level of freedom and editorial independence enjoyed by the press in nations and significant...

programs. Though Articles 29, 30 and 31 of the Basic Statute of Oman calls for freedom of the press and freedom of expression, there is some underlying material...

is the religion of 3.63% of the population of Oman in 2020. Ninety Christian congregations exist in the country. There is little official record of Christianity...

states of the Arab League in the region: Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. Yemen is bound to the six countries...

th:100px;line-height:0; Islam is the state religion in Oman, introduced during the Prophet Muhammad's lifetime in the early 7th century. Muhammad appointed...

Freedom in the World is a yearly survey and report by the U.S.-based non-governmental organization Freedom House that measures the degree of civil liberties...

from Oman. The Front sought to establish a constitution, abolish martial law, restore freedom of the press and expression and ensure the rights of minorities...

chattel slavery existed in the area which was later to become Oman from antiquity until the 1970s. Oman was united with Zanzibar from the 1690s until 1856,...

Sultan of Oman from 23 July 1970 until his death in 2020. A fifteenth-generation descendant of the founder of the House of Al Said, he was the longest-serving...

list of freedom indices produced by several non-governmental organizations that publish and maintain assessments of the state of freedom in the world...

emancipation. Oman was the one of the last nations on earth to abolish slavery in 1970. It is believed that migrant workers in Oman are treated better than in other...

Freedom of religion or religious liberty is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or community, in public or private, to manifest religion...

In the United States, freedom of religion is a constitutionally protected right provided in the religion clauses of the First Amendment. As stated in...

Freedom of movement, mobility rights, or the right to travel is a human rights concept encompassing the right of individuals to travel from place to place...

player in the Indian Ocean slave trade, where slaves from the Swahili coast of Eastern Africa were trafficked across the Indian Ocean to Oman in the Arabian...

individuals. The government restricts freedom of speech and freedom of the press, and the local media are censored to prevent criticism of the government...

borders with Oman to the east and Saudi Arabia to the southwest; as well as maritime borders in the Persian Gulf with Qatar and Iran. The United Arab Emirates...