The Freedom House 2010 Report has just been issued, giving scores for Free, Partly Free and Not Free countries as well as a list of Electoral Democracies for the period 1 January-31 December 2009.
Five countries moved from the status of Partly Free to Not Free, including Gabon, Kyrgyzstan and Yemen, all of which have semi-presidential constitutions.
On a happier semi-presidential note, Montenegro was one of two countries to move from the status of Partly Free to Free.
Within these categories, there were also some improvements and disimprovements.
Semi-presidential countries that registered an improvement in their score (but not their Free, Partly Free or Not Free status) were Croatia, Serbia, and Togo.
Those semi-presidential countries with a disimprovement were Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Niger, and the Palestinian Authority.
In terms of electoral democracies, four countries lost this status, including three with semi-presidential constitutions: Madagascar, Mozambique, and Niger.