Freedom?

When you see an article like this, you sometimes wonder just why this is the case. These people are simply assassinated for speaking their minds, and it makes one sometimes wonder whether or not one can trust that this world is the same one we all know, or want it to be. Just to what account is freedom? I don't think I can even answer that question, considering that there is doubt on any country that can actually truly be "free", whatever that means.