Courageous rights defenders are jailed all over the world for speaking truth to power. Freedom House documents their cases ...
Guatemala: International organizations demand freedom for Jose Rubén Zamora and urgent guarantees of due process ...
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Saudi Arabia’s absolute monarchy restricts almost all political rights and civil liberties. No officials at the national level are elected. The regime relies on pervasive surveillance, the ...
Freedom House is founded on the core conviction that freedom flourishes in democratic nations where governments are accountable to their people. Violence and the repression of political opponents ...
The 52nd edition of Freedom in the World finds that 60 countries experienced declines in their political rights and civil liberties, while only 34 registered improvements. WASHINGTON—Political ...
Vladimir Putin and his enablers must be held accountable for violations of international law and national sovereignty. WASHINGTON—On the third anniversary of the Russian military’s full-scale invasion ...
The recent arrest and deportation of a prominent Egyptian Turkish activist to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) highlights the increasingly influential role of the Arab Interior Ministers Council (AIMC), ...
Media freedom has been deteriorating around the world over the past decade. In some of the most influential democracies in the world, populist leaders have overseen concerted attempts to throttle the ...
Protecting and Promoting Internet Freedom For Policymakers Protect privacy and security Strictly regulate the use of surveillance tools and personal-data collection by government and law enforcement ...