Free Them All: The Fred Hiatt Program to Free Political Prisoners examines restrictions on the liberty of human rights defenders and prodemocracy activists. Free Them All: The Fred Hiatt Program to ...

The ratings are based on a scale of 1 to 7, with 7 representing the highest level of democratic progress and 1 the lowest. The Democracy Score is an average of ratings for the categories tracked in a ...

In recent months, the Pakistani government has increased its legal harassment of exiled journalists and dissidents. Additionally, there are signs that UK authorities are treating recent acts of ...

In this issue: Xi Jinping’s vision for party media control, the CCP purges outspoken social-media commentators, and further penalties for online activists. Curse of "Zhiqiang": This photo of Chinese ...

Eastern Donbas comprises the portions of Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk Regions that have been occupied by Russian and Russian-backed separatist forces since 2014. It covers about a third of the two ...

Dr. Elise Anderson was a Senior Program Officer with Asia Programs, where she worked on the team’s portfolio of China diaspora-related projects. In addition to her role at Freedom House, Elise also ...

The following recommendations lay out strategies that policymakers, regulators, donor institutions, and private companies can adopt to advance human rights online and prevent or mitigate the ...

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Ecuador’s civil liberties rating declined from 3 to 4 due to the government’s decision to order the closure of a major teachers’ union as well as regulatory actions and legislation that threatened the ...

Freedom in the World 2023 marked the 17th consecutive year of decline in global freedom. See this year's regional trends, status changes, and report data. Freedom in the World rates people’s access to ...