Amid a growing authoritarian threat, Freedom House is a beacon of hope to all those fighting for democratic principles and ...

We, the undersigned organizations, write to respectfully urge the Yemeni authorities in Aden—represented by the ...

The former media owner’s case is just one of many in a multiyear crackdown on freedom of speech and dissent, and another ...

Houlton Dannenberg is the Senior Specialist for Social Strategy and Digital Content at Freedom House. Previously, they worked with the Center for European Policy Analysis, e-International Relations, ...

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 ...

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 ...

“After 2009, everything changed. Now the rule is, if I go to your house, read some Quran, pray together, and the government finds out, you go to jail.” —Barna, Uighur woman from Xinjiang now living in ...

In 2023, Democracy Scores declined in 11 out of the 29 countries in the report, and 7 countries earned improvements. Yet civic activists and democratic leaders continued to strive for better ...

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