Ten years after the Chinese government’s widespread crackdown on human rights lawyers, concerned governments and the United Nations should establish an independent, international investigation into ...

WASHINGTON—The Freedom House Executive Board, chaired by Norman Willox, today announced that it has selected Gerardo Berthin and Annie Boyajian to serve as Freedom House’s new presidents. Berthin and ...

China conducts the most sophisticated, global, and comprehensive campaign of transnational repression in the world. Efforts by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to pressure and control the overseas ...

A country or territory’s Freedom in the World status depends on its aggregate Political Rights score, on a scale of 0–40, and its aggregate Civil Liberties score, on a scale of 0–60. See the ...

Las elecciones presidenciales están programadas para el 2024, aunque a finales del año 2023 no se había anunciado una fecha para la votación. En octubre, se informó que el régimen de Maduro había ...

Internet freedom was undermined in 2017 as arrests and intimidation intensified, although there was no repeat of the Facebook disruptions documented in 2016. The coverage period was dominated by the ...

By Anna Wójcik and Miłosz Wiatrowski The quality of democratic governance in Poland continued to deteriorate in 2019, marking the fourth consecutive year of decline in the country and its lowest score ...

National governance in Montenegro was disrupted in 2022 by two votes of no confidence in rapid succession, attempts to violate the constitution in the name of advancing political interests, a barely ...

Romania faced significant challenges to democratic governance in 2023, including political instability, poor fiscal management, and inefficient public administration. The rival parties PNL and PSD ...

The Changing Landscape for Media and Democracy in Europe Attacks on the media have contributed to a decline in global freedom. In Freedom in the World, Freedom House’s annual assessment of political ...

The government of Hungary continues to display autocratic tendencies. It has abused the special legal regime (“state of danger”) in place since 2020 to expand its executive powers and rule by decree.