President Noboa was elected to fight spiraling gang violence, but serious abuses are being reported under his crackdown.

Given the Cameroonian government’s ongoing persecution and arbitrary detention of journalists, the country has failed to meet a US statutory requirement on progress toward the rule of law and the ...

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 ...

China conducts the most sophisticated, global, and comprehensive campaign of transnational repression in the world.

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Over 100 countries are participating in the 2021 Summit for Democracy. To support the Summit objectives, Freedom House has assembled democracy ratings, scores, and areas of concern for each country ...

The international spotlight is on Qatar for the 2022 World Cup. It’s not only the football matches that are receiving global attention, but also Qatar’s harrowing human rights record. To fully ...

In this issue: How China-linked actors are deploying more Russian-style disinformation tactics around the world, COVID-19 censorship continues, media controls reinforce xenophobia, and China’s ...

The continent led the world in both positive and negative changes last year. The 2020 Freedom in the World report documented the 14th year of an alarming global decline in democratic governance and ...

Despite mass protests in every region, world suffers 14th consecutive year of deterioration in political rights and civil liberties. Washington - March 4, 2020 — Democracy is under assault around the ...

Digital technology helped spur historic protests for racial justice. But now it is being weaponized to undermine basic rights.

WASHINGTON—Political violence and manipulation of elections, ongoing armed conflicts, and deepening repression in 2024 resulted in the 19th consecutive year of decline in global freedom, according to ...