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 ...

Freedom in the World is an annual global report on political rights and civil liberties, composed of numerical ratings and descriptive texts for each country and a select group of territories.

The future of privacy, free expression, and democratic governance rests on the decisions we make today. Explore Freedom House's detailed recommendations for action below.

An array of targets and tactics The types of people targeted are myriad, and they are found in every region of the world. They include journalists, antigovernment protest leaders, human rights lawyers ...

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 ...

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Digital tools make it easier than ever for authoritarian governments to control, silence, and punish dissent across borders.

The pandemic is fueling digital repression worldwide. The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating a dramatic decline in global internet freedom. For the 10th consecutive year, users have experienced an ...

See the Nations in Transit 2024 score and learn about democracy and freedom in Kazakhstan.

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 ...

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 ...