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 Global Drive to Control Big Tech In the high-stakes battle between states and technology companies, the rights of internet users have become the main casualties. A growing number of governments ...

Democracy and pluralism are under assault. Dictators are toiling to stamp out the last vestiges of domestic dissent and spread their harmful influence to new corners of the world. At the same time, ...

Research and Scoring Process Freedom of the Press findings are determined through a multilayered process of analysis and evaluation by a team of regional experts and scholars. Through multiple stages ...

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 ...

Real-time dashboard tracking digital interference in elections around the world. Get updates on the vulnerability of elections currently active.

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 ...