Ahead of hosting the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Freedom House joined partners in calling on Saudi Arabia to free all individuals arbitrarily detained ...

Chinese authorities wield sophisticated, ever-evolving tools to suppress dissent and maintain what they call “social ...

As debate season begins anew, Freedom House poses these questions to the presidential contenders about how they’ll work to ...

We welcome the update by the OHCHR spokesperson on August 27, stating that the High Commissioner is calling for human rights violations in the Uyghur region to be “fully investigated,” and is ...

The international community must support the country’s independent civil society and media as they push for a more just and equitable Bangladesh. It is easy to see how further violence could explode: ...

Freedom House is founded on the core conviction that freedom flourishes in democratic nations where governments are accountable to their people. Authoritarian governments around the world are ...

Documenting nearly 6,400 dissent events over two years. CDM logged 805 dissent events in the second quarter of 2024, a 18 percent increase over the same period in 2023. The majority of events are ...

On October 20, Moldovans will vote in the country’s third presidential elections since returning to a direct electoral system in 2016. President Maia Sandu of the Action and Solidarity Party (PAS) is ...

Authoritarian governments use a variety of restrictions on travel to make life harder for those living under their rule and ...