The courts, a critical firewall against the undemocratic concentration of political power, are under pressure around the ...

Las organizaciones internacionales firmantes condenamos la muerte de Alfredo Javier Díaz Figueroa en custodia del Estado venezolano, ocurrida en El Helicoide bajo control del Servicio Bolivariano de ...

The Vietnamese Government Must Immediately Disclose the Whereabouts and Guarantee the Safety of Religious Activist Y Quynh ...

Call for a Council of Europe Convention on Transnational Repression ...

Freedom House is founded on the core conviction that freedom flourishes in democratic nations where governments are accountable to their people. Fostering New Dialogue, Innovative Ideas to Energize ...

The future of internet freedom will depend on how governments regulate and deploy the next wave of artificial intelligence and other rapidly evolving technologies. “Global internet freedom has ...

Citizens in China are speaking out when their rights are violated. Freedom House’s China Dissent Monitor analyzes these protest actions—often uncovering broader trends in China’s politics and economy ...

President Noboa was elected to fight spiraling gang violence, but serious abuses are being reported under his crackdown. Noboa’s emergency declaration in 2024 followed a years-long security breakdown ...

This piece was first published by Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. In March, officials at the US State Department revealed that they would use artificial intelligence to revoke the visas of “foreign ...

Around the world, autocrats are detaining, prosecuting, and imprisoning legal and judicial professionals as part of a larger assault on the rule of law. In January 2025, a Russian court sentenced ...

Citizens in Serbia are demanding a free and just society, but it remains unclear whether the larger democratic community will lend its support. Last November, 15 people were killed when a canopy ...