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 ...

We, the undersigned organizations, are deeply alarmed by the news that Egyptian academic and U.S. lawful permanent resident Dr. Salah Soltan is enduring a potentially life-threatening medical crisis ...

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

The full Freedom in the World 2025 narrative report for United States will be posted as soon as it becomes available. Other Freedom House United States content can be found on the United States portal ...

Access Freedom House reports on Saudi Arabia, see recent news and perspectives, and learn about our work in the country.

More than simple majority rule, democracy is a governing system based on the will and consent of the governed, institutions that are accountable to all citizens, adherence to the rule of law, and ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

The national security arrests and subsequent closure of the Apple Daily newspaper in Hong Kong in June 2021 marked the lowest point for press freedom in the territory in recent memory. Under the new ...

As human rights conditions and insecurity worsen, regional and international efforts should focus on addressing the root causes of instability. A surge of military coups is sweeping across Africa. On ...