To access the internet, users in unfree countries rely on circumvention tools that are increasingly targeted by repressive rulers. Democratic governments and technology companies can do more to keep t ...

We, the undersigned free expression and human rights organizations, write to you in response to the recent news that jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Narges Mohammadi is in urgent need of ...

In today’s world, autocrats appear to offer simple solutions to governance problems. The EU should avoid the temptation to ...

As director of the Fred Hiatt Program, Tronic will lead Freedom House’s efforts to secure the release of political prisoners, support their families, and promote democratic freedoms by raising ...

10Haber reporter Furkan Karabay was detained on November 8, 2024, following his reporting and social media posts regarding the investigation into Ahmet Özer, mayor of Istanbul's Esenyurt district, who ...

This special report details how the Belarusian regime displaces, indoctrinates, reeducates, and militarizes Ukrainian children in the service of the broader Russian state policy of eradicating ...

Freedom House is founded on the core conviction that freedom flourishes in democratic nations where governments are accountable to their people. Around the world, voters have been forced to make major ...

A major terrorist attack by Hamas on Israeli territory in October 2023 triggered a massive Israeli military response in Gaza, resulting in thousands of deaths, the internal displacement of nearly the ...

Press freedom is a core element of democracy, ensuring that independent journalists can hold officials accountable to the public and provide both voters and leaders with the facts they need to make ...

The incoming president faces the difficult task of uniting a polarized country and navigating a world in great need of democratic leadership. WASHINGTON—In response to the election of Donald Trump to ...

The United States is a federal republic whose people benefit from a vibrant political system, a strong rule-of-law tradition, robust freedoms of expression and religious belief, and a wide array of ...