Freedom House has been tracking how governments across the world, over the past two decades, have increasingly used ...

Ahead of the fifth anniversary of the detention of prominent Vietnamese journalist, writer and woman human rights defender Pham Doan Trang, an international coalition of non-governmental organisations ...

The new treaty threatens to facilitate transnational repression and expand government surveillance powers. WASHINGTON—In advance of UN Member States meeting to review and sign the UN Convention ...

After two years of devastation, the right of Palestinians and Israelis to live in peace and freedom cannot be postponed any longer. WASHINGTON—On the second anniversary of Hamas’s October 7, 2023, ...

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Freedom in the World 2022 marked the 16th consecutive year of decline in global freedom. See this year's regional trends, status changes, and report data. Freedom in the World 2022 Status Change ...

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The Saudi Arabian government is perhaps the best known in the world for targeting its nationals abroad. The Saudi Arabian government is perhaps the best known in the world for targeting its nationals ...

The ratings are based on a scale of 1 to 7, with 7 representing the highest level of democratic progress and 1 the lowest. The Democracy Score is an average of ratings for the categories tracked in a ...