President Noboa was elected to fight spiraling gang violence, but serious abuses are being reported under his crackdown.

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

Given the Cameroonian government’s ongoing persecution and arbitrary detention of journalists, the country has failed to meet ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON—The Freedom House Executive Board, chaired by Norman Willox, today announced that it has selected Gerardo Berthin and Annie Boyajian to serve as Freedom House’s new presidents. Berthin and ...

Freedom House research has found that exiles living in more than 100 countries have been targeted with assassinations, abductions, assaults, and other brutal transnational repression tactics.

Perspectives May 21, 2025 Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Is Built on AI Surveillance and Disregard for Due Process ...

Citizens in Serbia are demanding a free and just society, but it remains unclear whether the larger democratic community will lend its support.

Standardized template will help civil society inform regulators about harmful products and practices. To enhance collaboration on this topic by US government stakeholders and civil society ...

WASHINGTON—Political violence and manipulation of elections, ongoing armed conflicts, and deepening repression in 2024 resulted in the 19th consecutive year of decline in global freedom, according to ...

Transnational repression threatens security and human rights. The more we know about who is committing it and how, the better we can fight to end it.