Freedom House is seeking nominations for the 2026 Mark Palmer Prize, which recognizes the work of officials who advance democracy and human rights.

The support will help sustain Freedom House’s flagship annual report, which tracks the status of political rights and civil liberties around the world.

Democratic governments should not be fooled by Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s recent attempts to curry favor with the United States.

The people of Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China, traditionally enjoyed substantial civil liberties and the rule of law under their local constitution, the Basic Law. However, the ...

Amid declining faith in the international system, a different form of protectionism is gaining steam with adverse consequences for billions of internet users. Authorities in a growing number of ...

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 ...

Five decades of country-by-country analysis in Freedom in the World has confirmed a remarkable fact: once countries earn the designation of Free, they tend to keep it. Freedom in the World evaluates ...

Charlie Kirk’s murder in Utah is the latest in a series of attacks that threaten the basic operations of American politics, governance, and civil discourse.

What was once a liberating technology has become a conduit for surveillance and electoral manipulation. Internet freedom is increasingly imperiled by the tools and tactics of digital authoritarianism, ...

Since coming to power in 1949, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has constructed a multi-layered system for censoring unwanted news and stifling opposing viewpoints within China. Over the past two ...

A small but determined sector of independent news organizations in Hungary are pioneering new ways to adapt and survive. In an environment dominated by well-funded progovernment outlets, independent ...