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 ...

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

After two years of devastation, the right of Palestinians and Israelis to live in peace and freedom cannot be postponed any ...

Freedom House is founded on the core conviction that freedom flourishes in democratic nations where governments are accountable to their people. Gerardo Berthin and Annie Boyajian Selected as New ...

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 ...

Ethiopia has seen dramatic political changes this year, but significant challenges remain. The United States should seize this opportunity to support a genuine democratic transition in a pivotal ...

A country or territory’s Freedom in the World status depends on its aggregate Political Rights score, on a scale of 0–40, and its aggregate Civil Liberties score, on a scale of 0–60. The total ...

The pandemic is fueling digital repression worldwide. The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating a dramatic decline in global internet freedom. For the 10th consecutive year, users have experienced an ...

Governments are using the pandemic as a pretext to crack down on free expression and access to information. Information can be the difference between life and death. The coronavirus pandemic has ...

Governments are increasingly purchasing sophisticated technology to monitor their citizens’ behavior on social media. Once the preserve of the world’s foremost intelligence agencies, this form of mass ...

Nations in Transit evaluated the state of democracy in the region stretching from Central Europe to Central Asia. Nations in Transit 2024 evaluates the state of democracy in the region stretching from ...

Democracy and pluralism are under assault. Democracy and pluralism are under assault. Dictators are toiling to stamp out the last vestiges of domestic dissent and spread their harmful influence to new ...