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 ...

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. See the ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON—In light of the recent release of 14 political prisoners in Belarus as part of a US-negotiated agreement—including Belarusian democracy advocate Siarhei Tsikhanouski, Radio Free ...

This report examines the situation for ethnic Armenians living in Nagorno-Karabakh for the period starting with the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War in 2020 and through the Azerbaijani military offensive ...

On May 20, Freedom House presented its inaugural Alfred Moses Liberty Award to Server Mustafayev, a Crimean Tatar human rights defender who has been unjustly imprisoned by Russian authorities since ...

In recent weeks, indictments and investigative reports have again highlighted the diverse range of tactics employed the Chinese government to intimidate critics beyond its borders. Host countries ...

WASHINGTON—In response to the G7 Leaders’ statement issued during the summit in Canada earlier this week recognizing transnational repression as a global threat to national security and democracy, as ...

Anti-censorship and encrypted tools are lifelines for resistance to and resilience over digital repression. These technologies create a zone of privacy for their users, enabling people to form and ...

Michael Chertoff is the Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of The Chertoff Group, a global advisory firm that provides business strategy, risk management, and mergers and acquisition (M&A) advisory ...

WASHINGTON—Today, Freedom House filed a petition with the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) on behalf of Idris Khattak, a well-known human rights defender in Pakistan. Khattak is serving ...