The country’s authoritarian regime continues to hold more than 1,100 political prisoners in abusive conditions.

"The Russian Federation actively, without wasting time, destroyed all dissent, activism, journalism, and justice in Crimea. .

Idris Khattak has been imprisoned for more than five years for his work defending Pakistan’s Pashtun ethnic minority from ...

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.

Fostering democratic progress abroad is a cost-effective way to improve regional and global security and reduce the likelihood of future conflicts.

WASHINGTON—In response to the Trump administration’s activation and deployment of members of the military for “the protection of federal functions and property” during protests in Los Angeles, Freedom ...

Governments around the world are increasingly exerting control over the technology that people depend on to access the free and open internet.

Freedom House works to assist civil society to defend and advance fundamental freedoms and rights enshrined in Turkey’s national and international obligations. Turkey remains one of most challenging ...

The Canadian government was initially slow to focus on transnational repression, but recent work to engage targeted communities and elevate the issue at multilateral forums are promising developments.

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 ...