Below, Alagaş discusses the situation for journalists in Turkey, her own persecution by Turkish authorities, and what ...

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This special report details how the Belarusian regime displaces, indoctrinates, reeducates, and militarizes Ukrainian children in the service of the broader Russian state policy of eradicating ...

This special report documents how ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh were intentionally subjected to regular attacks, intimidation, deprivation of basic rights and adequate living conditions, and ...

Sheila S. Coronel is academic dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University. She is concurrently also director of the Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism and Stabile ...

Decreased influence efforts: The Chinese party-state’s efforts at influencing media in South Africa appear to have slowed compared to before 2019, with the most important gains achieved in earlier ...

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 ...

Hungary’s political rights rating declined from 2 to 3 due to government practices that curtailed the ability of the opposition to freely and meaningfully participate in the formal political system, ...

Freedom House is seeking motivated candidates interested in analyzing democracy for the eight-month Freedom in the World 2025-2026 Junior Fellowship program. Freedom House is seeking motivated ...

Freedom House is founded on the core conviction that freedom flourishes in democratic nations where governments are accountable to their people. Freedom House Appoints Jamie Fly as Chief Executive ...

China conducts the most sophisticated, global, and comprehensive campaign of transnational repression in the world. China conducts the most sophisticated, global, and comprehensive campaign of ...

Scores are based on a scale of 0 (least free) to 100 (most free). See the methodology and report acknowledgements. Although the online environment in Armenia remains open, internet freedom ...