David J. Kramer is Senior Fellow in the Vaclav Havel Program for Human Rights & Diplomacy and Director for European and Eurasian Studies at Florida International University’s Steven J. Green School of ...

In January, after local residents in Kalimantan attacked settlements established by the banned religious group Gafatar, hundreds of members were forcibly transferred to their home districts and ...

In this issue: As Beijing cracks down on foreign firms, politicized prosecutions are a growing blight on Chinese society. Regulatory changes affect academic databases and chatbots, while US ...

Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri was arrested on October 10, 2025, for practicing and sharing his faith and defying the draconian ...

The US-Iran MOU as currently formulated is likely to deepen repression for the Iranian people. The US can still shape an ...

The success of the American experiment is contingent upon renewal and the willingness of elected officials and ordinary people to stand up for democracy. On July 4, 1776, the United States’ founders ...

In this issue: China’s censors aim to contain dissent during harsh COVID-19 lockdowns as Xi Jinping propaganda is boosted ahead of party congress. Meanwhile, social media platforms reveal users IP ...

In a Q&A with Freedom House, Abdulhakim Idris, head of the Center for Uyghur Studies, discusses his work exposing the Chinese Communist Party’s repression and how Chinese authorities have menaced him ...

According to the 2026 edition of Freedom in the World, media freedom, personal expression, and due process registered the most severe deterioration over the last two decades. Freedom declined globally ...

We, the 35 undersigned diaspora, human rights, faith-based, and civil society organizations are writing to request that Congress prioritize preventing and addressing the pressing threat of ...

Co-Chairman Smith, Co-Chairman McGovern, and esteemed members of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, thank you for organizing this important hearing. I appreciate the opportunity to testify before ...

The future of internet freedom will depend on how governments regulate and deploy the next wave of artificial intelligence and other rapidly evolving technologies. “Global internet freedom has ...