WASHINGTON—Freedom House today announced the appointment of Jamie Fly as its Chief Executive Officer, effective February 2, 2026. A widely respected and experienced leader in the fields of democracy ...

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 ...

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The Human Rights Support Mechanism is a project of the PROGRESS consortium, which provides technical assistance and support to partners and beneficiaries in developing countries around the world to ...

Freedom House is founded on the core conviction that freedom flourishes in democratic nations where governments are accountable to their people. Fostering New Dialogue, Innovative Ideas to Energize ...

This piece was first published by Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. In March, officials at the US State Department revealed that they would use artificial intelligence to revoke the visas of “foreign ...

Each scorecard below features a country’s Freedom in the World rating and score, Freedom on the Net rating and score (where applicable), and areas of concern in political rights and civil liberties ...

Four legal experts weigh in on two cases at the United States Supreme Court that could alter how the internet functions, how it is governed, and how users engage with it. Former Research Director for ...

Global internet freedom declined for the 13th consecutive year as conditions deteriorated in 29 countries and improved in 20 others. The report finds that while innovations in AI contributed to the ...