The Dominican Republic holds regular elections that are relatively free. Pervasive corruption undermines state institutions and the use of excessive force by police is a problem. Discrimination ...

Taiwan’s civil liberties rating improved from 2 to 1 due to demonstrations of media independence and academic freedom in recent years, including in media coverage of the 2016 elections. Taiwan’s ...

Timor-Leste has held competitive elections and undergone peaceful transfers of power, but its democratic institutions remain fragile. Judicial independence and due process are undermined by serious ...

At least 55 governments around the world restrict freedom of movement in order to punish, coerce, or control people they view as threats or political opponents. The four main tactics for controlling ...

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 Iranian regime’s expansive definition of who constitutes a threat to the Islamic Republic contributes to the breadth and intensity of its transnational repression campaign. The Iranian regime’s ...

In September 2020, Freedom House, CSIS, and the McCain Institute formed the Task Force on US Strategy to Support Democracy and Counter Authoritarianism, a bipartisan group of leaders, experts, and ...

Conditions in Nagorno-Karabakh were examined in a separate report through the 2024 edition of Freedom in the World, in which the territory’s status declined from Partly Free to Not Free due to an ...