WASHINGTON—Freedom House is pleased to announce that journalist Margaret Hoover and former US Ambassador to Hungary David ...

Governments are increasingly purchasing sophisticated technology to monitor their citizens’ behavior on social media. Once the preserve of the world’s foremost intelligence agencies, this form of mass ...

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 ...

Governments are using the pandemic as a pretext to crack down on free expression and access to information. Information can be the difference between life and death. The coronavirus pandemic has ...

Controls over religion in China have increased since 2012, seeping into new areas of daily life and triggering growing resistance from believers. At least 100 million people—nearly one-third of ...

In the high-stakes battle between states and technology companies, the rights of internet users have become the main casualties. Global internet freedom declined for the 11th consecutive year. The ...

After experiencing a gradual decline in respect for political rights and civil liberties over the past decade, the United States is now facing an acute crisis for democracy. The events of the past ...

The pandemic is fueling digital repression worldwide. The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating a dramatic decline in global internet freedom. For the 10th consecutive year, users have experienced an ...

Freedom House helps citizens defend their rights against government abuses in several countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. Freedom House supports civil society in Latin America and the ...

Democracy and pluralism are under assault. Democracy and pluralism are under assault. Dictators are toiling to stamp out the last vestiges of domestic dissent and spread their harmful influence to new ...

There is more to democracy than free and fair elections, but there can be no democracy without them. Constant vigilance is required to protect this foundational component of political freedom from the ...

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 ...