How much of a threat does digital authoritarianism pose to Western societies? And what policies are in place in the EU and United States to counter it? Authoritarian regimes have gone to great lengths ...

Then there are those whose fate after speaking out against Xi is simply unknown. In October 2022, when China was still under the CCP’s draconian COVID-19 lockdown, a man whose name netizens believe to ...

Pakistani voters and opposition parties successfully pushed back against electoral interference by authorities both before ...

In advance of Vietnam’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR), Freedom House joins Vietnamese and international human rights organizations to shine a spotlight on the continuing human rights violations in ...

We, the undersigned civil society organisations, are extremely concerned by developments threatening the safety and wellbeing of detained feminist and fitness instructor Manahel al-Otaibi. On 14 April ...

Saudi Arabia’s absolute monarchy restricts almost all political rights and civil liberties. No officials at the national level are elected. The regime relies on pervasive surveillance, the ...

Freedom House is founded on the core conviction that freedom flourishes in democratic nations where governments are accountable to their people. Democratic governance in the Nations in Transit region ...

South Africans may live under a more democratic system 30 years after the end of apartheid, but they are also considering the ...