The removal of Bashar al-Assad from power has created an opportunity to chart a brighter future for the people of Syria.

Elections in 2024 presented a mixed picture: largely competitive contests in democracies, sham polls in autocracies, and ...

Escalating arrests, raids, and targeted attacks against people exercising their fundamental right to assembly and freedom of ...

WASHINGTON —In response to the recent passing of former Freedom House trustee Morton Abramowitz, the organization’s interim ...

WASHINGTON— In response to President Biden’s pardon of his son, Hunter Biden, both for crimes for which he has been convicted and for potential crimes for which he may face prosecution, Freedom House ...

This article was also published by the Diplomat on November 26, 2024. The election of Donald Trump to the US presidency has raised concerns among many who care about human rights and democracy in ...

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Freedom House rates people’s access to political rights and civil liberties in 210 countries and territories through its annual Freedom in the World report. Individual freedoms—ranging from the right ...