During the UN’s annual convention on climate change in Baku next month, democracy’s defenders have an opportunity to hold the ...

By suppressing negative content, the regime could blind itself to China’s economic reality and motivate citizens to seek out ...

Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González’s decision to leave his homeland comes as many other activists in Venezuela are finding themselves subject to travel bans and passport confiscations.

Lasting peace will require a sustained commitment to democratic self-government, security, justice, and human rights for all Palestinians and Israelis.

These experiences emphasize that democracy is an evolving process connected to fundamental human aspirations; by learning ...

Analysis The Boomerang Effect of Beijing’s Economic Censorship By suppressing negative content, the regime could blind itself to China’s economic reality and motivate citizens to seek out uncensored ...

A little-known legal entity, the Union State of Russia and Belarus, helps bring Ukrainian children to Belarus for political indoctrination. Its officials have so far escaped prosecution. Two and a ...

Emily Couch is a Program Officer on Freedom House’s Europe & Eurasia Program team. In this role, she leads the day-to-day operations of the Ukraine portfolio, which includes projects on freedom of ...

This special report details how the Belarusian regime displaces, indoctrinates, reeducates, and militarizes Ukrainian children in the service of the broader Russian state policy of eradicating ...

Freedom House is founded on the core conviction that freedom flourishes in democratic nations where governments are accountable to their people. Authoritarian governments around the world are ...

Political violence is on the rise in the United States – from high-profile events like January 6, 2021 and the recent assassination attempts against former president Trump, to a much broader surge in ...