Hundreds of Colombian social leaders and rights defenders from different communities including afro descendants, indigenous, and campesinos take part in a May Day march to denounce violence against human rights defenders in Bogotá on May 1, 2019. (Image Credit: RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Interview with Goli Ameri: On Women’s Rights in Iran

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

Read Our Newest Report on Beijing's Global Media Influence

Our latest report, Beijing’s Global Media Influence: Authoritarian Expansion and the Power of Democratic Resilience, offers the most comprehensive assessment to date of Beijing’s global media influence and the ways in which democracies are responding.

Tracking Democracy and Freedom Around the World

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Previewing Elections in Brazil

Freedom House’s Election Watch team is out with a new assessment of the upcoming elections in Brazil, where the presidential contest is the most consequential in recent history for the country’s democratic trajectory.

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Read Report on Transnational Repression

Defending Democracy in Exile examines what is being done to protect exiles and diaspora members who are being intimidated and attacked by the governments from which they fled. The report assesses the responses mounted by host governments, international organizations, and technology companies.