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Insights on the global struggle for democracy

Four Years On, Egypt Has Pulled the Plug on a Digital Revolution

Adrian Shahbaz
February 9, 2015
February 11 marks four years since Mubarak was forced from power in Egypt. On this anniversary, Freedom House offers a timeline that chronicles how a social justice movement incubated online, exploded onto the streets, and is now being driven toward extinction by new dictatorship.

Suggested Questions for Congressional Hearings on Cuba Policy

February 3, 2015

The following are suggested questions for Congressional Hearings on U.S. Policy toward Cuba.

East Africa’s Authoritarian Drift

February 2, 2015

African heads of state recently gathered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital, for the 24th summit of the African Union. While discussions focused on high-profile continental crises such as the Boko Haram insurgency and the Ebola epidemic, an important phenomenon was, unsurprisingly, left off the agenda: the deteriorating situation for political and civil liberties in much of East Africa.

Freedom Isn’t Always Forever

Tyler Roylance
January 29, 2015

What happens when democracies are guilty of backsliding? 

Freedom’s Biggest Gains and Losses in 2014

January 28, 2015

The biggest score changes in Freedom in the World 2015 illustrate the damage wrought by military coups, civil wars, and authoritarian power grabs.

De las palabras a los hechos en México

January 27, 2015

Por: Elisa López Alvarado, Asociada de Programas, America Latina y el Caribe

Time to Act: Enrique Peña Nieto’s Challenge in 2015

January 27, 2015

As reflected in recent criminal atrocities, Mexico’s president has yet to address many of the deep-seated problems he inherited upon taking office in 2012. However, the current crisis of confidence presents a unique opportunity for comprehensive reform.

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Hong Kong’s Internet Freedom Under Threat

January 22, 2015

As press freedom in Hong Kong has steadily declined, dropping to its lowest level in a decade in 2014, internet freedom has flourished, remaining free of the censorship and rights abuses that restrict digital communication on the mainland. Now that too may be under threat.

Election Represents an Opportunity for Reform in Zambia

January 13, 2015

There is some hope that the winner of next week’s presidential by-election could reverse recent declines in Zambia’s democratic standing, but a number of factors are working against such a positive outcome. 

Democracy Is the Best Defense Against Terrorism

Arch Puddington
January 13, 2015

Last week, Freedom at Issue published a chart (left) that showed a powerful link between terrorist attacks and countries that lack democratic governance. As the second graphic (right)  indicates, the correlation is even stronger when the number of deaths is taken into account. 

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