REPORT LAUNCH: Freedom in the World 2026
Date
March 19, 2026 – 10:30AM
– 11:45AM EDT
Join us for the launch of Freedom in the World 2026: The Growing Shadow of Autocracy, Freedom House's flagship report that has been tracking global trends in political rights and civil liberties annually since 1973.
The report’s authors will present key findings on the global state of democracy and freedom in 2025 and provide an analysis of major trends impacting fundamental rights over the last two decades. An expert panel discussion examining the implications of the report’s findings for the international system and the threat posed by emboldened autocrats will follow.
Speakers include:
- Jamie Fly, Chief Executive Officer, Freedom House
- Yana Gorokhovskaia, Research Director, Strategy and Design, Freedom House; Co-author of Freedom in the World
- Cathryn Grothe, Senior Research Analyst, Democracy Studies, Freedom House; Co-author of Freedom in the World
- Matthew Kaminski, Editor-at-large, POLITICO
- Amy Slipowitz, Research Manager, Free Them All: The Fred Hiatt Program to Free Political Prisoners, Freedom House; Co-author of Freedom in the World
- Maya Tudor, Professor of Politics and Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government and Fellow, St Hilda's College, University of Oxford
Additional speakers and panelists to be announced.