Venezuela April 23, 2026 Beyond Maduro: Building a Sustainable Democratic Transition in Venezuela Key Points: Nicolás Maduro’s removal offers a unique opportunity for a democratic transition in Venezuela. The United States and other democracies should support the Venezuelan people in their demands for truth, justice, accountability, and free elections. Keep Reading
China April 22, 2026 Freedom House Experts on What Trump Should Discuss with Xi in Beijing Key Points: Freedom House experts urge the United States to raise the release of political prisoners, Taiwan, transnational repression, sanctions evasion, and more. Keep Reading
Iran April 20, 2026 The Iranian Struggle for Freedom: A Call for Renewed Global Solidarity in Support of the People of Iran Key Points: Iran’s path forward must reflect the will of the Iranian people, who have borne the costs of decades of tyranny. The next chapter in Iran must be shaped by Iranians themselves—especially the courageous human rights defenders, civil society leaders, labor organizers, women’s rights advocates, and prodemocracy voices who have spent years insisting on dignity, justice, and freedom. Keep Reading
Turkey April 2, 2026 Q&A: Persecuted for Her Work in Turkey, Journalist Sofya Alagaş Won’t Be Silenced Key Points: Sofya Alagaş is a Kurdish journalist and politician in Turkey who spent a year in prison in connection with her reporting on the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). Freedom House’s Fred Hiatt Program to Free Political Prisoners has taken on Alagaş’s case, working to bring attention to the false charges that have disrupted her life—and which reflect the growing pressure on independent media and political dissent in Turkey—and to assist her in her fight to overturn her conviction. Alagaş discusses the situation for journalists in Turkey, her own persecution by Turkish authorities, and what inspires her to keep fighting for the freedom of journalists, women, and people who face repression around the world. Keep Reading
Pakistan March 5, 2026 TNR Watch: Pakistan’s Intensifying Campaign of Transnational Repression Key Points: In recent months, the Pakistani government has increased its legal harassment of exiled journalists and dissidents. Additionally, there are signs that UK authorities are treating recent acts of physical intimidation directed against outspoken Pakistani exiles as possible transnational repression. Keep Reading
The Iranian Struggle for Freedom: A Call for Renewed Global Solidarity in Support of the People of Iran April 20, 2026
