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Launch of "Freedom of the Press 2013"

May 1 2013 - 10:15am

Freedom House held a press conference to release the findings of Freedom of the Press 2013, the latest edition of Freedom House’s annual assessment of media independence worldwide. To follow the discussion about the report on Twitter, use hashtag #FOTP2013.

Montenegrin president Milo Djukanović. Photo credit: http://www.predsjednik.me/

Montenegro, an EU Accession Front-Runner, Moves Backward on Media Freedom

Zselyke Csaky

September 20, 2018

Journalists face violence from criminal groups and pressure from an entrenched political leadership.

Statements

The Systematic Repression of Lawyers in Central Asia and Eastern Europe

September 12, 2018

Freedom House is gravely concerned by an apparent systematic crackdown on the legal profession by a number of OSCE participating States. Since 2017, restrictive legislative changes and punitive measures targeting individual lawyers were especially egregious in Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Crimea.

Leader of the Sweden Democrats Jimmie Åkesson. Credit: Per Pettersson, Flickr/Creative Commons.

Q&A: Populist Gains in the Swedish Elections

September 10, 2018

Sheri Berman of Columbia University explains the background and implications of the election results.

Press Releases

Myanmar: UN Reports Evidence of “Genocidal Intent” against Minorities

August 27, 2018

A United Nations investigation confirms what has long been reported about the gross human rights abuses perpetrated against Rohingya Muslims at the hand of Myanmar’s military.

Attorney General of the United States Jeff Sessions.

Fifty Years On, the Challenges of 1968 Linger

Arch Puddington

August 23, 2018

American democracy still suffers from some of the rifts that opened five decades ago.

A crowd commemorates Algerian Independence Day on July 5. Credit: Nejma Rondeleux, Flickr/Creative Commons.

In Algeria, an Islamist Threat Still Looms over Domestic Politics

August 22, 2018

Fear of religious extremism helps explain the lack of democratic development in the country.

Press Releases

robert kyagulanyi uganda member of parliament

Ugandan Authorities Arrest MPs after Campaign Rallies

August 21, 2018

Violence and arrests following local campaign events appear to be part of the Ugandan security force's practice of targeting dissenting voices.

Prague, Czech Republic. Credit: Fleetingpix, Flickr/Creative Commons.

How Lies about History Threaten Democracy Today

Arch Puddington

August 17, 2018

Politicized revisions of the past help antidemocratic leaders justify their actions while sowing divisions at home and abroad.

Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurates the newly constructed Assam house, Shillong. Credit: Cm.assam.gov.in/.

How India’s Assam Register Is Weaponizing Citizenship

August 16, 2018

The Hindu nationalist government is moving to strip legal status from millions of Muslim residents.

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