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Lebanon Protest

Perspectives

Freedom House analysts weigh in on the news of the day and threats to freedom and democracy.

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After the Election: Revitalizing Hungarian Democracy, and Lessons from the Opposition Victory

Perspectives

April 28, 2026

Trump Xi Meeting

Freedom House Experts on What Trump Should Discuss with Xi in Beijing

Perspectives

April 22, 2026

Abdulhakim Idris

Detained, Denied, Deported: How Chinese Authorities Attempted to Silence a Uyghur Scholar and Rights Advocate

Perspectives

April 16, 2026

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Religious Freedom Cannot Survive Without Democracy

Perspectives

April 8, 2026

Sofiya Alegas

Q&A: Persecuted for Her Work in Turkey, Journalist Sofya Alagaş Won’t Be Silenced

Perspectives

April 2, 2026

A sticker saying ''Iran: The internet is down and they are killing the people'' seen on the back of a road sign

Iran’s Internet Blackout and the Authoritarian Playbook

Perspectives

March 23, 2026

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After 20 Years of Global Decline, These Basic Freedoms Have Been Hit Hardest

Perspectives

March 19, 2026

Coin in denomination of 1 Russian ruble on a pile of other coins in front of symbolic out-of-focus fragments of the Moscow Kremlin

How to Make Targeted Sanctions Work

Perspectives

March 5, 2026

China Dissent Monitor

Q&A: Amid the Chinese Communist Party’s Authoritarian Rule, How Does Freedom House Uncover Dissent in China?

Perspectives

January 15, 2026

Freedom in the World

Leading the Way in the Defense of Freedom: Our Work in 2025

Perspectives

December 18, 2025

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What the Trump Administration Should Tell the Saudi Crown Prince

Perspectives

November 17, 2025

Freedom on the Net

As Authoritarians Invest in Online Censorship, Democracies Must Meet the Challenge

Perspectives

November 13, 2025

Shanghai Stock Exchange

When Business Meets Autocracy, the Stakes Rise for Everyone

Perspectives

October 23, 2025

Russia and Belarus

Repression at Home Fuels Aggression Abroad: Now Is Not the Time to Ease Up on Lukashenka

Perspectives

September 11, 2025

Protest in Afghanistan

Rethinking Human Rights Protection: From Crisis Response to Sustainable Systems

Perspectives

August 28, 2025

Homebuyers in Handan, Hebei province protest a delayed housing project in front of government office, July 2025. (Photo credit: Weibo)

Protests Appear to Be Increasing in China. What Can We Learn from Them?

Perspectives

August 14, 2025

Nigerian political prisoner Mubarak Bala

A Nigerian Prisoner of Conscience Is Free, but Others Remain in Danger

Perspectives

July 31, 2025

Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa at Independence Square, Quito

Ecuador’s Fight Against Transnational Crime is Eroding Human Rights

Perspectives

July 17, 2025

A parade attendee waves a Crimean Tatar and Ukrainian flag.

In the Quest for Peace in Ukraine, the World Must Not Forget Those Living in Russian-Occupied Crimea

Perspectives

June 20, 2025

Annual Awards stage

The Road Ahead: Defending Democracy and Freedom Together

Perspectives

June 5, 2025

Group of protests in Toronto, Canada

Translating Awareness into Action: Responses to Transnational Repression in Canada and the United Kingdom

Perspectives

May 29, 2025

Surveillance cameras peak out of wifi symbol

Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Is Built on AI Surveillance and Disregard for Due Process

Perspectives

May 21, 2025

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How the Pall Mall Process Can Help Combat Commercial Spyware Abuse

Perspectives

May 8, 2025

The old Royal Mint in London, UK.

How Diplomats Enable Transnational Repression

Perspectives

April 24, 2025

A child is loaded into a truck taking people fleeing from Joda on the Sudanese border

Two Years of War in Sudan: From Revolution to Ruin and the Fight to Rise Again

Perspectives

April 17, 2025

Students protest in Belgrade, Serbia.

A Moment of Reckoning for Serbian Corruption

Perspectives

April 10, 2025

FOTN

Data Localization: A Global Threat to Human Rights Online

Perspectives

April 8, 2025

2024 South Africa Election Ballot Box

To Protect Online Expression During Elections, Engage Civil Society

Perspectives

March 27, 2025

Ekrem İmamoğlu

The End of Competitive Authoritarianism in Turkey

Perspectives

March 26, 2025

Freedom House's emblematic political prisoner cases.

These 11 Champions of Democracy Faced Prison Over Their Work

Perspectives

March 13, 2025

Students gather in Dhaka, Bangladesh to protest the police and the ruling party, the Awami League.

A Less Free, Less Safe World

Perspectives

February 26, 2025

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After a Long Decade in Detention, Uyghur Men in Thailand Face Transnational Repression

Perspectives

February 13, 2025

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Moscow in 2022.

Ten Findings from Ten Years of Data on Transnational Repression

Perspectives

February 6, 2025

Tsi Conrad

Hope and Despair in Cameroon’s Yaoundé Central Prison

Perspectives

January 23, 2025

Cutline: In the year since Bernardo Arévalo won Guatemala’s presidential election, he has faced fierce resistance to his anticorruption campaign. (Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons/Presidencia de Guatemala)

Guatemala: When Hope and Reality Collide

Perspectives

January 16, 2025

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reviews troops on the battlefield. Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 touched off a grinding war that has now drawn in numerous other countries. (Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons/President of Ukraine Flickr)

Facing a Year of Uncertainty, Democracies Should Seek Strength in Numbers

Perspectives

January 9, 2025

llustration by Gil Wannalertsiri, Freedom House.

Five Developments from 2024 That Give Us Hope for Democracy in 2025

Perspectives

January 2, 2025

llustration by Gil Wannalertsiri, Freedom House.

Reflecting on 2024: A Challenging Year for Democracy and Freedom

Perspectives

December 19, 2024

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud.

Authoritarians Are Hijacking Global Tech Cooperation to Undermine Human Rights

Perspectives

December 12, 2024

Claudia Sheinbaum,accepts victory as president elect of México on June 2, 2024

Democracy Survived the Year of Elections, But the Struggle for Freedom Continues

Perspectives

December 5, 2024

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