We, the undersigned human rights organisations, call for the immediate release of human rights defender Ali AlHajee, who was detained by Bahraini authorities following a police summons on Friday, 28 ...

Freedom House is founded on the core conviction that freedom flourishes in democratic nations where governments are accountable to their people. Violence and the repression of political opponents ...

Democracies, as a matter of their own survival, must demonstrate basic solidarity and prevent the outright conquest of other free societies by authoritarian powers.

The 52nd edition of Freedom in the World finds that 60 countries experienced declines in their political rights and civil liberties, while only 34 registered improvements.

The political system in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is paralyzed due the manipulation of the electoral process by political elites, and is heavily influenced by a long-running conflict ...

Conditions in the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine were assessed in a single report for the first time in the 2025 edition of Freedom in the World. While previous editions assessed Crimea and ...

Freedom in the World 2025 finds that violence and armed conflict drove the 19th consecutive year of decline in global freedom ...

Vladimir Putin and his enablers must be held accountable for violations of international law and national sovereignty.