The need to support countermeasures is greater than ever after 15 years of decline in global internet freedom.

The future of internet freedom will depend on how governments regulate and deploy the next wave of artificial intelligence and other rapidly evolving technologies.

Exile often means leaving loved ones and colleagues behind, sometimes at the mercy of governments who target them to gain leverage. Transnational authoritarianism is characterized by the breaking down ...

Rachel was the 2024-2025 Freedom in the World Junior Fellow covering North and East Africa. She graduated from The Ohio State University with a B.A. in International Relations and minors in Arabic and ...

Free Them All: The Fred Hiatt Program to Free Political Prisoners examines restrictions on the liberty of human rights defenders and prodemocracy activists. Free Them All: The Fred Hiatt Program to ...

Senior government, business, civil society, and philanthropic leaders joined the Global Freedom Summit; a Declaration of ...

(Beirut, November 10, 2025) – The United States government, including Congress, should address Saudi Arabia’s human rights ...

The ratings are based on a scale of 1 to 7, with 7 representing the highest level of democratic progress and 1 the lowest. The Democracy Score is an average of ratings for the categories tracked in a ...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a federation of seven emirates. Limited elections are held for a federal advisory body, but political parties are banned, and all executive, legislative, and judicial ...

Annie Boyajian is president of Freedom House. She previously served as vice president of policy and advocacy, where she oversaw Freedom House’s policy and advocacy work, including engagement with ...