Amid a growing authoritarian threat, Freedom House is a beacon of hope to all those fighting for democratic principles and ...

The former media owner’s case is just one of many in a multiyear crackdown on freedom of speech and dissent, and another ...

We, the undersigned organizations, write to respectfully urge the Yemeni authorities in Aden—represented by the ...

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 ...

Freedom House is founded on the core conviction that freedom flourishes in democratic nations where governments are accountable to their people. Fostering New Dialogue, Innovative Ideas to Energize ...

Even as Americans remain committed to the ideals of democracy, a majority see democracy in the United States as weak and getting weaker, according to a national survey jointly commissioned by Freedom ...

“After 2009, everything changed. Now the rule is, if I go to your house, read some Quran, pray together, and the government finds out, you go to jail.” —Barna, Uighur woman from Xinjiang now living in ...

In 2023, Democracy Scores declined in 11 out of the 29 countries in the report, and 7 countries earned improvements. Yet civic activists and democratic leaders continued to strive for better ...

Andranik Shirinyan is the Country Representative for Freedom House in Armenia. Shirinyan is specialized in International and European Law at Yerevan State University and the University of Bologna. He ...