US Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Roger F. Wicker (R-MS) each received Freedom House’s Leadership Award, which recognizes outstanding dedication to principled US leadership on the world stage and ...

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We write as organizations variously focused on U.S. national security and foreign policy, human rights, the protection of civilians, peacebuilding, and humanitarian response. As negotiations to end ...

Zhang is an outspoken journalist, and one of many Chinese citizens who are imprisoned for exercising their right to freedom of the press and expression. Zhang Zhan was first detained on 14 May 2020, ...

British authorities must prioritize human rights when reviewing Beijing’s plans for a new “super embassy” in London. The dispute in London is emblematic of a larger, global dilemma. The Chinese ...

Around the world, autocrats are detaining, prosecuting, and imprisoning legal and judicial professionals as part of a larger assault on the rule of law. In January 2025, a Russian court sentenced ...

Transnational repression threatens security and human rights. The more we know about who is committing it and how, the better we can fight to end it. Transnational repression—the tactics used by ...

Freedom House and partners found that Azerbaijani authorities waged a deliberate campaign to empty Nagorno-Karabakh of its ethnic Armenian population. WASHINGTON—The Azerbaijani regime engaged in ...

Press freedom is a core element of democracy, ensuring that independent journalists can hold officials accountable to the public and provide both voters and leaders with the facts they need to make ...

WASHINGTON—Internet freedom in Europe declined over the past year, with three countries under review experiencing deterioration and only one recording a net gain, according to a new report released ...