After two years of devastation, the right of Palestinians and Israelis to live in peace and freedom cannot be postponed any ...

“Rather than strengthening protections against cybercrime, the UN Convention Against Cybercrime expands government authority ...

Ahead of the fifth anniversary of the detention of prominent Vietnamese journalist, writer and woman human rights defender Pham Doan Trang, an international coalition of non-governmental organisations ...

The Australian government has shown awareness of transnational repression and conducted outreach to diaspora communities, but the country’s legislative and sanctions framework are in need of reform to ...

Saudi Arabia’s absolute monarchy restricts almost all political rights and civil liberties. No officials at the national level are elected. The regime relies on pervasive surveillance, the ...

The Chinese government’s media influence efforts have increased since 2019 in most of the 30 countries under study, but democratic pushback has often curbed their impact. The Chinese government, under ...

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 ...

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The Gambia’s political rights rating improved from 7 to 6 due to opposition candidate Adama Barrow’s victory in the December 2016 presidential election, though the incumbent, Yahya Jammeh, was ...

Rory MacFarquhar is currently Senior Vice President for International Institutions Engagement at Mastercard. He served for six years in the National Security Council and Treasury Department during the ...

Charlie Kirk’s murder in Utah is the latest in a series of attacks that threaten the basic operations of American politics, governance, and civil discourse. WASHINGTON—In response to the assassination ...

The support will help sustain Freedom House’s flagship annual report, which tracks the status of political rights and civil liberties around the world. “For more than half a century, Freedom in the ...