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 International Day of Political Prisoners originated in the Soviet Union in 1974, when political prisoners collectively held a one-day hunger strike. Soviet prisoners of conscience repeated this ...

Al-Khalidi has been trapped in a prolonged asylum process in Bulgaria since November 2021 and has faced a deportation order since 2024. On 15 July 2025 Bulgaria’s Supreme Administrative Court rejected ...

Freedom House helps citizens defend their rights against government abuses in several countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. Freedom House supports civil society in Latin America and the ...

Scores are based on a scale of 0 (least free) to 100 (most free). See the methodology and report acknowledgements. France registered a minor improvement in internet freedom during the coverage period.

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...