WASHINGTON—In response to the Trump administration’s activation and deployment of members of the military for “the protection ...

Freedom House was founded in 1941 by a group of concerned citizens led by Eleanor Roosevelt, a Democrat, and Wendell Willkie, ...

In this issue: China’s censors aim to contain dissent during harsh COVID-19 lockdowns as Xi Jinping propaganda is boosted ahead of party congress. Meanwhile, social media platforms reveal users IP ...

Freedom House’s co-founder, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, said that “a democratic government represents the sum total of the ...

This piece was first published by Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. In March, officials at the US State Department revealed that they would use artificial intelligence to revoke the visas of “foreign ...

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 ...

This article was first published on Just Security. As Sudan marks two years since the eruption of war between rival military factions—the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces ...

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 is founded on the core conviction that freedom flourishes in democratic nations where governments are accountable to their people. Violence and the repression of political opponents ...

Autocrats have taken the helm of the UN Cybercrime Convention and this year’s Internet Governance Forum, part of a much larger trend to advance authoritarian norms in the international system. Hosting ...

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 ...