Freedom House’s co-founder, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, said that “a democratic government represents the sum total of the courage and the integrity of its individuals.” Today, her vision is carried ...

The two countries should build on recent progress by coordinating cross-agency efforts and strengthening resilience among ...

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 ...

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 ...

Citizens in Serbia are demanding a free and just society, but it remains unclear whether the larger democratic community will lend its support. Last November, 15 people were killed when a canopy ...

The 52nd edition of Freedom in the World finds that 60 countries experienced declines in their political rights and civil liberties, while only 34 registered improvements. WASHINGTON—Political ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

During the UN’s annual convention on climate change in Baku next month, democracy’s defenders have an opportunity to hold the Azerbaijani regime accountable for its human rights violations—and to push ...