South Africans may live under a more democratic system 30 years after the end of apartheid, but they are also considering the ...

The bipartisan aid package comes at a critical time in Ukraine’s frontline struggle for its democracy and freedom.

We, the undersigned civil society organisations, are extremely concerned by developments threatening the safety and wellbeing of detained feminist and fitness instructor Manahel al-Otaibi. On 14 April ...

How much of a threat does digital authoritarianism pose to Western societies? And what policies are in place in the EU and United States to counter it?

In advance of Vietnam’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR), Freedom House joins Vietnamese and international human rights organizations to shine a spotlight on the continuing human rights violations in ...

Pakistani voters and opposition parties successfully pushed back against electoral interference by authorities both before ...

Then there are those whose fate after speaking out against Xi is simply unknown. In October 2022, when China was still under the CCP’s draconian COVID-19 lockdown, a man whose name netizens believe to ...

Quscondy Abdulshafi is a Senior Regional Advisor at Freedom House. He has over a decade of experience working on governance, democracy and human rights in Africa and the US. He is a dedicated ...