Freedom House Board of Trustees announces that Nicole Bibbins Sedaca will serve as interim president.

This week marked the first anniversary of the outbreak of war between the regular Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), led by military ruler Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces ...

In Europe and Eurasia, governments are failing to uphold the rights and freedoms of citizens. To protect the most vulnerable, ...

The war has caused more than 13,000 deaths, a surge in egregious sexual and ethnic violence, and the displacement of millions of civilians, gravely harming the cause of democracy and freedom for the ...

April marks the first anniversary of the detention of human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng and his wife, activist Xu Yan.

In February, the US Department of State sanctioned several South Sudanese nationals responsible for transnational repression. This move represented a rare effort to hold a lesser-known perpetrator ...

On Tuesday, Hong Kong’s legislature unanimously passed the Basic Law Article 23, the city’s homegrown national security law. The bill was approved only 11 days after it was introduced, and less than 4 ...

Freedom House expert Quscondy Abdulshafi joins the Africa Research Cluster and the Search for Common Group for a discussion on the conflict in Sudan.

Monday, 15 April 2024 marks the tenth anniversary of the arrest of Saudi human rights defender Waleed Abu al-Khair, who is serving a 15-year prison sentence as a result of his peaceful human rights ...