Dictatorial regimes are retaliating against democratic activists who talk to foreign governments and international bodies.

The United States is a federal republic whose people benefit from a vibrant political system, a strong rule-of-law tradition, robust freedoms of expression and religious belief, and a wide array of ...

The Gambia was ruled for over two decades by former president Yahya Jammeh, who mounted a bloodless coup in 1994 and consistently violated political rights and civil liberties. The 2016 election ...

Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s election as president in 2019 and the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna’s (SLPP) victory in the 2020 parliamentary polls emboldened the Rajapaksa family. While Gotabaya and Mahinda ...

Israel’s military occupation of the West Bank entails onerous physical barriers and constraints on movement, demolition of homes and other physical infrastructure, restrictions on political rights and ...

As the world celebrates the release of hundreds of Belarusian political prisoners, Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s regime continues ...

North Korea is a one-party state led by a dynastic totalitarian dictatorship that regularly engages in grave human rights abuses. Surveillance is pervasive, arbitrary arrests and detention are common, ...

This project is no longer being maintained as of early 2025. The project previously tracked the intersection of elections, internet platforms, and human rights around the world. You can review the ...

Papua New Guinea (PNG) is a democracy in which elections are held regularly. Party allegiances are unstable, and only two governments have survived for a full term since independence in 1975. The ...

As Freedom House marks its 85th anniversary, we're asking you to join our Investing in Freedom's Future campaign. Global freedom has been in decline for two decades — and your support will sustain our ...

Freedom House is founded on the core conviction that freedom flourishes in democratic nations where governments are accountable to their people. Freedom House’s new 85th anniversary campaign, aimed at ...