Ten years after the Chinese government’s widespread crackdown on human rights lawyers, concerned governments and the United Nations should establish an independent, international investigation into ...

China conducts the most sophisticated, global, and comprehensive campaign of transnational repression in the world.

The full Freedom in the World 2025 narrative report for United States will be posted as soon as it becomes available. Other Freedom House United States content can be found on the United States portal ...

In recent weeks, indictments and investigative reports have again highlighted the diverse range of tactics employed the Chinese government to intimidate critics beyond its borders. Host countries ...

Perspectives June 20, 2025 In the Quest for Peace in Ukraine, the World Must Not Forget Those Living in Russian-Occupied Crimea ...

Freedom House research has found that exiles living in more than 100 countries have been targeted with assassinations, abductions, assaults, and other brutal transnational repression tactics.

WASHINGTON—Today, Freedom House filed a petition with the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) on behalf of Idris Khattak, a well-known human rights defender in Pakistan. Khattak is serving ...

WASHINGTON—In light of the recent release of 14 political prisoners in Belarus as part of a US-negotiated agreement—including Belarusian democracy advocate Siarhei Tsikhanouski, Radio Free ...

WASHINGTON—The Freedom House Executive Board, chaired by Norman Willox, today announced that it has selected Gerardo Berthin and Annie Boyajian to serve as Freedom House’s new presidents. Berthin and ...

Freedom House was founded in 1941 by a group of concerned citizens led by Eleanor Roosevelt, a Democrat, and Wendell Willkie, a Republican, who believed that America’s survival as a free and ...

“We are concerned by the activation and deployment of military personnel on US soil in response to protests in Los Angeles. We urge the Trump administration to limit domestic use of the military and ...