Articles by Freedom House
Sudan makes ‘bad faith’ release of political prisoners
“We should not praise the government for releasing people it had no right to imprison in the first place. Releasing the detainees three days before an election is part of President Bashir’s effort to legitimize a tainted electoral process,” said Vukasin Petrovic, regional director for Africa at Freedom House.
Swaziland doesn’t want you to care about these government critics. Here’s why you should.
They don’t write for The New York Times or The Daily Mail. And the Swazi government is counting on just that to keep Bheki Makhubu and Thulani Maseko in jail for criticizing the judiciary.
A fading opportunity to protect Internet freedom in Pakistan
With 11 percent of Pakistan’s 190 million citizens now online, ensuring that the internet is an open space for communication, commerce, and democracy is becoming more important with each additional laptop and smartphone.
Turkey should fully investigate murder of Tajikistani opposition leader Umarali Kuvvatov
“We are shocked by the murder of opposition leader Umarali Kuvvatov, which has all the hallmarks of an assassination,” said Susan Corke, director of Eurasia programs. “It sends a chilling message to all who dare criticize Tajikistan’s president, Emomali Rahmon.”
On anniversary of mass trial, rights groups call on UAE to “stop the charade”
The mass “UAE 94” trial imprisoned dozens of government critics and reform activists in the United Arab Emirates.
Four years on, Egypt has pulled the plug on a digital revolution
Freedom House offers a timeline that chronicles how an Egyptian social justice movement incubated online, exploded onto the streets, and is now being driven toward extinction.
New tactics by authoritarian governments as global freedom declines for ninth year
“Freedom in the World 2015”, Freedom House’s annual report on the condition of political rights and civil liberties, finds that more aggressive tactics by authoritarian regimes and an upsurge in terrorist attacks contributed to a disturbing decline in global freedom in 2014.
Hong Kong’s Internet freedom under threat
Internet users and civil society groups in Hong Kong have endured cyberattacks and debated threats to privacy online in the past. But the situation has worsened significantly since June 2014.