Freedom House

Whether across the airwaves, on the Internet, or at the polling booth, dictators are assisted by a range of private actors who are based in free countries but sell their services to unsavory regimes abroad.

Making a statement during International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO-T).

It’s no secret that the Pacific Islands will face rising sea levels, coastal flooding, and deadly storms as a result of climate change, a fact reiterated in this week’s report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Unfortunately, few people realize that these island nations are also home to a disappearing press sector. While […]

Recently the chairman of Bloomberg LP indicated that the company is backing away from its admirable investigative reporting on China’s elite, apparently with the aim of protecting its core financial-data business from political reprisals. This is alarming for many reasons, says Freedom House.

After a series of increasingly violent events, IFEX members and supporters call on Chief Executive Leung Chun-Ying to take clear and deliberate steps to defend press freedom.

In the face of new, sophisticated restrictions, frontline human rights activists are unprepared for the security challenges they face, while donors and international support groups struggle to collaborate effectively and protect and defend human rights, Freedom House concludes in a new report.

Iran, Cuba, UAE, Azerbaijan, India and Turkey are examples of countries whose leaders contradict their own policies and practices on restricting social media.

It is believed that Mr. Quan’s detention is politically motivated and a reaction to his blog, where he frequently exposed human rights violations by the Vietnamese government.