US Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Roger F. Wicker (R-MS) each received Freedom House’s Leadership Award, which recognizes outstanding dedication to principled US leadership on the world stage and ...

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Zhang is an outspoken journalist, and one of many Chinese citizens who are imprisoned for exercising their right to freedom of the press and expression. Zhang Zhan was first detained on 14 May 2020, ...

Anna Kwok is the executive director of Hong Kong Democracy Council, a nongovernmental organization based in Washington, DC. In July 2023, she was among a first group of eight people against whom the ...

Twenty-five governments have agreed to a promising new initiative to combat the irresponsible use of commercial cyber intrusion capabilities, including commercial spyware. Civil society should hold ...

At a time when authoritarian practices are spreading and the world is becoming less free, political imprisonment is increasingly a key tool for limiting dissent. The types of people targeted are ...

A country or territory’s Freedom in the World status depends on its aggregate Political Rights score, on a scale of 0–40, and its aggregate Civil Liberties score, on a scale of 0–60. See the ...

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A country or territory’s Freedom in the World status depends on its aggregate Political Rights score, on a scale of 0–40, and its aggregate Civil Liberties score, on a scale of 0–60. See the ...

9 de mayo 2025. Las organizaciones internacionales firmantes expresamos nuestra preocupación por la escalada de persecución y las amenazas de criminalización que viven periodistas del medio digital sa ...