Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri was arrested on October 10, 2025, for practicing and sharing his faith and defying the draconian ...
The US-Iran MOU as currently formulated is likely to deepen repression for the Iranian people. The US can still shape an ...
In this issue: As Beijing cracks down on foreign firms, politicized prosecutions are a growing blight on Chinese society. Regulatory changes affect academic databases and chatbots, while US ...
David J. Kramer is Senior Fellow in the Vaclav Havel Program for Human Rights & Diplomacy and Director for European and Eurasian Studies at Florida International University’s Steven J. Green School of ...
In January, after local residents in Kalimantan attacked settlements established by the banned religious group Gafatar, hundreds of members were forcibly transferred to their home districts and ...
Scores are based on a scale of 0 (least free) to 100 (most free). See the methodology and report acknowledgements. Iceland remained the world’s best protector of internet freedom during the coverage ...
Digital advertisers were obliged to pay a 5 percent tax starting in January 2018, stifling an already fragile media sector (see Media, Diversity, and Content Manipulation). A group of online activists ...
The success of the American experiment is contingent upon renewal and the willingness of elected officials and ordinary people to stand up for democracy. On July 4, 1776, the United States’ founders ...
The European Parliament’s recent adoption of a resolution on transnational repression (TNR) represents the latest promising multilateral effort to address threats facing diaspora communities. This ...
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 ...
The world’s authoritarian regimes seek to repress citizens who demand a society where all are free. But the repression does not stop at the border. Increasingly, these regimes understand that domestic ...
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