The ability to forge broad and diverse coalitions is a signature asset of democratic politics, and it is needed now more than ...

“We are thrilled that Mubarak Bala has been freed from his unjust imprisonment in Nigeria after spending four years behind bars simply for expressing his religious views on Facebook. We offer our ...

Freedom House rates people’s access to political rights and civil liberties in 210 countries and territories through its annual Freedom in the World report. Individual freedoms—ranging from the right ...

Freedom House is founded on the core conviction that freedom flourishes in democratic nations where governments are accountable to their people. In what was a consequential year for freedom and ...

WASHINGTON—Following the passing of President Jimmy Carter, Freedom House interim president Nicole Bibbins Sedaca issued the following statement: “We join many Americans and others around the world ...

This special report details how the Belarusian regime displaces, indoctrinates, reeducates, and militarizes Ukrainian children in the service of the broader Russian state policy of eradicating ...

WASHINGTON—Freedom House is pleased to announce that Norman Willox will serve as the Chairman of its Board of Trustees effective January 1. Congresswoman Jane Harman and Wendell Willkie II—the current ...

Brian Tronic is an international human rights lawyer based in Washington DC. He serves as Director of the Fred Hiatt Program to Free Political Prisoners, where he works to protect and secure the ...

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Suzanne Nossel is the incoming President and Chief Executive Officer of Freedom House. She comes to Freedom House most recently from service as the Chief Executive Officer of PEN America, the leading ...