https://freedomhouse.org/country/iran/freedom-world/2025
See the Freedom in the World 2025 score and learn about democracy and freedom in Iran.
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https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/white-house-restricts-reporter-access-to-press-secretary-staffs-offices/
Journalists will no longer be able to access the offices of senior press officials at the White House in Washington, …
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https://freedomhouse.org/report/nations-transit/2018/confronting-illiberalism
Contempt for independent institutions and open discussion has become entrenched from Central Europe to Eurasia. Time is running out for the EU and the United...
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https://freedomhouse.org/issues/democracy-during-pandemic
The coronavirus outbreak presented a range of new challenges to democracy and human rights. Repressive regimes responded to the pandemic in ways that serve...
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https://freedomhouse.org/country/sri-lanka
Access Freedom House reports on Sri Lanka, see recent news and perspectives, and learn about our work in the country.
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https://freedomhouse.org/freedom-award
Our yearly Freedom Award honors courageous individuals and innovative groups that have made significant contributions to the cause of human rights and...
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https://freedomhouse.org/country/norway
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https://freedomhouse.org/country/yemen
Access Freedom House reports on Yemen, see recent news and perspectives, and learn about our work in the country.
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https://freedomhouse.org/reports/nations-transit/nations-transit-methodology
Nations in Transit evaluated the state of democracy in the region stretching from Central Europe to Central Asia.
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https://freedomhouse.org/programs/emergency-assistance-and-thematic-programs
Around the world, journalists, human rights defenders, and activists frequently come under threat because they stand up for their fellow citizens.
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https://freedomhouse.org/article/joint-letter-us-senate-must-protect-human-rights-tajikistan
Freedom House and Freedom House urged the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to take action to defend human rights in Tajikistan.
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https://freedomhouse.org/country/brunei
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https://freedomhouse.org/country/laos
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https://freedomhouse.org/country/papua-new-guinea/freedom-world/2025
See the Freedom in the World 2025 score and learn about democracy and freedom in Papua New Guinea.
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https://freedomhouse.org/article/guatemala-when-hope-and-reality-collide
Bernardo Arévalo overcame tremendous obstacles to become Guatemala’s president, but the old guard that tried to derail his campaign is now retaliating...
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https://freedomhouse.org/report/special-report/2025/more-action-needed-ensure-safety-combating-transnational-repression
The Australian government has shown awareness of transnational repression and conducted outreach to diaspora communities, but the country’s legislative and...
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https://freedomhouse.org/country/venezuela
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https://freedomhouse.org/country/uganda/freedom-world/2025
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https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/2016/silencing-messenger-communication-apps-under-pressure
Internet freedom has declined for the sixth consecutive year, with more governments than ever before targeting social media and communication apps as a means...
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https://freedomhouse.org/country/timor-leste/freedom-world/2025
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https://freedomhouse.org/article/foundations-freedom-civic-space
Freedom House has been tracking how governments across the world, over the past two decades, have increasingly used regulations, laws, and discrediting...
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https://freedomhouse.org/country/bahamas/freedom-world/2025
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https://freedomhouse.org/article/how-public-leaders-can-and-should-protect-us-elections
Public leaders and the media have a crucial role to play in protecting and defending America’s elections in the weeks and months ahead.
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https://adenpriestphotography.co.uk/ceremony-freedom-saltmarshe/
Jan 18, 2024 - An intimate Saltmarshe Hall country house wedding with the ceremony freedom for two different locations, in one wedding day.
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https://freedomhouse.org/report/special-report/2024/why-are-there-no-armenians-nagorno-karabakh
This special report documents how ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh were intentionally subjected to regular attacks, intimidation, deprivation of basic...
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https://freedomhouse.org/article/justice-shackles-global-persecution-judges-and-lawyers
Around the world, autocrats are detaining, prosecuting, and imprisoning legal and judicial professionals as part of a larger assault on the rule of law.
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https://freedomhouse.org/country/cuba
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https://freedomhouse.org/country/latvia/freedom-world/2025
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https://freedomhouse.org/country/saudi-arabia
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https://freedomhouse.org/article/rubios-nomination-head-us-diplomacy-bodes-well-human-rights-china
The Florida senator has an opportunity to strengthen Donald Trump’s mixed record on holding Beijing accountable for abuses.
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https://freedomhouse.org/article/morocco-rights-groups-call-omar-radis-release
Freedom House joined 15 press and human rights organizations in a joint statement calling on Moroccan authorities to release journalist and activist Omar Radi...
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https://freedomhouse.org/country/hong-kong
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https://freedomhouse.org/country/gambia
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https://freedomhouse.org/country/syria/freedom-world/2025
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https://freedomhouse.org/report/election-watch-digital-age/acknowledgements
A network of external researchers and consultants conduct original research on a range of issues related to digital media space, relevant technical and legal...
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https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/2015/privatizing-censorship-eroding-privacy
Freedom on the Net 2015 finds internet freedom around the world in decline for a fifth consecutive year as more governments censored information of public...
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https://freedomhouse.org/article/grassroots-protests-are-frequent-xi-jinpings-china
In the streets, on banners, in cyberspace, collectively, and individually—people in China are speaking out.
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https://freedomhouse.org/country/belize/freedom-world/2025
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https://freedomhouse.org/country/guatemala
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https://freedomhouse.org/country/israel/freedom-world/2025
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https://freedomhouse.org/country/kazakhstan
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https://freedomhouse.org/country/antigua-and-barbuda
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https://freedomhouse.org/country/northern-cyprus
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https://freedomhouse.org/article/us-international-context-prosecuting-former-presidents
Legal cases against former heads of state are commonplace in healthy democracies. The United States, with its strong rule-of-law tradition and independent...
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https://freedomhouse.org/article/ten-findings-ten-years-data-transnational-repression
Transnational repression threatens security and human rights. The more we know about who is committing it and how, the better we can fight to end it.
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https://freedomhouse.org/about-us/content-permissions
Thank you for your interest in Freedom House’s work championing democracy. This page answers some of the most frequently asked questions Freedom House...
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https://freedomhouse.org/country/czechia
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https://freedomhouse.org/country/south-ossetia/freedom-world/2025
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https://freedomhouse.org/country/panama
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https://freedomhouse.org/country/benin
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https://freedomhouse.org/country/south-korea/freedom-world/2025
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https://freedomhouse.org/country/sweden
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https://freedomhouse.org/article/zimbabwe-working-group-statement-reform-not-repression-answer-zimbabwe
The region, in concert with the international community, must act now to help end abhorrent abuses by Zimbabwe’s government.
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https://freedomhouse.org/country/japan/freedom-net/2025
See the Freedom on the Net 2025 score and learn about democracy and freedom in Japan.
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https://freedomhouse.org/article/what-trump-administration-should-tell-saudi-crown-prince
The United States should demand measurable progress on human rights in exchange for the deeper cooperation Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman seeks.
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https://freedomhouse.org/article/lesotho-authorities-should-withdraw-communications-regulations
Intrusive new data-collection rules threaten privacy rights and online expression, and violate Lesotho’s constitution and treaty obligations.
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https://freedomhouse.org/country/st-lucia/freedom-world/2025
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https://freedomhouse.org/country/kyrgyzstan
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https://freedomhouse.org/article/egypt-joint-letter-european-bank-reconstruction-and-development
26 civil society organizations urge EBRD President Renaud-Basso to discuss Egypt's human rights abuses with authorities upon visiting the country.
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https://freedomhouse.org/article/five-developments-2024-give-us-hope-democracy-2025
While 2024 was a year of conflict and upheaval, it was also marked by perseverance, determination, and people’s unwavering desire for liberty, even in dire...
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https://freedomhouse.org/foundations-freedom
Foundations of Freedom is a new series from Freedom House examining the foundational elements of democracy.
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https://freedomhouse.org/article/less-free-less-safe-world
Freedom in the World 2025 finds that violence and armed conflict drove the 19th consecutive year of decline in global freedom. Beyond the direct impact on...
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https://freedomhouse.org/report/free-them-all/2024/visible-and-invisible-bars
Political imprisonment, civil death, and the consequences of democratic erosion
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https://freedomhouse.org/event/freedom-house-2023-annual-awards
Freedom House’s annual Freedom Awards were presented to Vladimir Kara-Murza and the women of Iran. The Hon. Michael A. McCarthy received the 2023 Mark Palmer...
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