Houlton Dannenberg is the Senior Specialist for Social Strategy and Digital Content at Freedom House. Previously, they worked with the Center for European Policy Analysis, e-International Relations, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

To Freedom House’s friends and supporters: With roughly half the world’s population voting in elections in 2024, we knew it would be a consequential year for democracy and freedom. The polls took ...

Autocrats have taken the helm of the UN Cybercrime Convention and this year’s Internet Governance Forum, part of a much larger trend to advance authoritarian norms in the international system. Hosting ...

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 circumstances. As we predicted a year ago, ...

While headlines tend to focus on the assassination of high-profile dissidents living in exile, the targeting of groups of diaspora members is no less troubling. In Thailand, the deportation of over ...

The removal of Bashar al-Assad from power has created an opportunity to chart a brighter future for the people of Syria. WASHINGTON—In response to the ouster of longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad in ...