Freedom House is calling for nominations for the 2027 Mark Palmer Prize, which recognizes exceptional achievements to protect ...

As we mark October 30, the International Day of Political Prisoners, this week and reaffirm our solidarity with the more than ...

Eighty-five years ago, in 1941, totalitarian forces were aggressively advancing across the world. To address this challenge, ...

An altercation at the United Nations last week showed in public what people in Cuba live with every day: a government that ...

Democratic governments and technology companies should counter authoritarian efforts to disconnect people from the global ...

The shape of the internet is changing, as governments across the ideological spectrum erect new barriers to how people access ...

Workers led the highest percentage of protests during the third quarter of 2026 (44 percent), followed by homeowners (27 ...

Five experts reflect on the victory of the Student List opposition coalition in Serbia’s parliamentary elections, how the new government should move forward, and what democracy’s defenders can learn.

A growing number of leaders in Central and Eastern Europe have dropped even the pretense of playing by the rules of democracy. As the democratic consensus of the post–Cold War order has given way to ...