Freedom House interim President Nicole Bibbins Sedaca shares thoughts on democratic developments and Freedom House’s work in 2024.

WASHINGTON—In response to the recent passing of former Freedom House trustee Morton Abramowitz, the organization’s interim president, Nicole Bibbins Sedaca, issued the following statement: “There have ...

Dictators see independent media as an existential threat, so it’s no surprise that Belarus’s Alyaksandr Lukashenka wants to crush media freedom in his country.What is surprising is the extent to which ...

The United States is a federal republic whose people benefit from a vibrant political system, a strong rule-of-law tradition, robust freedoms of expression and religious belief, and a wide array of ...

The pandemic is fueling digital repression worldwide. The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating a dramatic decline in global internet freedom. For the 10th consecutive year, users have experienced an ...

Autocrats have taken the helm of the UN Cybercrime Convention and this year’s Internet Governance Forum, part of a much ...

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 ...

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