A CDM analysis of 2,970 Douyin posts about protest in China published from June to December 2025 found that two-thirds had been deleted. The highest rates of censorship are associated with posts about ...

Freedom in the World 2023 marked the 17th consecutive year of decline in global freedom. See this year's regional trends, status changes, and report data. Freedom in the World rates people’s access to ...

Maurice A. Perkins is the Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at the Transamerica Corporation, overseeing all corporate communications, brand marketing, and global government affairs teams. Prior to ...

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Aimee Wenyue Chen is the Program Manager for Europe & Eurasia Programs at Freedom House. In her role, she focuses on Freedom House's programmatic strategy in Armenia and Ukraine, which has programming ...

Rwandan transnational repression is exceptionally broad in terms of tactics, targets, and geographic reach. Rwandan transnational repression is exceptionally broad in terms of tactics, targets, and ...

Hungary’s political rights rating declined from 2 to 3 due to government practices that curtailed the ability of the opposition to freely and meaningfully participate in the formal political system, ...

The Russian government conducts highly aggressive transnational repression activities abroad. The Russian government conducts highly aggressive transnational repression activities abroad. Its campaign ...

The ratings are based on a scale of 1 to 7, with 7 representing the highest level of democratic progress and 1 the lowest. The Democracy Score is an average of ratings for the categories tracked in a ...

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 ...

A country or territory’s Freedom in the World status depends on its aggregate Political Rights score, on a scale of 0–40, and its aggregate Civil Liberties score, on a scale of 0–60. See the ...