The elimination of key sections and the diminishment of others will deal a heavy blow to US leadership on human rights, serve the interests of authoritarian powers, and leave policymakers and ...

Citizens in China are speaking out when their rights are violated. Freedom House’s China Dissent Monitor analyzes these protest actions—often uncovering broader trends in China’s politics and economy ...

The Henry M. Jackson Foundation’s gift will help Freedom House continue its efforts to inform, mobilize, and support the ...

Two other prominent human rights defenders, Mohammed al-Qahtani – another ACPRA co-founder – and Essa al-Nukheifi, were held arbitrarily for more than two years beyond their prison terms before being ...

International attention helped Mubarak Bala survive his incarceration for discussing humanism and religion online.

On July 31, 2025, PEN America and 10 human rights organizations wrote to the Egyptian Ambassador to the U.S. Motaz Zahran urging him to raise our concerns about the detention of poet and PEN/Barbey ...