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The Global Freedom Summit is a private, invitation-only gathering of senior leaders from government, business, civil society, and philanthropy. The summit seeks to identify actionable and durable ...

After two years of devastation, the right of Palestinians and Israelis to live in peace and freedom cannot be postponed any ...

Ahead of the fifth anniversary of the detention of prominent Vietnamese journalist, writer and woman human rights defender Pham Doan Trang, an international coalition of non-governmental organisations ...

“Rather than strengthening protections against cybercrime, the UN Convention Against Cybercrime expands government authority ...

Saudi Arabia’s absolute monarchy restricts almost all political rights and civil liberties. No officials at the national level are elected. The regime relies on pervasive surveillance, the ...

The Gambia’s political rights rating improved from 7 to 6 due to opposition candidate Adama Barrow’s victory in the December 2016 presidential election, though the incumbent, Yahya Jammeh, was ...

The Australian government has shown awareness of transnational repression and conducted outreach to diaspora communities, but ...

Influence efforts ongoing, as bilateral relationship deteriorates: The deadly military clash between India and China in June 2020 in the disputed Galwan Valley border region prompted a marked ...

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 Chinese government’s media influence efforts have increased since 2019 in most of the 30 countries under study, but democratic pushback has often curbed their impact. The Chinese government, under ...