Freedom of religion or belief is a fundamental human right that protects the practice of any or no religion. It ensures ...

Yu Wensheng and his wife Xu Yan are prominent advocates for rule of law and human rights in China. As a result, they have ...

Below, Alagaş discusses the situation for journalists in Turkey, her own persecution by Turkish authorities, and what ...

South Africa hosts hundreds of thousands of refugees, asylum seekers, and diaspora members, largely from other African countries. South Africa hosts hundreds of thousands of refugees, asylum seekers, ...

Nicaragua’s political rights rating declined from 4 to 5, its civil liberties rating declined from 3 to 4, and it received a downward trend arrow due to a court’s ouster of the leader of the main ...

In this issue: China’s censors aim to contain dissent during harsh COVID-19 lockdowns as Xi Jinping propaganda is boosted ahead of party congress. Meanwhile, social media platforms reveal users IP ...

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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 ...

Hamas’s massive terrorist attack on October 7 and Israel’s ensuing military campaign in the Gaza Strip caused catastrophic human suffering. The conflict, which threatened to metastasize into a wider ...

Rodger Desai is Founder & CEO of Prove Identity, a PE-backed software company that provides identity authentication services to Fortune 500 and Global 1000 enterprises. After beginning his career in ...

Kuwait’s status declined from Partly Free to Not Free because the emir unilaterally dissolved the elected parliament and unconstitutionally suspended any new elections, leaving the country without a ...

Israel’s military occupation of the West Bank entails onerous physical barriers and constraints on movement, demolition of homes and other physical infrastructure, restrictions on political rights and ...