The deescalation of the standoff between protesters and police at Hong Kong Polytechnic University is critical. 

The escalation follows weeks of bloody clashes and comes three years after a full-scale war with Armenia over the Caucasus region.

Freedom House opposes Chinese Communist Party efforts to undermine freedom and human rights.

Democracy and pluralism are under assault.

The unusual disciplinary action is highlighting concerns about Beijing’s sway over colleges that depend on Chinese students

Freedom House stands in solidarity with those in Hong Kong and China who aspire to live in a free society.

The government is working to smother a local tradition of independent reporting.

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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex both attended the U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York on Monday.

The Beijing-drafted national security law makes what China broadly defines as subversion, secession, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces punishable by as much as life in prison

The proposed national security provisions would endanger democracy advocates, civic activists, and journalists, as well as many members of religious and ethnic minority groups in Hong Kong.  

The road connecting Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh has been blocked, allegedly to protest illegal mining.

Force should be demanding information from mainland counterparts, they say, while urging Marine Department to release data from day of arrests.

Three youth activists were handed prison sentences for their involvement in a protest held in front of police headquarters last year, while the owner of a prodemocracy newspaper will be held in...

Arrests, dubious prosecutions, and reprisals against investigative journalists bode ill for the future of press freedom in the territory

The law, imposed by Beijing, has exerted a creeping influence over the territory’s vaunted education sector.

And what Congress can do to help.

Recent arrests of politicians and prodemocracy advocates symbolize the ongoing politicization of law in Hong Kong.

Organizations and individuals urge against the disqualification of Beatrice Mtetwa as continuing defense legal counsel for journalist Hopewell Chin'ono.

The law, imposed by Beijing, has exerted a creeping influence over the territory’s vaunted education sector.

This special report documents how ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh were intentionally subjected to regular attacks, intimidation, deprivation of basic rights and adequate living conditions, and...

Recent arrests of politicians and prodemocracy advocates symbolize the ongoing politicization of law in Hong Kong.

Freedom House urged democratic governments to resist Chinese influence operations.

The 2023 edition of Freedom in the World is the 50th in this series of annual comparative reports. More than anything else, five decades of Freedom in the World reports demonstrate that the demand...

Aggressive tactics aimed at curbing criticism of the Chinese Communist Party are being applied all over the world, including here in Canada, says a new report from a U.S. think tank.

We condemn ongoing repression and violence against peaceful protesters in Tbilisi, who are standing against the reintroduction of a restrictive “foreign agents” law.

Three youth activists were handed prison sentences for their involvement in a protest held in front of police headquarters last year, while the owner of a prodemocracy newspaper will be held in...

Nations in Transit evaluates the state of democracy in the region stretching from Central Europe to Central Asia.

In this issue: What to watch for in China’s internet controls in 2021, how regulators are targeting journalists, live-streamers, and tech firms, worsening attacks on media in Hong Kong, and Chinese...

Mounting military tensions and a growing risk that ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh will be forced to leave the territory merit an urgent international response.

Uyghur activists say family members are coerced into Chinese propaganda, while experts say the media campaign reveals just how concerned the Communist Party is about international condemnation of...

The conviction was the first under the recently passed ‘grave insults’ law.

"We're going to have to see what happens."

There are new signs of Hong Kong’s internet, legal, and press systems following in Beijing’s footsteps.

A 2020 cease-fire left residents surrounded by Azerbaijani forces, and under the dubious protection of Russian peacekeepers. This year, conditions have grown even worse.

Mr. Lai’s case was followed hours later by a disclosure that the authorities in China had detained a Chinese citizen working for Bloomberg News.

The Chinese government is the world’s leading perpetrator of attacks on dissidents abroad.