Democracy under Lockdown: The Impact of COVID-19 on the Global Struggle for Freedom
Based on a survey of 398 journalists, civil society workers, activists, and other experts as well as research on 192…
Theme: Democracy
From Crisis to Reform: A Call to Strengthen America’s Battered Democracy
This report examines how the ailments afflicting politics and governance in the United States have undercut its resilience in face…
Reversing the Tide: Towards a new US strategy to support democracy and counter authoritarianism
This report is both a call to action for US leadership and a roadmap for a practical, bipartisan path forward.…
Should Ukraine Drop Sanctions against Russian Tech Companies?
This report explores how Ukraine fundamentally altered its approach to regulating the internet in 2017 when it introduced economic restrictions…
Freedoms Under Threat: The Spread of Anti-NGO Measures in Africa
This report describes and analyzes the approaches that African governments are taking to impose restrictions that handicap NGO activity on…
False Panacea: Abusive Surveillance in the Name of Public Health
This article analyses how the public health crisis is laying a dangerous foundation for the future surveillance state. The pandemic…
Policy Reccomendation: Combating Corruption
This document offers a list of recommendations to tackle corruption, a practice that undermines the freedom and the interests of…
Election Vulnerability Index
Freedom House has created a new Election Vulnerability Index consisting of key election-related indicators regarding a country’s political rights and…
Recommendations from Freedom on the Net 2021
This is a lost of reccomendations to know more about how policymakers, companies, and civil society can protect internet freedom.
Decentralization: Switzerland PART 3
Why central and local/provincial governments are both necessary.