President Noboa was elected to fight spiraling gang violence, but serious abuses are being reported under his crackdown.

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1 A widely used digital television service in Kenya includes Chinese state television in its most affordable package while omitting international news outlets. 2 Portuguese television launches a prime ...

China conducts the most sophisticated, global, and comprehensive campaign of transnational repression in the world.

Freedom in the World 2021 marked the 15th consecutive year of decline in global freedom. The countries experiencing deterioration outnumbered those with improvements by the largest margin recorded ...

What We Measure The Freedom on the Net index measures each country’s level of internet freedom based on a set of methodology questions. The methodology is developed in consultation with international ...

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The online environment has markedly improved in The Gambia since 2017, when President Adama Barrow succeeded Yahya Jammeh, who had ruled for more than two decades and consistently violated political ...

After experiencing a gradual decline in respect for political rights and civil liberties over the past decade, the United States is now facing an acute crisis for democracy.

Democracy and pluralism are under assault. Dictators are toiling to stamp out the last vestiges of domestic dissent and spread their harmful influence to new corners of the world. At the same time, ...