Khattak has remained imprisoned for more than half a decade for his efforts to defend Pakistan’s Pashtun ethnic minority from persecution.

A CDM analysis of 2,970 Douyin posts about protest in China published from June to December 2025 found that two-thirds had been deleted. The highest rates of censorship are associated with posts about ...

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Scores are based on a scale of 0 (least free) to 100 (most free). See the methodology and report acknowledgements. Internet freedom improved in Malaysia, due to the unblocking of local and ...

Freedom in the World 2023 marked the 17th consecutive year of decline in global freedom. See this year's regional trends, status changes, and report data. Freedom in the World rates people’s access to ...

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 ...

Ukraine has long been home to a vibrant native civil society sector as well as many foreign dissidents and exiled activists. Note: The research for this country report was completed before the Russian ...

Rwandan transnational repression is exceptionally broad in terms of tactics, targets, and geographic reach. Rwandan transnational repression is exceptionally broad in terms of tactics, targets, and ...

This special report details how the Belarusian regime displaces, indoctrinates, reeducates, and militarizes Ukrainian children in the service of the broader Russian state policy of eradicating ...

Hungary’s political rights rating declined from 2 to 3 due to government practices that curtailed the ability of the opposition to freely and meaningfully participate in the formal political system, ...