Two other prominent human rights defenders, Mohammed al-Qahtani – another ACPRA co-founder – and Essa al-Nukheifi, were held arbitrarily for more than two years beyond their prison terms before being ...

International attention helped Mubarak Bala survive his incarceration for discussing humanism and religion online.

On July 31, 2025, PEN America and 10 human rights organizations wrote to the Egyptian Ambassador to the U.S. Motaz Zahran urging him to raise our concerns about the detention of poet and PEN/Barbey ...

July 29 marks 1,095 days since the beginning of the arbitrary detention of journalist Jose Rubén Zamora, founder of elPeriódico and one of the most prominent voices in journalism in Guatemala and ...

Freedom House is founded on the core conviction that freedom flourishes in democratic nations where governments are accountable to their people.

Freedom House helps citizens defend their rights against government abuses in several countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.

See the Election Watch 2024 score and learn about democracy and freedom in South Africa.

The final report spotlights community journalism in Guatemala as a vital tool for giving a voice to indigenous and historically oppressed communities, deeply rooted in cultural identity and local ...

Voters in the United Kingdom (UK)—which includes the constituent countries of England, Scotland, and Wales along with the territory of Northern Ireland—will head to the polls on July 4, 2024, for the ...