North Korea: Freedom in the World 2024 Country Report
North Korea is a one-party state led by a dynastic totalitarian dictatorship that regularly engages in grave human rights abuses. Surveillance is pervasive, arbitrary arrests and detention are common, and punishments for political offenses are severe. The state maintains a system of camps for political prisoners where torture, forced labor, …
United States: Freedom in the World 2024 Country Report
The United States is a federal republic whose people benefit from a vibrant political system, a strong rule-of-law tradition, robust freedoms of expression and religious belief, and a wide array of other civil liberties. However, in recent years its democratic institutions have suffered erosion, as reflected in rising political polarization and extremism, partisan pressure on the electoral ...
Cuba: Freedom in the World 2024 Country Report | Freedom House
Cuba’s one-party communist state outlaws political pluralism, bans independent media, suppresses dissent, and severely restricts basic civil liberties. The government continues to dominate the economy despite recent reforms that permit some private-sector activity. The regime’s undemocratic character has not changed despite the generational transition in political leadership that started ...
Venezuela: Freedom in the World 2024 Country Report | Freedom …
See the Freedom in the World 2024 score and learn about democracy and freedom in Venezuela.
Democracy in the United States: What We’ll Be Watching in 2025
Oct 29, 2024 · Regardless of the elections’ outcome, Freedom House will continue to highlight urgent challenges to American democracy and their underlying causes.
China: Freedom in the World 2024 Country Report | Freedom House
The numerical scores and status listed above do not reflect conditions in Hong Kong or Tibet, which are examined in separate reports. Freedom in the World reports assess the level of political rights and civil liberties in a given geographical area, regardless of whether they are affected by the state, nonstate actors, or foreign powers. Territories are sometimes assessed separately if …
United States: Freedom on the Net 2024 Country Report
The internet in the United States remained vibrant, diverse, and free, and the country’s legal framework continued to provide some of the world’s strongest protections for free expression online. However, a proliferation of false, misleading, or conspiracist content contributed to an unreliable information environment ahead of the November …
Colombia: Freedom in the World 2024 Country Report | Freedom …
Colombia is among the longest-standing democracies in Latin America, but one with a history of widespread violence and serious human rights abuses. Public institutions have demonstrated the capacity to check executive power, and the country’s main left-wing guerrilla group signed a peace accord in 2016. Nonetheless, Colombia faces enormous challenges in consolidating peace and guaranteeing ...
The Struggle for Trust Online | Freedom House
The Struggle for Trust Online A rapid series of consequential elections have reshaped the global information environment over the past year. Technical censorship curbed many opposition parties’ ability to reach supporters and suppressed access to independent reporting about the electoral process. False claims of voter fraud and a rise in harassment of …
Germany: Freedom in the World 2024 Country Report | Freedom …
header1Overview Germany is a representative democracy with a vibrant political culture and civil society. Political rights and civil liberties are largely assured in law and practice. The political system is influenced by the country’s totalitarian past, with constitutional safeguards designed to prevent authoritarian rule. Although Germany has generally been stable since the mid–20th ...