The need to support countermeasures is greater than ever after 15 years of decline in global internet freedom.

The future of internet freedom will depend on how governments regulate and deploy the next wave of artificial intelligence and other rapidly evolving technologies.

Scores are based on a scale of 0 (least free) to 100 (most free). See the methodology and report acknowledgements. France registered a minor improvement in internet freedom during the coverage period.

Calling upon democratic governments to acknowledge and commit to addressing the increasingly prevalent phenomenon of transnational repression. The Declaration of Principles to Combat Transnational ...

Rachel was the 2024-2025 Freedom in the World Junior Fellow covering North and East Africa. She graduated from The Ohio State University with a B.A. in International Relations and minors in Arabic and ...

Free Them All: The Fred Hiatt Program to Free Political Prisoners examines restrictions on the liberty of human rights defenders and prodemocracy activists. Free Them All: The Fred Hiatt Program to ...

Senior government, business, civil society, and philanthropic leaders joined the Global Freedom Summit; a Declaration of ...

(Beirut, November 10, 2025) – The United States government, including Congress, should address Saudi Arabia’s human rights ...

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 ...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a federation of seven emirates. Limited elections are held for a federal advisory body, but political parties are banned, and all executive, legislative, and judicial ...