Partners of Saudi Arabia should send observers to the upcoming trial hearings of Salma al-Shehab and Nourah al-Qahtani starting on September 25, human rights groups said in a joint statement today.

The US government should exert more pressure on regional actors that are exacerbating the conflict, and work with the African Union toward an immediate end to hostilities.

Your Excellencies, During the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 79), we urge you to raise human rights priorities in Bahrain, including concerns about the ...

The yearslong effort to sow doubt about America’s generally free and fair elections poses real risks for the 2024 balloting.

The arrest of a former top aide to New York’s governor reinforces the need for vigilance and strong enforcement, but a successful response will also depend on legal reforms and community trust. On ...

Repression abroad does not stay abroad. A freedom-focused foreign policy can protect fundamental rights and make Americans more secure.

Authoritarian states increasingly seek to maintain control over diasporas and exiles. The range of tactics is broad, and the consequences for affected communities are severe. “Transnational repression ...

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

HRHF and several INGOs wrote to member and observer states of the UN Human Rights Council urging their support for the renewal of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights ...

Freedom House rates people’s access to political rights and civil liberties in 210 countries and territories through its annual Freedom in the World report. Individual freedoms—ranging from the right ...

Even as Americans remain committed to the ideals of democracy, a majority see democracy in the United States as weak and getting weaker, according to a national survey jointly commissioned by Freedom ...