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.
Pakistan: Freedom in the World 2024 Country Report | Freedom …
The numerical scores and status listed above do not reflect conditions in Pakistani Kashmir, which is examined in a separate report. 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. Disputed territories are sometimes assessed separately if ...
Canada: Freedom in the World 2024 Country Report | Freedom …
Canada has a strong history of respect for political rights and civil liberties, though in recent years citizens have been concerned about laws relating to the administration of elections, government transparency, the treatment of inmates in prisons, and restrictions on public sector employees wearing religious symbols. While Black, Indigenous, and other marginalized Canadians still face ...
Saudi Arabia: Freedom in the World 2024 Country Report
Saudi Arabia’s government continued its use of capital punishment, including for drug offenses, and executed at least 170 people by year’s end. In July, a Saudi man was notably sentenced to death for his social media posts under a counterterrorism law. In August, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported that Saudi border guards killed hundreds of Ethiopian migrants and asylum seekers as they ...
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.
India: Freedom in the World 2024 Country Report | Freedom House
The numerical scores and status listed above do not reflect conditions in Indian Kashmir, which is examined in a separate report. 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. Disputed territories are sometimes assessed separately if ...
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 …