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Explore Nations in Transit 2024
Read the Report
Democratic governance in the Nations in Transit region declined for the 20th consecutive year in 2023, as the region becomes increasingly defined by the widening gulf between those nations committed to a liberal, democratic order and those that violently reject it. Explore Nations in Transit 2024: A Region Reordered by Autocracy and Democracy.
Explore the Map
Check out our interactive map and learn more about the state of democracy in Nations in Transit's area of focus.
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Test your knowledge of some of the key findings from our report by taking our quiz.
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Tracking Democracy and Freedom Around the World
After Navalny’s Death, Efforts Must Accelerate to Free Kara-Murza
In response to the death of Russian democratic opposition leader, Alexey Navalny, who died in Russian custody while unjustly incarcerated, Freedom House joins partners in requesting the Biden Administration to accelerate efforts to free imprisoned Russian democracy advocate, Vladimir Kara-Murza.
News & Updates
Pakistan at the Polls: February Election Results Reflect an Unexpected Rejection of the Status Quo
Perspectives
May 2, 2024
NGOs call for access to Saudi detainees, as Manahel al-Otaibi faces further abuse
Joint statement
April 26, 2024
Latest Research
Visible and Invisible Bars
Visible and Invisible Bars, a report from Free Them All: The Fred Hiatt Program to Free Political Prisoners, draws attention both to political imprisonment and its damaging impacts on prisoners and their families, and the consequences of civil death.
Freedom on the Net 2023
Advances in artificial intelligence are increasing the scale, speed, and efficiency of digital repression. The 2023 edition of Freedom on the Net is now live.
The China Dissent Monitor
Despite increasingly repressive rule under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), dissent in China occurs regularly and is geographically widespread. The China Dissent Monitor features quarterly updated interactive data on collective action in public spaces and cases of online dissent.
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Mapping Freedom House's Impact in 2023
In 2023, Freedom House assisted more than 15,000 human rights activists, organizations, journalists, children and youth, and others at-risk more than 90 countries. Here's how we worked to expand and defend freedom across the world over the past year.