United States: Freedom in the World 2024 Country Report
Investigations into the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election continued throughout the year, leading to hundreds of new convictions linked to the January 2021 attack on the Capitol, in …
Russia: Freedom in the World 2024 Country Report | Freedom House
Power in Russia’s authoritarian political system is concentrated in the hands of President Vladimir Putin. With subservient courts and security forces, a controlled media environment, and a …
Cuba: Freedom in the World 2024 Country Report | Freedom House
The constitution identifies the PCC as the “superior driving force of society and the state.” All other political parties are illegal. Political dissent is a punishable offense, and dissidents are …
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 …
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 …
Honduras: Freedom in the World 2024 Country Report | Freedom …
In February, legislators selected 15 Supreme Court justices who will serve until 2030. A nominating body had offered a merit-based list of candidates to the National Congress in …
Philippines: Freedom in the World 2024 Country Report | Freedom …
The president is both head of state and head of government and is directly elected to a single six-year term. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. won the May 2022 presidential election with 58 …
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 …
Venezuela: Freedom in the World 2024 Country Report | Freedom …
Venezuela’s democratic institutions have been deteriorating since 1999, but conditions have grown sharply worse in recent years due to harsher government crackdowns on the opposition …
Argentina: Freedom in the World 2024 Country Report | Freedom …
The constitution provides for a president to be elected for a four-year term, with the option of reelection for one additional term. Presidential candidates must win either 45 percent of the …