In a year in which countries representing almost half the world's population called voters to the polls, democracies endured ...

More than 60 countries – home to nearly half the planet’s population – selected their leaders. In the history of democracy, ...

Since then, however, democracy and freedom have been in steady retreat all over the world. For 18 consecutive years, more countries have lost freedom than gained it. This decline has been global.

Bipartisan cooperation may feel elusive in these polarized times, but addressing threats to our democracy cannot wait.

Hundreds of Syrians gathered in central Damascus on Thursday demanding democracy and women’s rights, following the ousting of ...

Following its official accession to this international coalition initiated by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and France in ...

That rapid decline in press freedom and broader civil liberties has fundamentally changed the identity of Hong Kong, whose ...

Hong Kong has now placed bounties on 19 people around the world who have fled the city, some after having been in jail for ...