The global state of press freedom is now classified as a “difficult situation” for the first time in the history of the Index.

Why the Global Democratic Community Must Respond Before It’s Too Late

A move by Amazon to show the cost of tariffs to its customers gets smacked down by the White House.

By cutting carbon pollution and accelerating the transition to clean energy, we will improve public health and create a more resilient economy and a more sustainable future for all.

The security and safety of journalists in exile remain precarious, because of the failure of States to uphold their international obligations.

For more than four decades, Iranians have resisted through underground clubs, labor strikes, and other everyday acts of defiance.

No one, except perhaps the authors of Project 2025, could have predicted that the so-called guardrails of democracy were made of papier-mâché, that this country could so quickly be teetering on the precipice of autocracy.

The rush to secure passports and visas comes as many countries tighten immigration rules.

The group behind the radical Project 2025 agenda is increasingly turning its attention to Europe.

Canada cannot, in good conscience, continue to turn away refugees at the Canada-U.S. border.

Russia pursues a systematic strategy of undermining elections and influencing public opinion in the West. EU and NATO countries must recognize that Moscow often acts through agents within their own borders, and build resilience to such interference.

“Our constitution was literally a copy of the US Constitution. We have three branches of government. We have freedom of the press. Within six months of President Duterte taking office in 2016, those institutions crumbled.

It took Hitler 53 days. Trump's shock & awe campaign is moving at lightning speed.

Independent Russian media in exile are a vital line of defence against the Kremlin’s massive digital censorship project, which has an estimated budget of nearly 630 million euros, according to the latest report by The Fix and the JX Fund. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges European states, international donors, and tech giants to step up their support for these media outlets as they face unprecedented repression and major logistical, financial, and security challenges.

If people are naturally drawn to the image of human rights, to the language of democracy, to the dream of freedom, then those concepts have to be poisoned.