🇧🇦 Democratic governance in Bosnia & Herzegovina declined in 2023 amid Republika Srpska president Milorad Dodik and his party’s challenges to press freedom.

Learn more from our 2024 #NationsInTransit report: freedomhouse.org/country/bosnia…

Join our team as the new Chief of Party for our anticipated USAID-funded Promoting Human Rights in Armenia Activity!

This role is responsible for the strategic leadership, management, and day-to-day operations of the program team based in Yerevan.

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Today's Spotlight🔆on Freedom:

🇵🇰 Pakistan’s Voters Deliver Unexpected Rejection of Status Quo
⛓️ FH Joins Call for Access to Saudi Detainees
🖥️ Chinese Netizens Risk Everything to Defy China's Censorship

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Economic, social, and legal pressures can undermine quality journalism even within robust democracies.

Our 2023 report takes a closer look at challenges to press freedom and how independent media are safeguarding their key democratic role. #WPFD2024

🔗: freedomhouse.org/report/2023/re…

🇸🇮 Democratic governance in Slovenia slightly improved in 2023 due to efforts to increase the editorial and institutional independence of the public broadcaster.

Learn more from our 2024 #NationsInTransit report: freedomhouse.org/country/sloven…

🚨Small grant opportunity!🚨

We’re looking to award up to $15,000 to two Armenia-based organizations in order to raise awareness of and build resilience against disinformation.

Submit your application by May 15 to be considered.

Full criteria⬇️
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College campuses have long been testing grounds for democratic principles.

As protests continue on campuses across the country, university leaders, faculty, and students have an opportunity to draw upon fundamental democratic values as they navigate differing views on the…

We condemn the Georgian police’s use of tear gas and water canons in Tbilisi last night to disperse peaceful protestors, who were demonstrating against the proposed foreign agents law in parliament.

The Georgian authorities must uphold the people’s right to peaceful assembly and

This🧵by Dimitar Bechev is spot on and matches much of what we've laid out in this year's edition of Freedom House Nations in Transit report.

freedomhouse.org/report/nations…

If I may, a few of my own thoughts to add to Dimitar's important point 🧵🔽

Autocrats cannot be allowed to benefit from the democratic order while also exempting themselves from intl law.

#NationsInTransit 2024 emphasizes why ensuring accountability for abuses & protecting HRDs should be priorities for the region's democracies: freedomhouse.org/report/nations…

On May 6, join FH's Adrian Shahbaz along with Svenja Hahn, Julien Nocetti, & Алена for an online discussion on artificial intelligence and digital authoritarianism hosted by DGAP.

For more information and to register: freedomhouse.org/event/consolid…

Don't miss our United Nations Human Rights Council side event on May 6, where we'll spotlight the Vietnamese government's ongoing human rights abuses.

Thank you to our partners Viet Tan, ACAT-France, RSF in English, Destination Justice, ARTICLE 19, & Media Defence.

More details on how to register below⬇️

Autocrats cannot be allowed to benefit from the democratic order while also exempting themselves from intl law.

#NationsInTransit 2024 emphasizes why ensuring accountability for abuses & protecting HRDs should be priorities for the region's democracies: freedomhouse.org/report/nations…

Media freedom is either nonexistent or severely constrained in at least 66 of the 195 countries analyzed by #FreedomInTheWorld 2023.

Many journalists are being forced to work from exile—but safety abroad is far from guaranteed. #WPFD2024

Learn more: freedomhouse.org/report/transna…

Media freedom is either nonexistent or severely constrained in at least 66 of the 195 countries analyzed by #FreedomInTheWorld 2023.

Many journalists are being forced to work from exile—but safety abroad is far from guaranteed. #WPFD2024

Learn more: freedomhouse.org/report/transna…

Across the #NationsInTransit region, authoritarian aggression has galvanized the political will to undertake democratic reforms & join democracy-based organizations.

Our 2024 report spotlights how the EU can ensure such desires result in genuine progress: freedomhouse.org/report/nations…

While we welcome last week's release of political prisoner Gubad Ibadoglu from jail into house arrest, we remain deeply concerned with the Azerbaijani regime's treatment of prodemocracy voices.

Last week's arrest and reported torture of journalist Imran Aliyev and today's arrest…

Independent newsrooms are facing unprecedented challenges to their reporting.

Journalists across the European Union shared the obstacles they're facing in our 2023 'Reviving News Media in an Embattled Europe' report. #WPFD2024

See their testimony: freedomhouse.org/report/2023/re…

🎙️ As we marked one year of conflict between the SAF and RSF in Sudan, FH's Quscondy Abdulshafi spoke with VOA Africa's Nabeel Biajo about the dire need for global action in support of the Sudanese people.

Listen in below⬇️
voaafrica.com/a/sudan-confli…

“While South African voters face a slew of challenges, civil society is also doing its part to help voters prepare for the polls…With those efforts, communities can regain their power.”

FH's Mpangi Kwengi spotlights South Africa's May election.
freedomhouse.org/article/south-…