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Special Reports |
The UN Human Rights Council Report Card: 2007-2009September 21, 2009 | PDF Version
Democracies are outclassed and outspent by the world's authoritarians at the UN Human Rights Council, which began its 12th regular session on Monday in Geneva. A new Freedom House report grades the council's performance over the last two years.
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Undermining DemocracyJuly 13, 2009 | PDF Version
Pivotal authoritarian regimes have adapted and modernized their repressive methods and are undermining democracy in updated, sophisticated, and well funded ways. The result is a disruptive and serious new challenge to the emergence of an international system based on the rule of law, human rights, and open expression.
The report is also available at UnderminingDemocracy.org |
Worst of the Worst 2009June 3, 2009 | View Report
Massive human rights violations take place in nearly every region of the world. This year’s roster of the “worst of the worst” includes countries from the Americas, the Middle East, Central Asia, Africa, and East Asia; they represent a wide array of cultures and levels of economic development. This report focuses on states and territories that have seen some of the world’s most severe repression and most systematic and brutal abuses of human dignity. It seeks to focus the attention of the United Nations Human Rights Council on states and territories that deserve investigation and condemnation for their widespread violations. Also available in PDF format |
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Past Reports
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Freedom on the Net: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media
March 30, 2009 | View Report
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Another "Special Period" in Cuba? How Citizens View Their Country's Future
March 25, 2009 | View Report
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Freedom in Sub-Saharan Africa 2009
February 23, 2009 | PDF Version
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Women's Rights in the Middle East and North Africa, Gulf Edition
February 11, 2009 | View Report
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Freedom of Association Under Threat: The New Authoritarians' Offensive Against Civil Society
November 13, 2008 | View Report
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Cambio en Cuba
September 14, 2008 | PDF Version
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Change in Cuba: How Citizens View Their Country's Future
September 14, 2008 | View Report
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Guidebook for Central Asian Journalists (Russian)
December 8, 2008 | PDF Version
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Today's American: How Free?
May 2, 2008 | View Report
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Enabling Environments for Civic Movements and the Dynamics of Democratic Transition
July 10, 2008 | View Report
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A Legacy of Support for Freedom: An Analysis of the FY2009 Budget Request for Democracy and Human Rights
June 15, 2008 | PDF Version
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Worst of the Worst 2008
May 5, 2008 | PDF Version
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Meeting our Commitment to Democracy and Human Rights: An Analysis of the U.S. Congressional FY2008 Appropriation
May 8, 2008 | PDF Version
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Turkey in Transit
May 15, 2008 | PDF Version | HTML Version
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Discrimination and Intolerance in Iran's Textbooks
March 27, 2008 | View Report
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Evaluation Of 2008-2011 UN Human Rights Council Candidates
May 8, 2008 | PDF Version
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Women's Rights in the Middle East and North Africa
October 14, 2005 | View Report
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Concentrations of Inhumanity
June 14, 2007 | PDF Version | HTML Version
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Muzzling the Media: The Return of Censorship in the Commonwealth of Independent States
July 19, 2007 | PDF Version | HTML Version
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MOST POPULAR: Women's Rights in the Middle East and North Africa: Arabic Translation
April 11, 2006 | PDF Version | HTML Version
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MOST POPULAR: Saudi Arabia's Curriculum of Intolerance
May 23, 2006 | PDF Version | HTML Version
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Worst of the Worst 2007
May 9, 2007 | PDF Version | HTML Version
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Supporting Freedom's Advocates?: An Analysis of the Bush Administration FY2008 Budget Request for Democracy and Human Rights
April 19, 2007 | PDF Version
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Freedom in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2007
March 17, 2007 | PDF Version | HTML Version
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UN Democracy Fund: A First Year Analysis
January 22, 2007 | PDF Version | HTML Version
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Community of Democracies Invitations Process: Statement and Recommendations on Government Invitations
June 11, 2007 | PDF Version | HTML Version
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Supporting Freedom's Advocates?
May 3, 2007 | PDF Version | HTML Version
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The UN Human Rights Council at the Halfway Mark: A Report Card
November 20, 2006 | PDF Version | HTML Version
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Worst of the Worst: The World's Most Repressive Societies 2006
September 6, 2006 | PDF Version | HTML Version
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Advancing the Freedom Agenda: Time for a Recalibration?
May 30, 2006 | PDF Version | HTML Version
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The Worst of the Worst: The World's Most Repressive Societies 2005
May 10, 2006 | PDF Version | HTML Version
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Freedom in the Americas
April 27, 2006 | PDF Version | HTML Version
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Freedom in Sub-Saharan Africa
April 27, 2006 | PDF Version | HTML Version
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Speak No Evil: Mass Media Control in Contemporary China
February 9, 2006 | PDF Version | HTML Version
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Saudi Publications on Hate Ideology Invade American Mosques
January 28, 2006 | PDF Version | HTML Version
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Liberated and Occupied Iraq: New Beginnings and Challenges for Press Freedom
August 4, 2004 | PDF Version | HTML Version
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How Freedom is Won: From Civic Struggle to Durable Democracy
May 24, 2005 | PDF Version | HTML Version
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Women's Rights in Focus: Kuwait
March 8, 2005 | PDF Version | HTML Version
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Women's Rights in Focus: Egypt
October 19, 2004 | PDF Version | HTML Version
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Under Assault: Ukraine's News Media and the 2004 Presidential Elections
June 1, 2004 | PDF Version | HTML Version
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Women's Freedom in Focus: Morocco
June 1, 2004 | PDF Version | HTML Version
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Sliding Back?
December 19, 2002 | PDF Version | HTML Version
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Enhancing U.S. Leadership at the United Nations
October 10, 2002 | PDF Version | HTML Version
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Voting Patterns in the United Nations: A Background Report
June 1, 2002 | PDF Version | HTML Version
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