Freedom Now Mission Statement protects individuals and communities from government repression and defends human rights through direct legal support, targeted high-leverage advocacy, and capacity-building analysis and assistance.
Since 2001, Freedom Now has sought to end arbitrary detention and associated human rights abuses. For nearly two decades they have provided pro bono legal representation to individual prisoners of conscience throughout the world. They have represented nearly 200 wrongfully detained individuals, lifting up voices that authoritarian governments seek to silence. They had won cases before international legal tribunals and mobilized influential allies to bring maximum pressure to bear on repressive regimes.
Freedom Now understands a holistic approach is necessary to truly combat human rights abuses. To this end, they work on several interconnected issues, including prison conditions, transnational repression, rehabilitation of former prisoners of conscience, and supporting civil society and international action.