Kilotest: Diagnoses of aria attribute redundant violation by HTML element 519 on Freedom House page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://freedomhouse.org/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 21:42 by job 261007T2129-kjk
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 12
  • Violations: 1243
  • Violators: 363
  • Issues: 64
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About the issue

• Why it matters: Page includes unnecessary code
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
• Reported by 1 rule engine (Pour)
• Violations: 5
• Violators: 5

About the violator

• Tag name: DIV
• Text: Xi Jinping in Washington, DC: Countering Beijing’s Efforts to Undermine Free Speech Beyond Its Borders … September 17, 2026
• Start tag: <div class="slick-slide slick-active" data-slick-index="1" aria-hidden="false" style="width: 274px;">
• XPath: /html/body/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[8]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]
• Bounding box: x = 678, y = 4130, width = 274, height = 381
• Reported by Pour

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the aria attribute redundant issue for HTML element 519 of the Freedom House page.

1. aria attributes should not duplicate native HTML attributes

   Rule engine: Pour (David Yarham and Geoffrey Crofte)

   Rule: redundant-aria