Kilotest: Diagnoses of focusable element hidden violation by HTML element 522 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
• Download the full technical report (JSON)

About the issue

• Why it matters: Keyboard-only user cannot navigate properly to the operable items
• Priority: highest
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
• Reported by 6 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + Alfa + ASLint + Axe + Pour + SureA11y)
• Violations: 36
• Violators: 18

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="node node--type-article node--view-mode-card ds-1col clearfix article-card">
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: x = 678, y = 4130, width = 274, height = 381
• Reported by Alfa + ASLint

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the focusable element hidden issue for HTML element 522 of the Freedom House page.

1. The element is either tabbable or has tabbable descendants

   Rule engine: Alfa (Siteimprove)

   Rule: r17

2. Using <code><code>aria-hidden="true"</code></code> on a visible focusable element will result in some users focusing on 'nothing'

   Rule engine: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: misused_aria_on_focusable_element