Kilotest: Diagnoses of focusable element hidden violation by HTML element 608 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: China: Ensure Sophia Huang Xueqin’s Release and Guarantee Her Freedom from Arbitrary Restrictions … September 15, 2026
• Start tag: <div class="node node--type-article node--view-mode-card ds-1col clearfix article-card">
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: x = 1774, y = 4130, width = 274, height = 357
• Reported by ASLint

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the focusable element hidden issue for HTML element 608 of the Freedom House page.

1. 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