Kilotest: Diagnoses of element focusability and operability conflict violation by HTML element 672 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 operate an item
• Priority: high
• Related WCAG standard: 2.1.1
• Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
• Violations: 11
• Violators: 11

About the violator

• Tag name: A
• Text: Freedom House and the R.T. Weatherman Foundation Announce Partnership to Advocate for the Release of Hong Kong Political Prisoner Joshua Wong … September 1, 2026
• Start tag: <a href="/article/freedom-house-and-rt-weatherman-foundation-announce-partnership-advocate-release-hong-kong" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true">
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: x = 2612, y = 4130, width = 242, height = 161
• Reported by Testaro

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the element focusability and operability conflict issue for HTML element 672 of the Freedom House page.

1. Element is operable (pointer cursor, tagname A) but not Tab-focusable

   Rule engine: Testaro (CVS Health)

   Rule: focAndOp