Kilotest: Diagnoses of adjacent links not combined violation by HTML element 359 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: Keyboard-only user expends extra effort to skip a link
• Priority: low
• Related WCAG standard: 2.4.4
• Reported by 1 rule engine (ASLint)
• Violations: 1
• Violators: 1

About the violator

• Tag name: DIV
• Text: Policy Recommendations … Policymakers, practitioners, and partners must come together to strengthen democratic coordination and collective action in a contested global order, reimagine international democracy assistance, and prioritize engagement with younger generations.
• Start tag: <div class="three-up-cta-count-2 paragraph paragraph--type--image-plus-text paragraph--view-mode--_-up-card two-up-card">
• XPath: /html/body/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[5]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]
• Bounding box: x = 1253, y = 2069, width = 248, height = 635
• Reported by ASLint

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Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the adjacent links not combined issue for HTML element 359 of the Freedom House page.

1. <code><img></code> element inside a link has empty or missing alt text when a link beside it contains link text. Consider combining the links.

   Rule engine: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: img_adjacent_duplicate_text_link