Issues reported for Freedom House home

Warning: This report is not the latest about the page. See history below.

About the page

URL: https://freedomhouse.org/
Tested 192 days ago on 2026-05-03 at 05:16 by job 260503T0432-xx0
Rule engines: 10 called, 9 able to test, violations reported by 9
Results: 595 violations, 317 violators, 54 issues
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History

192 days ago (oldest; this report)
34 days ago
30 days ago (latest)

Issues reported

Highest priority: 13

image not named
- Why it matters: User cannot get help to know what is in an image
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.1.1
- Reported by 7 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + Alfa + Axe + Editoria11y + Html Checker API + HTML CodeSniffer + QualWeb)
- Results: 7 violations, 2 violators
Where was the issue found?
ID not unique
- Why it matters: User may be pointed to the wrong item
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1
- Reported by 5 rule engines (Alfa + ASLint + Html Checker API + HTML CodeSniffer + QualWeb)
- Results: 11 violations, 5 violators
Where was the issue found?
focusable element hidden
- Why it matters: Keyboard-only user cannot navigate properly to the operable items
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
- Reported by 4 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + Alfa + ASLint + Axe)
- Results: 7 violations, 7 violators
Where was the issue found?
iframe not named
- Why it matters: User cannot get help on the topic of an embedded page
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
- Reported by 3 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + ASLint + HTML CodeSniffer)
- Results: 3 violations, 2 violators
Where was the issue found?
svg image not named
- Why it matters: User cannot get help understanding an image
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.1.1
- Reported by 2 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + ASLint)
- Results: 12 violations, 12 violators
Where was the issue found?
contrast poor
- Why it matters: Content is difficult to understand
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.4.3
- Reported by 2 rule engines (Axe + HTML CodeSniffer)
- Results: 8 violations, 7 violators
Where was the issue found?
dialog not named
- Why it matters: User cannot get help explaining a pop-up window
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
- Reported by 1 rule engine (ASLint)
- Results: 2 violations, 2 violators
Where was the issue found?
internal link broken
- Why it matters: User cannot reach a promised page location
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (ASLint)
- Results: 3 violations, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
requirement invalid
- Why it matters: User may fail to get help determining whether a form item must be completed
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.5
- Reported by 1 rule engine (ASLint)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
parent invalid
- Why it matters: User cannot properly operate an item
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker API)
- Results: 5 violations, 5 violators
Where was the issue found?
attribute value invalid
- Why it matters: Item behaves improperly
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker API)
- Results: 2 violations, 2 violators
Where was the issue found?
autocomplete missing
- Why it matters: User cannot get help entering personal information in a form
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.5
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
Tab-focusable elements wrong
- Why it matters: Item selections by a keyboard-only user are useless or impossible
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 2.1.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?

High priority: 10

mains not distinctly named
- Why it matters: User cannot get help on how some of the page is organized
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.6
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Accessibility Checker)
- Results: 4 violations, 4 violators
Where was the issue found?
code obsolete
- Why it matters: Page contains code that is no longer standard
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Accessibility Checker)
- Results: 3 violations, 3 violators
Where was the issue found?
h1 not 1st heading
- Why it matters: User cannot understand the topic of the page
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Alfa)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
visible label not in name
- Why it matters: User cannot get help choosing a form control to operate
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 2.5.3
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Axe)
- Results: 5 violations, 4 violators
Where was the issue found?
landmarks not distinctly named
- Why it matters: User cannot get help on how some of the page is organized
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.6
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Axe)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
tab-opening link action unstated
- Why it matters: Following a link opens a new window, surprising a user
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 3.2.5
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Editoria11y)
- Results: 4 violations, 4 violators
Where was the issue found?
autocomplete invalid
- Why it matters: User cannot get help entering personal information in a form item
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.5
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker API)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
box size absolute
- Why it matters: User cannot enlarge the content of an item for readability
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 1.4.4
- Reported by 1 rule engine (QualWeb)
- Results: 66 violations, 66 violators
Where was the issue found?
element focusability and operability conflict
- Why it matters: Keyboard-only user cannot operate an item
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 2.1.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Results: 3 violations, 3 violators
Where was the issue found?
hover indication poor
- Why it matters: User cannot explore the page reliably with a mouse
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 2.4
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Results: 3 violations, 3 violators
Where was the issue found?

Low priority: 7

line height low
- Why it matters: Text is difficult to read
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 1.4.8
- Reported by 2 rule engines (Alfa + Testaro)
- Results: 48 violations, 47 violators
Where was the issue found?
multiple mains
- Why it matters: User cannot get help on how some of the page is organized
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.6
- Reported by 2 rule engines (Axe + Html Checker API)
- Results: 2 violations, 2 violators
Where was the issue found?
links named identically
- Why it matters: User cannot get help differentiating links
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 2.4.4
- Reported by 2 rule engines (QualWeb + Testaro)
- Results: 7 violations, 5 violators
Where was the issue found?
image alt long
- Why it matters: Helper gives a user an overly verbose explanation of an image
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 1.1.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Editoria11y)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
heading structure illogical
- Why it matters: Helper misdescribes the page
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (HTML CodeSniffer)
- Results: 2 violations, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
link indication poor
- Why it matters: User cannot differentiate a link from plain text
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.3
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Results: 33 violations, 33 violators
Where was the issue found?
focus indication improvable
- Why it matters: Keyboard-only user cannot easily choose an item to operate
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 2.4.7
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Results: 52 violations, 52 violators
Where was the issue found?

Lowest priority: 24

content beyond landmarks
- Why it matters: User cannot get help on how some of the page is organized
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.6
- Reported by 3 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + Alfa + Axe)
- Results: 4 violations, 3 violators
Where was the issue found?
text contrast improvable
- Why it matters: Content is not easy to understand
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.4.6
- Reported by 3 rule engines (ASLint + Axe + HTML CodeSniffer)
- Results: 98 violations, 79 violators
Where was the issue found?
tab-opening link action unstated?
- Why it matters: Following a link opens a new window, possibly surprising a user
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 3.2.5
- Reported by 3 rule engines (ASLint + HTML CodeSniffer + Testaro)
- Results: 21 violations, 12 violators
Where was the issue found?
role redundant
- Why it matters: Page includes unnecessary code
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
- Reported by 2 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + Html Checker API)
- Results: 10 violations, 6 violators
Where was the issue found?
target small
- Why it matters: User cannot reliably choose an item to click or tap
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 2.5.5
- Reported by 2 rule engines (Alfa + Testaro)
- Results: 36 violations, 36 violators
Where was the issue found?
all-italic text
- Why it matters: Text is difficult to read
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 3.1.5
- Reported by 2 rule engines (ASLint + Testaro)
- Results: 2 violations, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
button name not visible
- Why it matters: User cannot get help explaining a button
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
- Reported by 1 rule engine (ASLint)
- Results: 5 violations, 3 violators
Where was the issue found?
link name vague
- Why it matters: User may misunderstand what a link points to
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 2.4.4
- Reported by 1 rule engine (ASLint)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
links dubiously share name
- Why it matters: User may be unable to get help differentiating links
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 2.4.4
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Axe)
- Results: 2 violations, 2 violators
Where was the issue found?
type redundant
- Why it matters: Page includes unnecessary code
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker API)
- Results: 5 violations, 5 violators
Where was the issue found?
article heading missing
- Why it matters: User cannot understand the topic of a part of the page
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker API)
- Results: 13 violations, 13 violators
Where was the issue found?
aria attribute redundant
- Why it matters: Page includes unnecessary code
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker API)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
aria-label on non-labelable role
- Why it matters: User is misinformed about an item
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker API)
- Results: 2 violations, 2 violators
Where was the issue found?
position sticky
- Why it matters: User may be unable to see needed content or may be forced to scroll in both dimensions
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.4.10
- Reported by 1 rule engine (HTML CodeSniffer)
- Results: 4 violations, 4 violators
Where was the issue found?
text contrast not testable
- Why it matters: Text may be difficult to read
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.4.3
- Reported by 1 rule engine (HTML CodeSniffer)
- Results: 11 violations, 11 violators
Where was the issue found?
image link text suspect
- Why it matters: Keyboard-only user may misunderstand the effect of following a link
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 2.4.4
- Reported by 1 rule engine (QualWeb)
- Results: 5 violations, 5 violators
Where was the issue found?
label location dubious
- Why it matters: User may fail to notice the explanation of an item in a form
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 3.3.2
- Reported by 1 rule engine (QualWeb)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
all-capital text
- Why it matters: Text is difficult to read
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 3.1.5
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Results: 28 violations, 28 violators
Where was the issue found?
large visible-element count
- Why it matters: User cannot easily find items in the page
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 2.4
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
text distortion
- Why it matters: Text is difficult to read
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 3.1.5
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
role assigned instead of implicit
- Why it matters: User may misunderstand the purpose of an item
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Results: 13 violations, 13 violators
Where was the issue found?
inconsistent heading, link, or button styles
- Why it matters: User cannot easily distinguish items of different types
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 3.2.4
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Results: 5 violations, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
title attribute invalid
- Why it matters: User gets too little, too much, or repeated help explaining an item
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Results: 9 violations, 9 violators
Where was the issue found?
z-index not zero
- Why it matters: User cannot predict the effect of clicking
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.4
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Results: 18 violations, 18 violators
Where was the issue found?

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Issues reported for Freedom House home

About the page

History

Issues reported

image not named

ID not unique

focusable element hidden

iframe not named

svg image not named

contrast poor

dialog not named

internal link broken

requirement invalid

parent invalid

attribute value invalid

autocomplete missing

Tab-focusable elements wrong

mains not distinctly named

code obsolete

h1 not 1st heading

visible label not in name

landmarks not distinctly named

tab-opening link action unstated

autocomplete invalid

box size absolute

element focusability and operability conflict

hover indication poor

line height low

multiple mains

links named identically

image alt long

heading structure illogical

link indication poor

focus indication improvable

content beyond landmarks

text contrast improvable

tab-opening link action unstated?

role redundant

target small

all-italic text

button name not visible

link name vague

links dubiously share name

type redundant

article heading missing

aria attribute redundant

aria-label on non-labelable role

position sticky

text contrast not testable

image link text suspect

label location dubious

all-capital text

large visible-element count

text distortion

role assigned instead of implicit

inconsistent heading, link, or button styles

title attribute invalid

z-index not zero

What you can do

Do it yourself

Use artificial intelligence