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Dear John,
This month marks the 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, when the Chinese military crushed large prodemocracy protests in Beijing and elsewhere in 1989. The Chinese government famously censors information about the massacre within its borders, to the extent that most young people in China today have no idea it ever happened.
Now, the same erasure of Tiananmen is underway in Hong Kong.
Last week, Hong Kong authorities announced that they had arrested seven people for posting “seditious” messages commemorating the massacre. Among those arrested was Chow Hang-tung, a prominent human rights lawyer who was already behind bars.
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Indictments of Political Leaders Are Common in Democracies
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Forty-three percent of the world’s freest countries have seen their presidents or prime ministers charged with crimes since 2000. The United States, with its strong rule-of-law tradition and independent judicial institutions, is capable of handling this challenge and affirming that former presidents are not above the law.
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Election Watch For the Digital Age
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With more than 4 billion people heading to the polls in 2024, Freedom House’s Election Watch for the Digital Age is monitoring threats to free and fair elections worldwide. Follow along for unique data and in-depth analysis on digital election interference, from the censorship of independent media to the use of generative AI in disinformation campaigns.
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Listen to “The Autocrat Next Door”
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Freedom House’s Nicole Bibbins Sedaca joins the podcast What's Wrong With Democracy? for a discussion on what Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine means for the country’s future and about the rise of autocrats.
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Country Spotlight: Tajikistan
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This past year, the government of Tajikistan continued to crack down on potential opposition to its rule, including civil society, the media, and religious groups. Read more in this year's Nations in Transit country report.
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