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Next week marks the one-year anniversary of the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan. Afghans have seen their most basic liberties rescinded under the regime, including women and girls who are losing their fundamental educational, personal, and social rights.

For 20 years, Afghans worked tirelessly to build a more democratic nation. In the aftermath of the republic’s collapse, Anne C. Richard, Freedom House's Lead for the Afghanistan Human Rights Coordination Mechanism, calls on democratic leaders to do more to help Afghan human rights defenders and work to better protect their lives and advance our shared values.

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Previewing Elections in Brazil

 

Freedom House’s Election Watch team is out with a new assessment of the upcoming elections in Brazil, where the presidential contest is the most consequential in recent history for the country’s democratic trajectory.

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Belarusians Continue to Resist Repression

 

Two years after the Belarusian regime orchestrated a fraudulent presidential election and cracked down on peaceful protests, Freedom House continues to stand with the courageous Belarusians in their unbending commitment to democratic change

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Invasion of Ukraine

 

Democratic societies everywhere must support the Ukrainian people in their struggle for peace and freedom.
Read more about the human impact
of the war in Ukraine, updated every week. 
 

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Freedom House in the News

 
 
'We are not scared': Taiwan's foreign minister says island will stand up to 'more serious' China threats (CNN)

China wages war on ‘historical nihilism’ (Coda Media)

Will Kenya’s Elections Rejuvenate African Democracy? (National Interest)

Up First: ASEAN Meeting Amid Taiwan Tensions, Victor Orbán At CPAC (NPR)
 
 

Upcoming Events

 
 
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Transnational Repression: The Long Arm of Authoritarianism

 Sept. 28, 2022 - 11:00 AM ET
 
 

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