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The political uprisings that have swept the Arab world over the past year represent the most significant challenge to authoritarian rule since the collapse of Soviet communism, according to Freedom in the World 2012, the latest edition of Freedom House’s annual global survey.
Susan Corke, director for Eurasia programs at Freedom House, testified before the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe about Kazakhstan’s growing instability.
Christopher Walker, Freedom House vice president for strategy and analysis, spoke on a panel January 23 at Columbia University about the methods used by authoritarian states to cling to power.
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Freedom in the World 2012: The Arab Uprisings and Their Global Repercussions
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Modern Methods of Authoritarian Rule
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Freedom House calls on the Kyrgyzstani government to implement prison reform measures that respect the rights of detainees and bring the penal system into compliance with international human rights standards. This month, thousands of prison inmates across the country coordinated hunger strikes, sewed their lips shut, and mutilated their bodies, reportedly to protest poor conditions and rights abuses throughout Kyrgyzstan’s prison system.
Freedom House opposes the Obama Administration’s decision to move forward with an arms sale to Bahrain, as that government continues to repress peaceful demonstrations for political reform. On Friday, the U.S. announced that it would move forward with a limited sale of military items to the Bahraini government after a larger, $53 million sale was put on hold due to opposition in the U.S.
Freedom House calls for the immediate release of five Girifna youth movement activists in Khartoum, Sudan and others arrested after recent protests throughout the country.
Freedom House presented the findings of Freedom in the World 2012 with a panel discussion on global trends and key challenges for human rights and democracy. See images on our Facebook page.
The progress that sub-Saharan Africa has achieved in building democracy over the past generation is coming undone. After two decades of significant gains, the continent has experienced a steady decline in democracy over the last several years.
David J. Kramer
Representatives from the military council that has been ruling Egypt since Hosni Mubarak’s fall from power last February are in Washington this week for a series of official meetings. Their visit comes amid a continuing crackdown inside Egypt against civil society that included an armed raid last December 29 on the offices of ten non-governmental organizations, including the U.S.-based International Republican Institute (IRI), the National Democratic Institute (NDI), and my organization, Freedom House.
