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China: The Global Leader in Political Prisoners

Arch Puddington
Distinguished Fellow for Democracy Studies
July 26, 2018

Beijing is a trend setter on a number of issues, but this one is nothing to be proud of.
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UN: World Health Organization Shuns Taiwan and Its Journalists

May 16, 2018

The World Health Organization denied Taiwanese journalists press passes to cover the World Health Assembly from May 21 - 26. 
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China’s Ever-Expanding Surveillance State

Sarah Cook
Senior Research Analyst for East Asia
April 30, 2018

Recent developments shed light on the phenomenon’s immediate and long-term implications.
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Yu Wensheng

China: Video of Human Rights Lawyer Undermines Government Story

April 27, 2018

In response to the family of a secretly detained Chinese human rights lawyer, Yu Wensheng, releasing a video contradicting the government’s claim that the lawyer wants to dismiss his legal counsel, Freedom House released a statement.

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Sarah Cook

Senior Research Analyst for East Asia

Sarah Cook is a senior research analyst for East Asia at Freedom House.

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Annie Wilcox Boyajian

Director of Advocacy

Annie Wilcox Boyajian is Director of Advocacy at Freedom House, and leads Freedom House’s advocacy to the U.S. government and collaboration with American human rights groups.

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The Democracy Project

A majority of Americans see democracy in the U.S. as weak and getting weaker, according to a national survey released by The Democracy Project, a joint initiative of Freedom House, the George W. Bush Institute, and the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement.

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