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Why We Shouldn’t Ignore the Czech President’s Latest Gaffe

Zselyke Csaky
Senior Researcher, Nations in Transit
October 21, 2015

Miloš Zeman is infamous for his offensive statements and diplomatic blunders, and some dismissed his recent anti-Muslim remarks as “wacky.” But Europe cannot afford to laugh off its neighborhood bigots.
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The Migrant Crisis Will Reveal Europe’s True Colors

Zselyke Csaky
Senior Researcher, Nations in Transit
August 31, 2015

European leaders’ various reactions to the influx of migrants and refugees has inadvertently exposed a union that is pulling apart at the seams.

 
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How 'free' are former Soviet Republics?

November 13, 2014

On the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, CNN's Global Public Square looks at Freedom House's rankings of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Republics to see how those liberated countries have actually fared.
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Twenty-Five Years On, Freedom in Central Europe Faces New Threats

Arch Puddington
Distinguished Fellow for Democracy Studies
August 28, 2014

A quarter-century after the 1989 revolutions, freedom prevails in Central Europe, but some politicians are turning their backs on democratic values at home and new liberation struggles abroad.

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Evaluation of 2008-2011 UN Human Rights Council Candidates

On May 21, 2008, the UN General Assembly will elect 15 new Human Rights Council members. Twenty countries are candidates. Freedom House and UN Watch evaluated each candidate’s suitability for election to the Human Rights Council by examining its record of human rights protection at home and its record of human rights promotion at the UN.

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