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Lithuania

October 15, 2026
Vilnius Freedom Summit Statement
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Freedom House and Lithuania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued this joint statement during the Vilnius Freedom Summit, which brought together government officials, former political prisoners, and democracy advocates from Central and Eastern Europe and Latin America.

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Vietnam

October 15, 2026
Freedom House Adopts Cases of Imprisoned Vietnamese Journalists Le Anh Hung and Pham Chi Dung
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Freedom House has announced that the Fred Hiatt Program to Free Political Prisoners has adopted the cases of imprisoned Vietnamese journalists Le Anh Hung and Pham Chi Dung, both of whom were formerly affiliated with the international multimedia broadcaster Voice of America.

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Belarus

October 1, 2026
The Belarusian People Deserve to be Free: Remarks by Freedom House CEO Jamie Fly
By Jamie Fly
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As the world celebrates the release of hundreds of Belarusian political prisoners, Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s regime continues to jail activists, journalists, and average citizens to use as future bargaining chips for sanctions relief. A free and democratic Belarus is important not only for Belarusians—but for the security of Ukraine and Europe more broadly.

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China

September 17, 2026
Demonstrators in Chongqing protest animal abuse
The CCP is Trying—and Failing—to Extinguish Defiance among Chinese Citizens
By Kevin Slaten
Key Points:

Recent propaganda and censorship efforts by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have revealed an urgent desire among party leadership to blunt a spirit of defiance within Chinese society. Despite the party’s attempts to curb dissent, however, China’s citizens continue to defy authority, as evidenced by recent findings of Freedom House’s China Dissent Monitor (CDM).

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Cameroon

August 20, 2026
PPI Watch
Political Prisoners Watch: Why Human Rights and Democracy Are the Only Way Forward for Cameroon
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Journalist Tsi Conrad once covered the devastation inflicted amid Cameroon’s decade-long Anglophone crisis. Wrongfully imprisoned for doing his job, Tsi writes from prison that embracing democracy is the only way to end the violence.

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Vilnius Freedom Summit Statement

October 15, 2026

Freedom House Adopts Cases of Imprisoned Vietnamese Journalists Le Anh Hung and Pham Chi Dung

October 15, 2026

The Belarusian People Deserve to be Free: Remarks by Freedom House CEO Jamie Fly

October 1, 2026
Demonstrators in Chongqing protest animal abuse

The CCP is Trying—and Failing—to Extinguish Defiance among Chinese Citizens

September 17, 2026
PPI Watch

Political Prisoners Watch: Why Human Rights and Democracy Are the Only Way Forward for Cameroon

August 20, 2026

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