Benjamin L. Cardin: “The local capacity is there and it is making a huge difference.”

To be true to our founding principles we need to support those people trying to defend human rights, those rights endowed to us by our Creator.

Freedom House is pleased to support the Human Rights Defenders Protection Act, led by Chairman Cardin.

The use of defamation laws, foreign agent registration laws, and anti-NGO laws to silence free speech is nothing new.

The use of defamation laws, foreign agent registration laws, and anti-NGO laws to silence free speech is nothing new.