Benjamin L. Cardin: “For many exiles, human rights defenders, journalists, and civil society activists around the world, it takes incredible…”

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

I thank Senator Cardin for his leadership in championing the Global Magnitsky Act.

why do we not widen this piece of legislation out so it includes all human rights abusers in Russia?

Nowhere has this been more on display than what has occurred in Hong Kong in recent years as the passage of the National Security Law and entry into force of Article 23 destroyed what remains of Hong Kong's democracy.