Benjamin L. Cardin: “Which Russia is trying to make sure does not happen.”

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.

You have found the Achilles hill of the Putin regime. They rape, torture and kill with impunity and keep their ill-gotten gains in the West.

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

If Putin hates this so much, we're sure that there are a lot of other dictators who would hate this as well.