Benjamin L. Cardin: “We remain committed to continue feasible and constructive efforts towards the creation of a Parliamentary Assembly in…”

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

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.

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.