Benjamin L. Cardin: “Thank you for your steadfast support of independent media.”

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

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

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.

I think it is absolutely essential that we be very clear that Maduro was not elected as president of Venezuela.