Christopher Coons: “I thought the recent decision taken jointly by the United States, Germany, and a number of other NATO allies... was the…”

For so many years the Republic of Georgia has been a bright spot in the former Soviet Union.

When the U.S. leads other countries follow, and we see now, thanks to our efforts and thanks to Bill Browder's efforts, a dozen countries--two dozen countries have now passed Magnitsky type sanctions.

I have been engaged in these issues a long time and gravely concerned to continue to hear about the steady loss of freedom around the world.

We need to provide more support for personnel, for operations, for outreach to support the Human Rights Defenders Fund.