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On the recordSeptember 11, 2024
The tool of choice for authoritarians these days is anti-nongovernmental organization laws, also referred to as foreign agent laws.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

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Risch discusses how autocrats use laws to suppress civil society.

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