Benjamin L. Cardin: “We imposed sanctions on the individual.”

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

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.

We think the United States has to work with our partners in South America to make it clear that that was not an election where Maduro won.

I support that, but whether we will ever get to that point, my concern is it is going to be years down the road, and we are going to have another Moldova and another Georgia.