Let's Not Be Fooled
Normando HernandezRecent news may cause casual Cuba-observers to believe that democratic reform has finally begun on the island. Earlier this year, American pop icons Beyoncé and Jay-Z caused a stir...
View ArticleBush Institute Convenes Human Freedom Advisory Council
Amanda SchnetzerMembers of the Bush Institute’s new Human Freedom Advisory Council convened for the first time on September 19 in Dallas. The Council’s purpose is to advise on matters of strategic...
View ArticleShin Dong-hyuk: From North Korean Gulag to Freedom
Elizabeth HoffmanNext week the Bush Center will welcome North Korean political prison camp survivor Shin Dong-hyuk. Shin Dong-hyuk is the only known person to be born and raised in North Korea’s...
View ArticleNew on the Freedom Collection: Zbigniew and Zofia Romaszewski
Christopher WalshPoland’s Zbigniew Romaszewski and Zofia Romaszewska were able to build a life together as husband and wife (and as freedom activists). In 1976, they played a pivotal role in building a...
View ArticleNew on the Freedom Collection: Fidel Suarez Cruz
Christopher WalshWithout provocation you’re surrounded by state security agents, apprehended, and subjected to weeks of brutal interrogation. Government agents invade your home and confiscate 1,000 of...
View ArticleDenied: One Cuban Dissident’s Elusive Trip to the U.S.
Amanda SchnetzerToday in Washington, President Barack Obama will present the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 16 individuals, including former President Bill Clinton, television celebrity Oprah...
View ArticleOne Man’s Fight for Religious Freedom in China
Elizabeth HoffmanThe towering skyscrapers and modern architecture of cities like Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai leave many visitors in awe of the staggering economic progress China has made in recent...
View ArticleSigns of Stagnation and Decline for Cuba
Normando HernandezThe Castro brothers are still laughing at the world. On November 12, the United Nations General Assembly elected Cuba to its discredited Human Rights Council. Meanwhile, violations of...
View ArticleSix Ideas for Human Rights Day
Christopher WalshPerhaps it’s fate that Human Rights Day is observed soon after Thanksgiving. Human Rights, freedom, and democracy are all things for which Americans can give thanks. December 10 was...
View ArticleReal Reform is Key to Ending Continuing Rights Abuses in Burma
Jennifer QuigleyBurma has become synonymous with the word reform. It is commonplace now to use the terms ‘unprecedented’, ‘historic’, ‘significant move forward’, and ‘commendable’ to describe recent...
View ArticleIn Case You Missed It – Shin Dong-hyuk’s Open Letter to Dennis Rodman
Amanda SchnetzerIn case you missed it, The Washington Post published an editorial this week by North Korean political prison camp survivor Shin Dong-hyuk. He is the only known person to be born and...
View ArticleThree Years Later … and The Hope for Egypt’s Future
Charity WallaceTomorrow marks the third anniversary of Egypt’s historic revolution and the ousting of Hosni Mubarak. Since those early and exhilarating days in Tahrir Square in 2011, Egypt has...
View ArticleA Look at the State of Freedom Around the World
Arch PuddingtonThis year marks the 41st edition of Freedom in the World. At the time the report was launched, in 1972, there was reason for concern about the condition of freedom. Democracy seemed to...
View ArticleFreedom Denied: Cuba's Black Spring Continues
Lindsay LloydFreedom Denied: Cuba’s Black Spring Continues recounts the events of the 2003 crackdown, when 75 of Cuba’s most prominent nonviolent dissidents were rounded up, arrested, and imprisoned by...
View ArticleObstacles to Freedom, in Ukraine and Beyond
Arch PuddingtonThe Ukraine crisis is a pointed reminder that peaceful revolutions are but the first phase in the process of building sustainable democracies. As developments over the past decade in...
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