Freedom House releases its 50th edition of Freedom in the World at 10:00 a.m. ET on March 9.
The authors, Yana Gorokhovskaia and Adrian Shahbaz will present key findings. A panel discussion on the implications of those findings will be after the release.
Panelists include The Hon. Jane Harman, chair of Freedom House Board of Trustees; Michael J. Abramowitz, president of Freedom House; Nury Turkel, chairman of U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom; Leopoldo López, Venezuelan political leader, pro-democracy activist, Sakharov prize laureate and co-founder of the World Liberty Congress; Dr. Rachel Kleinfeld, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Freedom House trustee; Alicia Phillips Mandaville, vice president, Department of Policy and Evaluation, The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).
This annual report records global trends in political rights and civil liberties.