Imagine if regimes like China, Russia, and North Korea were allowed to shape the world. Basic rights would be trampled and anyone opposing their worldview would suffer.
Imagine if regimes like China, Russia, and North Korea were allowed to shape the world. Basic rights would be trampled and anyone opposing their worldview would suffer. That’s why the Bush Institute’s Human Freedom Initiative promotes U.S. leadership in extending freedom to people everywhere. We’re developing a new generation of democratic leaders in Burma, advancing policy that improves the human condition in North Korea, and elevating freedom advocates who risk everything for liberty. In doing so, we support those who are struggling against oppression and remind Americans about the preciousness of their own freedom.
Here are just a few examples of how freedom matters to people around the world:
- Freedom matters to Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet, a former prisoner of conscience who could not receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded to him in 2007 because he was incarcerated for promoting democracy and human rights in Cuba. Nine years later, he left Cuba for the first time and received his medal from President George W. Bush. Watch the medal presentation:
- Freedom matters to Tayzar San, one of several young leaders driving Burma’s democratic transition. He founded a public library and social science research center in his native Mandalay that provides academic resources for students and promotes issue-based, political discourse that’s sorely lacking in Burmese society. See what the Liberty and Leadership Forum is accomplishing in Burma:
- Freedom matters to North Korean refugees like Ji Seong-ho who trek thousands of miles across China to escape the oppressive regime controlling their homeland. Learn more about the Bush Institute’s recommendations on how the public and private sectors can improve the human condition in North Korea in Light Through the Darkness.
