Ellen Bork

Fellow
George W. Bush Institute

Ellen Bork writes about American foreign policy, democracy and human rights.  She has held positions in the State Department and on Capitol Hill and at democracy promotion organizations. Her writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the Financial Times, the Weekly Standard and other publications.

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Read the article The Struggle for Freedom: Jacob Ngarivhume jailed in advance of anti-corruption protest – and Zimbabwe’s disputed elections .
Sep 28, 2023

The Struggle for Freedom: Jacob Ngarivhume jailed in advance of anti-corruption protest – and Zimbabwe’s disputed elections 

By: Ellen Bork
Jacob Ngarivhume, the leader of the small political party Transform Zimbabwe, was swept up in a preemptive crackdown that headed off a nationwide anti-corruption protest planned for July 31, 2020.  
Read the article The Struggle for Freedom UPDATE: Jimmy Lai’s national security trial postponed again.
Sep 7, 2023

The Struggle for Freedom UPDATE: Jimmy Lai’s national security trial postponed again

By: Ellen Bork
A Hong Kong court has once again postponed Jimmy Lai’s trial on national security charges, likely delaying it to December from September. The imprisoned publisher of the shuttered Apple Daily newspaper was previously scheduled to be tried in December 2022. The latest postponement is a serious blow for the nearly 76-year-old Lai, who has been prison for nearly three years.
Read the article The Struggle for Freedom: Lin Htet Naing (“James”) seeks to build the foundation for a post-military Burma.
Aug 9, 2023

The Struggle for Freedom: Lin Htet Naing (“James”) seeks to build the foundation for a post-military Burma

By: Ellen Bork
Burmese democracy leader Lin Htet Naing, who goes by the name James, emerged from several months of hiding in June 2022, stepping out with one of his two small sons in Rangoon, Burma’s former capital and commercial center. A short while later, James’s wife, Phyoe Phyoe Aung, also a prominent democracy leader, received a phone call telling her James had been arrested.