Read the article UPDATE: The Struggle for Freedom: Disturbing reports about Belarusian blogger Ihar Losik’s condition in prison .

Mar 24, 2023

UPDATE: The Struggle for Freedom: Disturbing reports about Belarusian blogger Ihar Losik’s condition in prison

By: Ellen Bork

An update on Ihar Losik, a jailed Belarusian blogger and contributor to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

Read the article The Struggle for Freedom: The Belarusian blogger who took on Lukashenka.

Mar 1, 2023

The Struggle for Freedom: The Belarusian blogger who took on Lukashenka

By: Ellen Bork

Popular Belarusian blogger Ihar Losik was taken as a political prisoner and sentenced to 15 years in jail in an ongoing effort by the Lukashenka regime to silence opponents and neutralize the digital media.

Read the article The Struggle for Freedom: The Cuban rapper whose music shames the regime.

Feb 1, 2023

The Struggle for Freedom: The Cuban rapper whose music shames the regime

By: Ellen Bork

Cuban rapper Maykel Castillo Perez's uncompromising work unites Cubans and exposes the myths of the 1959 revolution and its more than six decades of repression.

Read the article The Struggle for Freedom: A Hong Kong businessman’s fight for democracy .

Jan 5, 2023

The Struggle for Freedom: A Hong Kong businessman’s fight for democracy

By: Ellen Bork

Hong Kong businessman Jimmy Lai has been in jail since he was charged with “foreign collusion” after a raid by the Chinese government on pro-democracy Apple Daily publication in August 2020.

Read the article The Struggle For Freedom: Truth Versus Lies in Putin's Russia.

Nov 18, 2022

The Struggle For Freedom: Truth Versus Lies in Putin's Russia

By: Ellen Bork

Vladimir Kara-Murza, a pro-democracy Russian politician, was charged with high treason on Oct. 6. Russian authorities briefed Kara-Murza on the indictment in prison, where he has been detained since April on less severe charges.

Read the article The Struggle For Freedom .

Nov 18, 2022

The Struggle For Freedom

By: Ellen Bork

Welcome to The Struggle for Freedom, a monthly blog about democracy and human rights activists abroad and why supporting them is the right thing for Americans to do, strategically as well as morally.