Freedom House lost a champion of the global struggle for human rights with the passing of Ambassador Mark Palmer. He was a relentless democracy advocate, who began to express his passion for freedom through involvement in the civil rights movement here at home and later worked with President Ronald Reagan to articulate a vision for advancing democracy abroad.
Today, it is with a heavy heart that Freedom House mourns the death of its longtime board member and an exemplary human being who dedicated his life to peace, security and diplomacy, Ambassador Max Kampelman.
Freedom in the World, Freedom House’s flagship publication, is the standard-setting comparative assessment of global political rights and civil liberties. See highlights from the launch ofFreedom in the World 2013 on January 16 in Washington D.C.
Findings from Freedom in the World 2013, Freedom House's annual report on the state of global freedom, reveal that democracy declined worldwide for the seventh straight year in 2012. Despite this decline, Freedom House Director of Research Arch Puddington noted at theFreedom in the World 2013 launch that “the major message of the year is one of potential and opportunity.”
