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Egypt
Three top leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s most powerful opposition group, were arrested as a part of the government’s ongoing crackdown against the group following their appointment of new leadership. Read more on Egypt at Freedom in the World 2009: Egypt

Ukraine
Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovich defeated Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko by nearly three percentage points in Ukraine’s runoff election, bringing to power the man who attempted to steal the 2004 presidential election. Read more on Ukraine at Freedom in the World 2009: Ukraine

Iran
Ignoring calls for more severe sanctions against it, Iran announced that it would begin enriching uranium to a higher level of purity for use in a medical reactor, increasing tensions with the US and other countries. Read more on Iran at Freedom in the World 2009: Iran

Nigeria
The Nigerian Parliament voted to install Vice President Goodluck Jonathan as acting president, filling a dangerous power vacuum created by the medically-related absence of President Umaru Yar’Adua since November. Read more on Nigeria at Freedom in the World 2009: Nigeria

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Ms. Paula Schriefer

Director of Advocacy
Phone: 202 296 5101


Freedom House, Washington, DC
1301 Connecticut Ave. NW Floor 6
Washington, District of Columbia  20036
Phone: 202-296-5101
Fax: 202-293-2840
Country: United States
Biography:

Ms. Schriefer has over seventeen years of experience in democracy and human rights promotion. She currently oversees Freedom House's advocacy, outreach and communications activities, including foreign policy advocacy, press relations, and coordination with international organizations. From 2001 to 2006 she served as Director of Programs, overseeing Freedom House's nearly two dozen major program initiatives and thirteen overseas offices established to support independent media, open and transparent governance, civil society development, justice sector reform, and the defense of human rights. She joined Freedom House in 1997 as part of the merger between Freedom House and the National Forum Foundation (NFF), bringing much of the programming portfolio to Freedom House. Before joining NFF in 1994, she worked for the National Endowment for Democracy. She graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.A. degree in Russian Area Studies from the University of Denver and completed coursework for an M.A. in Russian and Eastern European Studies at George Washington University. Ms. Schriefer speaks Russian and some German and French.