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Georgian Dream’s Escalating Crackdown on Dissent
Feb 11, 2026Since October 2024, Georgian Dream, Georgia’s ruling party, has plunged the country into its worst human rights crisis since independence. They have passed more than 20 new laws that expand […]
Ranking Member Cohen Condemns Sentencing of Hong Kon...
Feb 09, 2026WASHINGTON—Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly’s Special Representative on Political Prisoners, strongly condemns the 20-year prison sentence handed to media tycoon and […]
From Production to Procurement: How Europe and Ukra...
Dec 10, 2025As Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine enters its fifth year, Kyiv is struggling to supply its troops and lacks the resources to strike military targets deep inside Russia. However, Ukraine […]
HEARING—Deterrence on NATO’s Eastern Flank
Nov 17, 2025Russell Senate Office Building Room 222 Stream live here Russia’s recent incursions in Estonian, Lithuanian, Polish, and Romanian airspace are part of a campaign to probe for weaknesses along […]
35 Years After the Baltic Way: Regional Unity in the...
Aug 23, 2024On August 23, 1989, approximately two million people created a human chain from Tallinn to Vilnius to peacefully demonstrate their resistance to Soviet occupation. Held on the 50th anniversary of […]
Helsinki Commission Ranking Member Cohen Celebrates ...
Aug 01, 2024WASHINGTON—Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s 56-nation Parliamentary Assembly’s Special Representative on Political Prisoners, today welcomed news that three journalists and Paul Whelan, wrongly […]
Russia’s Ecocide in Ukraine: Environmental Des...
Jul 16, 2024In the ten years since Russia launched its war of aggression against Ukraine, Ukraine estimates that Russia has inflicted some $60 billion in damages to Ukraine’s natural and man-made environments […]
HEARING – Putin’s Syrian Puppet: War Crimes an...
Jul 10, 2024Rayburn 2247 Stream live here WASHINGTON—For over 13 years, the Assad regime has been perpetrating war crimes and other grave human rights abuses against the Syrian people. The Russian support to […]
Helsinki Commission House Leadership Marks Fourth An...
Jun 06, 2024WASHINGTON—Today, Chairman Rep. Joe Wilson (SC-02) and Ranking Member Rep. Steve Cohen (TN-09) marked the fourth annual Counter-Kleptocracy Month. The U.S. Helsinki Commission has marked Counter-Kleptocracy month since June 2021 […]
Hamas’ Hostages, Putin’s Prisoners, and Freeing Inte...
Oct 25, 2023The practice of seizing hostages and political prisoners, as well as actively terrorizing civilians is a constant displayed by Hamas in Israel and Russia’s war against Ukraine. To highlight issues […]
Hearing: Has the United Nations Failed Ukraine and t...
Sep 27, 2023Wednesday, September 27, 2023 2:00 pm to 3:30 p.m. Rayburn House Office Building Room 2200 Stream live here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrBXYsQA0Qk In 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the […]
Has the UN failed Ukraine and the World?
Sep 23, 2023Many leaders and experts argue that the United Nations has struggled to uphold Article I of the UN Charter which mandates the UN to “take effective collective measures for […]