Panel discussion

Panel discussion

Moderator Mr. Stephen Sackur (L), Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tourism of Malta, Dr. Ian Borg, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of Albania, Mr. Igli Hasani, Environmental and human rights defender Ms. Helena Gualinga, A former Czech dissident, an academic and a member of the Board of the Institute for Study of Totalitarian Regimes in Prague, Dr. Martin Palous and Minister delegate for Europe of France, Mr. Benjamin Haddad attend the panel discussion at the Helsinki+50 Conference in Helsinki, Finland on July 31, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Panel discussion

Panel discussion

A former Czech dissident, an academic and a member of the Board of the Institute for Study of Totalitarian Regimes in Prague, Dr. Martin Palous and Minister delegate for Europe of France, Mr. Benjamin Haddad attend the panel discussion at the Helsinki+50 Conference in Helsinki, Finland on July 31, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Panel discussion

Panel discussion

Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of Albania, Mr. Igli Hasani, Environmental and human rights defender Ms. Helena Gualinga and A former Czech dissident, an academic and a member of the Board of the Institute for Study of Totalitarian Regimes in Prague, Dr. Martin Palous attend the panel discussion at the Helsinki+50 Conference in Helsinki, Finland on July 31, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Panel discussion

Panel discussion

A former Czech dissident, an academic and a member of the Board of the Institute for Study of Totalitarian Regimes in Prague, Dr. Martin Palous attends the panel discussion at the Helsinki+50 Conference in Helsinki, Finland on July 31, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Panel discussion

Panel discussion

A former Czech dissident, an academic and a member of the Board of the Institute for Study of Totalitarian Regimes in Prague, Dr. Martin Palous attends the panel discussion at the Helsinki+50 Conference in Helsinki, Finland on July 31, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Panel discussion

Panel discussion

Moderator Mr. Stephen Sackur (L), Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tourism of Malta, Dr. Ian Borg, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of Albania, Mr. Igli Hasani, Environmental and human rights defender Ms. Helena Gualinga and A former Czech dissident, an academic and a member of the Board of the Institute for Study of Totalitarian Regimes in Prague, Dr. Martin Palous attend the panel discussion at the Helsinki+50 Conference in Helsinki, Finland on July 31, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Remembrance for victims of communism and Nazism

Remembrance for victims of communism and Nazism

23.08.2023, Tallinn. At the memorial to victims of communism in Maarjamäe, the victims of totalitarian regimes were honored with addresses and prayers. On the photo Speaker of the Riigikogu Lauri Hussar and Prime Minister Kaja Kallas laying a wreath. Photo Madis Veltman, Postimees

Remembrance for victims of communism and Nazism

Remembrance for victims of communism and Nazism

23.08.2023, Tallinn. At the memorial to victims of communism in Maarjamäe, the victims of totalitarian regimes were honored with addresses and prayers. Photo Madis Veltman, Postimees

Remembrance for victims of communism and Nazism

Remembrance for victims of communism and Nazism

23.08.2023, Tallinn. At the memorial to victims of communism in Maarjamäe, the victims of totalitarian regimes were honored with addresses and prayers. Photo Madis Veltman, Postimees

Remembrance for victims of communism and Nazism

Remembrance for victims of communism and Nazism

23.08.2023, Tallinn. At the memorial to victims of communism in Maarjamäe, the victims of totalitarian regimes were honored with addresses and prayers. Photo Madis Veltman, Postimees

Remembrance for victims of communism and Nazism

Remembrance for victims of communism and Nazism

23.08.2023, Tallinn. At the memorial to victims of communism in Maarjamäe, the victims of totalitarian regimes were honored with addresses and prayers. Photo Madis Veltman, Postimees

Remembrance for victims of communism and Nazism

Remembrance for victims of communism and Nazism

23.08.2023, Tallinn. At the memorial to victims of communism in Maarjamäe, the victims of totalitarian regimes were honored with addresses and prayers. Photo Madis Veltman, Postimees

Remembrance for victims of communism and Nazism

Remembrance for victims of communism and Nazism

23.08.2023, Tallinn. At the memorial to victims of communism in Maarjamäe, the victims of totalitarian regimes were honored with addresses and prayers. Photo Madis Veltman, Postimees

Remembrance for victims of communism and Nazism

Remembrance for victims of communism and Nazism

23.08.2023, Tallinn. At the memorial to victims of communism in Maarjamäe, the victims of totalitarian regimes were honored with addresses and prayers. Photo Madis Veltman, Postimees

Remembrance for victims of communism and Nazism

Remembrance for victims of communism and Nazism

23.08.2023, Tallinn. At the memorial to victims of communism in Maarjamäe, the victims of totalitarian regimes were honored with addresses and prayers. Photo Madis Veltman, Postimees

Remembrance for victims of communism and Nazism

Remembrance for victims of communism and Nazism

23.08.2023, Tallinn. At the memorial to victims of communism in Maarjamäe, the victims of totalitarian regimes were honored with addresses and prayers. Photo Madis Veltman, Postimees

Remembrance for victims of communism and Nazism

Remembrance for victims of communism and Nazism

23.08.2023, Tallinn. At the memorial to victims of communism in Maarjamäe, the victims of totalitarian regimes were honored with addresses and prayers. Photo Madis Veltman, Postimees

Facilities offering simple fitness regimes spreading

Facilities offering simple fitness regimes spreading

NAGOYA, Japan - Businessmen exercise at Body Care Fitness Hogrel gym in Tokyo's Nihombashi business district on Aug. 25.

APEC ministers encourage more flexible exchange rate regimes

APEC ministers encourage more flexible exchange rate regimes

SANTIAGO, Chile - Japanese Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki (L), along with other finance ministers from Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum member countries, pose for a group photo after the end of the two-day meeting, wearing traditional Chilean ponchos and hats, at the Tarapaca vineyard in the town of Isla de Maipo, a tourist area outside of Santiago on Sept. 3.

Sanctions undermine vital humanitarian aid supply to Afghanistan, says ICRC official

STORY: Sanctions undermine vital humanitarian aid supply to Afghanistan, says ICRC official DATELINE: Nov. 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views in Kabul 2. various of muddy alleys 3. SOUNDBITE (English): MARTIN SCHÜEPP, Director of operations of ICRC STORYLINE: The U.S.-initiated sanctions imposed on the Taliban-run establishment in Afghanistan have undermined vital humanitarian aid supply to the war-torn country, Martin Schüepp, director of operations of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said. SOUNDBITE (English): MARTIN SCHÜEPP, Director of operations of ICRC "For the moment we are continuing to operate. I think one of the important challenges is indeed the sanctions that have been imposed. For example, the banking sector, and so that makes our operations more difficult also for us. What is key is that in such sanction regimes there are humanitarian exemptions, which allow humanitarian organizations such as the International

U.S. is human rights saboteur in Middle East: experts

STORY: U.S. is human rights saboteur in Middle East: experts DATELINE: Sept. 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:52 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: various of the U.S. Capitolvarious of soldiersSOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): AKRAM HOSSAM, Egyptian political expert, Deputy chairman of Ra Center for Strategic StudiesSOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): KAWA MAHMOUD, Secretary of Central Committee of Kurdistan Communist Party in Iraqvarious of people in the Middle East STORYLINE: Experts say the United States is a human rights saboteur in the Middle East despite having long touted itself as a global human rights defender. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): AKRAM HOSSAM, Egyptian political expert, Deputy chairman of Ra Center for Strategic Studies "The experiences of Iraq, Afghanistan and others, and trying to change regimes with armed forces and thinking it is possible to dismantle the institutional and moral structures of some peoples and rebuilding them from scratch based on the Western democratic model, have proved its (U.S.) failure. Over

Zambia commissions China-funded modern conference center

STORY: Zambia commissions China-funded modern conference center DATELINE: June 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:38 LOCATION: Lusaka CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the conference center 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): HAKAINDE HICHILEMA, Zambian President 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): HAKAINDE HICHILEMA, Zambian President 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): DU XIAOHUI, Chinese Ambassador to Zambia STORYLINE: Zambia on Tuesday commissioned an ultra-modern international conference center financed by China. The Kenneth Kaunda International Conference Center, with its main hall having a seating capacity of 2,500, has been built to host the African Union (AU) mid-year summit this year. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): HAKAINDE HICHILEMA, Zambian President "This was a critical point in our country's history, when Zambia had no access to the sea and the routes through the southern part of our continent or our country were blocked by hostile regimes and China came to our aid at the time. Thank you once more." SOUNDBITE 2 (English): HAKAINDE

APEC ministers encourage more flexible exchange rate regimes

APEC ministers encourage more flexible exchange rate regimes

SANTIAGO, Chile - Japanese Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki (L), along with other finance ministers from Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum member countries, pose for a group photo after the end of the two-day meeting, wearing traditional Chilean ponchos and hats, at the Tarapaca vineyard in the town of Isla de Maipo, a tourist area outside of Santiago on Sept. 3. (Kyodo)

Japanese journalist hangs press ID showing nationality

Japanese journalist hangs press ID showing nationality

A member of the press carries a piece of paper showing his Japanese nationality in Nairobi, Kenya's capital, in July 2014. He was wary of being mistaken as a Chinese journalist as China is regarded as supporting oppressive regimes in Africa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Chinese President Xi greets Equatorial Guinea leader in ceremony

Chinese President Xi greets Equatorial Guinea leader in ceremony

Chinese President Xi Jinping walks with his visiting Equatorial Guinea counterpart Obiang Nguema in a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 28, 2015. Beijing is apparently following a policy of supporting authoritarian regimes in Africa such as the government in Equatorial Guinea in an effort to secure China's economic interests. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Facilities offering simple fitness regimes spreading

Facilities offering simple fitness regimes spreading

NAGOYA, Japan - Businessmen exercise at Body Care Fitness Hogrel gym in Tokyo's Nihombashi business district on Aug. 25. (Kyodo)

Mass to pay respect, Jan Palach photo, exhibition

Mass to pay respect, Jan Palach photo, exhibition

Priest Tomas Halik (not pictured) celebrates mass to pay respect to late Jan Palach (photo), organised by Association of friend of Czech Bible, Roman Catholic Prague academic parish in cooperation with Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes (USTR) and Charles Universityｴs Faculty of Arts student council in St. Salvator Church in Prague, Czech Republic, January 19, 2020. (CTK Photo/Michaela Rihova)

Mass to pay respect, Jan Palach - photo, exhibition

Mass to pay respect, Jan Palach - photo, exhibition

Priest Tomas Halik (not pictured) celebrates mass to pay respect to late Jan Palach, organised by Association of friend of Czech Bible, Roman Catholic Prague academic parish in cooperation with Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes (USTR) and Charles Universityｴs Faculty of Arts student council in St. Salvator Church in Prague, Czech Republic, January 19, 2020. (CTK Photo/Michaela Rihova)

Mass to pay respect, Jan Palach photo, exhibition

Mass to pay respect, Jan Palach photo, exhibition

Priest Tomas Halik (not pictured) celebrates mass to pay respect to late Jan Palach (photo), organised by Association of friend of Czech Bible, Roman Catholic Prague academic parish in cooperation with Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes (USTR) and Charles Universityｴs Faculty of Arts student council in St. Salvator Church in Prague, Czech Republic, January 19, 2020. (CTK Photo/Michaela Rihova)

Mass to pay respect, Jan Palach photo, exhibition

Mass to pay respect, Jan Palach photo, exhibition

Priest Tomas Halik (not pictured) celebrates mass to pay respect to late Jan Palach (photo), organised by Association of friend of Czech Bible, Roman Catholic Prague academic parish in cooperation with Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes (USTR) and Charles Universityｴs Faculty of Arts student council in St. Salvator Church in Prague, Czech Republic, January 19, 2020. (CTK Photo/Michaela Rihova)

TOMAS HALIK

TOMAS HALIK

Priest Tomas Halik celebrates mass to pay respect to late Jan Palach, organised by Association of friend of Czech Bible, Roman Catholic Prague academic parish in cooperation with Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes (USTR) and Charles Universityｴs Faculty of Arts student council in St. Salvator Church in Prague, Czech Republic, January 19, 2020. (CTK Photo/Michaela Rihova)

TOMAS HALIK

TOMAS HALIK

Priest Tomas Halik celebrates mass to pay respect to late Jan Palach, organised by Association of friend of Czech Bible, Roman Catholic Prague academic parish in cooperation with Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes (USTR) and Charles Universityｴs Faculty of Arts student council in St. Salvator Church in Prague, Czech Republic, January 19, 2020. (CTK Photo/Michaela Rihova)

TOMAS HALIK

TOMAS HALIK

Priest Tomas Halik celebrates mass to pay respect to late Jan Palach, organised by Association of friend of Czech Bible, Roman Catholic Prague academic parish in cooperation with Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes (USTR) and Charles Universityｴs Faculty of Arts student council in St. Salvator Church in Prague, Czech Republic, January 19, 2020. (CTK Photo/Michaela Rihova)

TOMAS HALIK

TOMAS HALIK

Priest Tomas Halik celebrates mass to pay respect to late Jan Palach, organised by Association of friend of Czech Bible, Roman Catholic Prague academic parish in cooperation with Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes (USTR) and Charles Universityｴs Faculty of Arts student council in St. Salvator Church in Prague, Czech Republic, January 19, 2020. (CTK Photo/Michaela Rihova)

Mass to pay respect, Jan Palach photo, exhibition

Mass to pay respect, Jan Palach photo, exhibition

Priest Tomas Halik (not pictured) celebrates mass to pay respect to late Jan Palach (photo), organised by Association of friend of Czech Bible, Roman Catholic Prague academic parish in cooperation with Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes (USTR) and Charles Universityｴs Faculty of Arts student council in St. Salvator Church in Prague, Czech Republic, January 19, 2020. (CTK Photo/Michaela Rihova)

Zdenek HAZDRA

Zdenek HAZDRA

The annual Mene Tekel festival against totalitarianism started with several exhibitions and film projections with the topic of British journalist and writer George Orwell and his time in Prague, Czech Republic, February 24, 2020. Director of Institute of the Study of Totalitarian Regimes Zdenek Hazdra speaks during the opening of the festival. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

Milan Barta, Libor Svoboda

Milan Barta, Libor Svoboda

The Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes (USTR) historians Libor Svoboda, left, and Milan Barta gave an interview to Czech News Agency (CTK) in Prague, Czech Republic, on January 21, 2020. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

Milan Barta, Libor Svoboda

Milan Barta, Libor Svoboda

The Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes (USTR) historians Libor Svoboda, left, and Milan Barta gave an interview to Czech News Agency (CTK) in Prague, Czech Republic, on January 21, 2020. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

Milan Barta, Libor Svoboda

Milan Barta, Libor Svoboda

The Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes (USTR) historians Milan Barta, left, and Libor Svoboda gave an interview to Czech News Agency (CTK) in Prague, Czech Republic, on January 21, 2020. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

Milan Barta, Libor Svoboda

Milan Barta, Libor Svoboda

The Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes (USTR) historians Milan Barta, left, and Libor Svoboda gave an interview to Czech News Agency (CTK) in Prague, Czech Republic, on January 21, 2020. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

Milan Barta, Libor Svoboda

Milan Barta, Libor Svoboda

The Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes (USTR) historians Milan Barta, left, and Libor Svoboda gave an interview to Czech News Agency (CTK) in Prague, Czech Republic, on January 21, 2020. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

Milan Barta, Libor Svoboda

Milan Barta, Libor Svoboda

The Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes (USTR) historians Libor Svoboda, left, and Milan Barta gave an interview to Czech News Agency (CTK) in Prague, Czech Republic, on January 21, 2020. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

Petr Blazek, Lukasz Kaminski, Pavel Zacek, Jiri Liska

Petr Blazek, Lukasz Kaminski, Pavel Zacek, Jiri Liska

(L-R) Authors Petr Blazek, Lukasz Kaminski and Pavel Zacek during the presentation of book Cekiste focusing on state security bodies in former Soviet bloc countries in 1944-1989 in Prague, Czech Republic, December 16, 2019. At right is Jiri Liska, member of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

VLADIMIR KARA-MURZA

VLADIMIR KARA-MURZA

In the first mentioned section, this year's award is going to Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian journalist, activist and long-term critic of Vladimir Putin's regime. Kara-Murza, who was an aide and friend of the murdered politician Boris Nemtsov, has been active with the conservative-liberal opposition forces. He is the president of the Open Russia movement and coordinates the project of Free Elections in Russia. A Russian journalist VLADIMIR KARA-MURZA receives award by the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes (USTR) in Prague's Wallenstein Palace, the seat of the upper house of parliament, on November 21, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michaela Rihova)

VLADIMIR KARA-MURZA

VLADIMIR KARA-MURZA

In the first mentioned section, this year's award is going to Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian journalist, activist and long-term critic of Vladimir Putin's regime. Kara-Murza, who was an aide and friend of the murdered politician Boris Nemtsov, has been active with the conservative-liberal opposition forces. He is the president of the Open Russia movement and coordinates the project of Free Elections in Russia. A Russian journalist VLADIMIR KARA-MURZA receives award by the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes (USTR) in Prague's Wallenstein Palace, the seat of the upper house of parliament, on November 21, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michaela Rihova)

VLADIMIR KARA-MURZA

VLADIMIR KARA-MURZA

In the first mentioned section, this year's award is going to Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian journalist, activist and long-term critic of Vladimir Putin's regime. Kara-Murza, who was an aide and friend of the murdered politician Boris Nemtsov, has been active with the conservative-liberal opposition forces. He is the president of the Open Russia movement and coordinates the project of Free Elections in Russia. A Russian journalist VLADIMIR KARA-MURZA receives award by the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes (USTR) in Prague's Wallenstein Palace, the seat of the upper house of parliament, on November 21, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michaela Rihova)

VLADIMIR KARA-MURZA

VLADIMIR KARA-MURZA

In the first mentioned section, this year's award is going to Vladimir Kara-Murza (centre), a Russian journalist, activist and long-term critic of Vladimir Putin's regime. Kara-Murza, who was an aide and friend of the murdered politician Boris Nemtsov, has been active with the conservative-liberal opposition forces. He is the president of the Open Russia movement and coordinates the project of Free Elections in Russia. A Russian journalist VLADIMIR KARA-MURZA receives award by the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes (USTR) in Prague's Wallenstein Palace, the seat of the upper house of parliament, on November 21, 2019. At left is Miluse Horska of upper house of Czech Parliement and at right is Zdenek Hazdra of USTR. (CTK Photo/Michaela Rihova)

VLADIMIR KARA-MURZA, MILUSE HORSKA

VLADIMIR KARA-MURZA, MILUSE HORSKA

In the first mentioned section, this year's award is going to Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian journalist, activist and long-term critic of Vladimir Putin's regime. Kara-Murza, who was an aide and friend of the murdered politician Boris Nemtsov, has been active with the conservative-liberal opposition forces. He is the president of the Open Russia movement and coordinates the project of Free Elections in Russia. A Russian journalist VLADIMIR KARA-MURZA receives award by the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes (USTR) in Prague's Wallenstein Palace, the seat of the upper house of parliament, on November 21, 2019. At right is Miluse Horska. (CTK Photo/Michaela Rihova)

exhibition of photographs on the 1989 fall of Central European communist regimes

exhibition of photographs on the 1989 fall of Central European communist regimes

Czech and Slovak European commissioners, Vera Jourova and Maros Sefcovic, not seen, opened an exhibition of photographs on the 1989 fall of Central European communist regimes in Brussels, Belgium, on November 11, 2019. (CTK Photo/Petr Kupec)

Vera Jourova

Vera Jourova

Czech European commissioner Vera Jourova opened an exhibition of photographs on the 1989 fall of Central European communist regimes in Brussels, Belgium, on November 11, 2019. (CTK Photo/Petr Kupec)