Kristen Clemens

Policy and Research Officer @hrf | Global research focus on authoritarianism, democratic backsliding, corruption, human trafficking, and environmental justice

[Human Rights Foundation (HRF) @HRF]

The Tyranny Tracker will be at @Georgetown University at 3 p.m. on Sept. 18! The HRF team will be joined by Prof. Nikola Ilić and Nicaraguan opposition leader Félix Maradiaga to discuss the tool and global trends in authoritarianism.

RSVP today → https://t.co/mih3h71kPj

Learn more about the Tyranny Tracker → https://t.co/ULhVUYK53z

[Javier El-Hage @JavierElHage]

Grateful to have presented @HRF's Tyranny Tracker (powered by The Reynolds Foundation), alongside my colleagues Mohamed Keita, Malaak Jamal, Kristen Clemens, @Piaggio_g , Pavel K. and our admired friend @jesusarmasccs, to the extraordinary 2026 democracy fellows cohort selected by @Stanford's Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL), which includes our friends Pedro Uruchurtu and @bertavalle. Specially grateful to Prof. @FukuyamaFrancis, Prof. @kath_stoner, and Prof. @LarryDiamond for inviting us and leading such an extraordinary program.

You can explore the Tyranny Tracker here: https://t.co/bAxFtlKakc

[Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) @OsloFF]

Richard Gere has used his platform to stand with those whose voices are often ignored.

In conversation with HRF founder Thor Halvorssen at the Oslo Freedom Forum, Gere reflects on decades of human rights advocacy, including his support for the Tibetan people and their struggle to preserve their culture and identity, and why solidarity matters in the global effort to dismantle dictatorship.

@GereFoundation

[Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza @VictoireUmuhoza]

Ms Ingabire's sons are in Oslo to attend the @OsloFF and advocate for their mother. You can follow the Forum live via the link below.

https://t.co/KRhTwSQTjw

[Human Rights Foundation (HRF) @HRF]

New data shows nearly $9B has flowed from autocratic regimes into US universities since 2014 — reaching elite schools like Harvard, MIT, Yale, Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, and Georgetown.

[Action for Democracy @ActionforDemoc1]

If autocracy is global, the response must be too.
Explore the Authoritarian Collaboration Index:

👉 https://t.co/D3cg2gsvtE

[Journal of Democracy @JoDemocracy]

In Honduras, "...voting-day procedures were above board and peaceful. Yet the tight race, stalled vote count, preelection fraud conspiracies, and foreign meddling have nevertheless generated a postelection powder keg."

https://t.co/HoMOTjzDAz

[Francis Fukuyama @FukuyamaFrancis]

Ecuador has been wracked with narco-trafficker violence in recent years, and consequent threats to the rule of law. I discuss this issue with Daniela Salazar, former justice of Ecuador's Constitutional Court:
https://t.co/vOerol3h02

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength - and Germany violates human rights whereas El Salvador does not.

On the Orwellian doublethink and language games in this year's State Dept human rights reports

https://t.co/kyfU1sOjjq

[Journal of Democracy @JoDemocracy]

"Authoritarian efficiency is a myth; centralized power without accountability leads to failure." @JhanisseVDaza @HRF

https://t.co/7ufNiDSP8u

[Frank Brown @ScupEater]

How do we measure #corruption?

This question has been top of mind for @johntonn at @CIPE_ACGC

So, he put together a 3-part series with some of the leading minds on the issue - @LizDavidBarrett, @pmheywood, @setrapnell

Tune in Nov. 7th at 0830 EST.

https://t.co/WvzfAWUxKM

[Josh Rudolph @JoshRudes]

Yesterday, Georgia raided the homes of @EtoBuziashvili and @SGelava.

Today, they publish their analysis on Georgia using Facebook ads to claim Western interference in this weekend’s national election.

This—not spiking endorsements—is how you stand up to autocratic repression.

[Human Rights Foundation (HRF) @HRF]

Join our team as a Tyranny Tracker Fellow! 💼

We’re seeking a dedicated Tyranny Tracker Fellow to support HRF’s Tyranny Tracker Research project, which monitors and analyzes political repression in closed societies.

Be part of our impactful research team promoting and defending human rights globally.

📝Submit your application by Aug. 16: https://t.co/T86I4Zbi7Q

[Carnegie Democracy @CarnegieDCG]

Backsliding is less a result of democracies failing to deliver than of democracies failing to constrain the predatory political ambitions and methods of certain elected leaders.

Thomas Carothers + @BrendanHartnett argue in their new @JoDemocracy piece:
🔗https://t.co/u6h4obVkDF

[Ketakandriana Rafitoson @KeRafitoson]

The most powerful image from @OsloFF : @tanele_maseko handing the Thulani Maseko #JusticePrize to @yulia_navalnaya Their husbands lost their lives for standing against injustice and corruption, and both women are keeping their legacy alive. Courage shining over darkness 🔥 @HRF

[Casey Michel @cjcmichel]

A new, publicly accessible database allows anyone to search through millions of dollars in foreign donations to American universities—including from some of the most dictatorial regimes on the planet.

My latest for @NRO:

https://t.co/f3AyNz5ynW

[Basel Institute on Governance @BaselInstitute]

Gender, corruption, the environment - three big topics with complex interconnections. What are the real-life issues? What does it mean to apply a "gender lens" to environmental/anti-corruption work in practice?

The 5th plenary session of the Countering Environmental Corruption Practitioners Forum took a dive into the topic. See the key takeaways on the forum's website: https://t.co/U5SJNnE1aE

... where you can also learn more about this exciting network of conservation and anti-corruption practitioners, its four working groups and opportunities to get involved.

@WWF @TRAFFIC_WLTrade @anticorruption @UKBCFs @USAID @MFA_LI @cabrejoleroux

[Casey Michel @cjcmichel]

For years, one dictatorship has overseen a massive influence and interference campaign in the U.S., aimed at infiltrating the White House and secretly swaying American policy.

It's not China. It's not Russia.

It's the UAE.

Read our new @HRF report: https://t.co/72dEvBIK9b

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

Georgia is now on the front line of the fight against autocracy. On Sunday at noon EST, please join me, @peterpomeranzev @CodaStory and activists from the region to discuss https://t.co/P7kYXF4Z8s