I call to order the Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development.
We have with us in the room today Mark Dubowitz from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Welcome, Mr. Dubowitz. As well by video conference from Washington, D.C., is Mark Lagon from Freedom House and Ali Alfoneh from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
This is a short meeting, and we have a large number of witnesses. My suggestion is that we begin with our two witnesses from Washington, D.C. We'll ask them to begin with whichever one thinks he'll be briefer. You'll have to try to stick to the time for the initial one, and then we'll go to Mr. Dubowitz.
That will allow us some time for questions, but it will be limited, and I'll be ruthless in keeping our questions down to a reasonable level so we can hear all our witnesses responding to at least one or two questions from each party.
That being said, I'll turn things over to our witnesses in Washington.