May 27, 2025 The World Liberty Congress (WLC) is outraged by the arrest, brutal torture, and inhumane treatment of human rights defenders Boniface Mwangi and Agather Atuhaire during their recent visit to Tanzania. These appalling acts of state-sponsored violence represent…
From Revolution to Repression In 2011, Tunisia lit the spark that became the Arab Spring. The Jasmine Revolution—ignited by the self-immolation of a young street vendor—toppled the dictatorship of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and launched a wave of uprisings…
by Masih Alinejad, president of the WLC, The Next Move. Iranian dissident Masih Alinejad: The men hired to murder me were convicted. Now the US should stand up to the regime that sent them. The first time I saw him…
by De Morgen. On May 13, a Belgian court will examine whether tens of thousands of documents concerning dissidents opposing the Kazakh regime can be extradited to that very dictatorship. These documents were seized in 2019 from Bota Jardemalie’s Brussels…
April 29, 2025 The World Liberty Congress (WLC) demands the immediate and unconditional release of Tofig Yagublu, Azerbaijani opposition leader and a lifelong fighter for freedom and democracy, whose life is in grave danger following his imprisonment on fabricated charges…
By WLC member, Zoya Phan. On March 28th, a 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit Burma, and tremors were felt in Thailand, Southern China, and India. The quake hit a country already in the midst of a crisis. The UN estimated that…
This month, and every day, we remember the countless lives lost during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. In just 100 days, over one million Rwandans were brutally murdered. This atrocity targeted people from all walks of life, cutting short the…
The World Liberty Congress (WLC) stands in profound solidarity with the people of Burma in the wake of the devastating earthquake that struck the region on March 28. We are deeply saddened by the loss of life, the injuries, and…
A high-ranking military official threatening to kill political opponents on social media would spark global outrage in any functioning democracy. In Uganda, it has become chillingly normalized. General Muhoozi Kainerugaba—son of dictator Yoweri Museveni and a senior military commander—has issued…
The World Liberty Congress voices grave concern over the recent arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu, the Mayor of Istanbul and a prominent opposition figure, alongside more than 100 others. These detentions pose a serious threat to democratic principles and the rule…
