by Felix Maradiaga, President of the WLC. (Substack) Washington has achieved a historic strategic gain in Venezuela. It must now ensure that stability does not become a euphemism for authoritarian continuity. The capture of Nicolás Maduro on January 3 radically…
Five years after the fall of Afghanistan’s democratic republic, the world faces a stark reality: authoritarianism is advancing, democracy is retreating, and the price of international silence is being paid by those who dare to demand freedom. Afghanistan is not an…
By WLC Vice-President, Shukria Barakzai. Freedom of expression and a free press are not gifts from governments. They are rights. And they are among the foundations on which any meaningful democracy is built. Journalism matters because it allows us to…
Source: Swissinfo Berlin, July 27 (EFE).- The NGO World Liberty Congress or ‘World Congress for Freedom’, co-founded by Venezuelan Leopoldo López, Iranian Masih Alinejad and Russian Garry Kasparov, inaugurated its European headquarters in Berlin this Monday. The opening of the…
Source: ABC Berlin, July 27 (EFE).- The NGO World Liberty Congress or ‘World Congress for Freedom’, co-founded by Venezuelan Leopoldo López, Iranian Masih Alinejad and Russian Garry Kasparov, inaugurated its European headquarters in Berlin this Monday. The opening of the organization’s European…
The World Liberty Congress opens its European office in Berlin – in the presence of the Governing Mayor. The organization is considered the world’s largest democracy alliance. Source: Tagesspiegel Berlin wants to strengthen its commitment to people who are committed…
The World Liberty Congress is gravely alarmed by credible source that the life of our member, Tundu Lissu, is in danger while in detention in Tanzania. Tundu Lissu has been deprived of his liberty for more than 470 days. His…
Source: Daily Maverick, by, Paula Cristina Roque, WLC member. The latest reverberation of the cover-up of post-election brutality is a campaign of state denial of the deadly violence of 2025, shifting blame back onto those who were brutalised. The autocratic…
One year after the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for senior Taliban leaders, justice remains unfulfilled. Arrest warrants are a vital instrument of international law, but without effective enforcement they risk undermining confidence in the international justice system and…
(July 7th, 2026) The World Liberty Congress (WLC) strongly condemns the Mozambican regime’s campaign of violence, intimidation, and judicial weaponization against opposition leader Venâncio Mondlane and his party, Anamala. Following the contested October 2024 elections, the regime met peaceful protests…