Being a pro-democracy activist means rejecting the comfort of the hero myth and accepting the burdens carried by even the most righteous choices. By Ammar Abdulhamid, WLC Parliamentarian. There is a cliché in the human-rights world that casts the activist…
13 juin 2026 Le World Liberty Congress (WLC) exprime sa profonde préoccupation face aux informations faisant état de graves violations des droits humains lors de la manifestation organisée par l’opposition à Kinshasa ce 12 juin 2026. Ces manifestations ont été…
This outcome is an important legal victory and a meaningful precedent for all those who face defamation campaigns, harassment, false accusations, and abusive legal tactics as part of transnational repression. Around the world, authoritarian regimes and their networks seek to…
The World Liberty Congress (WLC) strongly condemns the Taliban’s recent arrests of dozens of women in Herat Province for allegedly violating the Taliban’s imposed dress code, as well as the reported use of force against peaceful civilians exercising their fundamental…
By WLC Leadership Council member, Bota Jardemalie. You may know Paul Rusesabagina as the man who inspired Hotel Rwanda. He is also the father of Carine Kanimba, my fellow member of the World Liberty Congress. Since 2005, the Rwandan government…
The World Liberty Congress stands in solidarity with Gemma Jones, a Spanish and Equatorial Guinean lawyer and human rights defender, following credible allegations of surveillance, defamation, intimidation, and threats linked to agents of the Equatorial Guinean regime. According to available…
Why freedom can be lost without a single shot, and what the free world owes those who refuse to surrender it. By Félix Maradiaga, President of the WLC Jimmy Lai, a publisher and a devout practising Catholic, has spent more…
Across Sub-Saharan Africa, the space available to pro-democracy activists is narrowing. Governments are coordinating their suppression of dissent with growing sophistication. Civic society organizations are being suspended. Opposition candidates are surveilled, threatened, and in some cases imprisoned. Legislation is being…
The World Liberty Congress (WLC) strongly condemns the escalating political violence and civil unrest currently threatening democratic stability in Bolivia. As a global coalition dedicated to defending freedom and resisting authoritarian overreach, we view the violent clashes, deployment of explosives,…