Barylk Mendygaziyev, a Kazakhstani and US-based businessman, eco-activist and human rights advocate, has been subjected to transnational repression. In the report, the Open Dialogue Foundation, a WLC partner, together with human rights experts from the #ActivistsNoExtremists coalition, provides details of how Chevron…
By Félix Maradiaga, elected WLC LC member. On July 11, 2021, the streets of Cuba resounded with passionate chants of “liberty, homeland, and life” as thousands of citizens participated in historic, spontaneous, and peaceful protests. Three years later, it is…
By Carine Kanimba, elected WLC LC member and WLC Spokesperson. 99.15% do you truly believe that a country claiming to be democratic would yield such results? Not even Vladimir Putin, with all his authoritarian tactics, dares to give himself these…
By Berta Valle, WLC member. My husband, Félix Maradiaga, a Nicaraguan democracy leader, endured 611 days of unjust incarceration in extreme inhumane conditions at a maximum-security prison in Nicaragua. His story is one among many in the often-neglected global human…
“Don’t Deport. Don’t Kill.” By Ammar Abdulhamid, elected WLC LC member. In recent years, Türkiye has seen a troubling shift in its treatment of Syrian refugees. While the majority of Turkish citizens have historically welcomed and supported them, and Turkish authorities, including…
by Andrei Sannikov (elected WLC LC member) Soft security has to embrace hard security concerns and avoid contradictions. There was a paradoxical situation when NATO in recognition of a potential threat from the territory of Belarus was strengthening its military…
By Norman Ishimwe Sinamenye (WLC member) On May 28, 2024, a consortium of 50 journalists from 17 countries, under the banner of Forbidden Stories, published a groundbreaking investigation titled “Rwanda Classified.” This dossier highlights the Rwandan regime’s transnational repression, including on…
To Secretary-General Guterres, Special Envoys We the members of the World Liberty Congress are writing to express deep concern and urge decisive action regarding the ongoing and systemic gender apartheid being perpetrated by the Taliban in Afghanistan. The upcoming Doha…
By Félix Maradiaga (elected WLC Leadership Council member) Every June, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) enters a state of heightened vigilance. This month marks the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, an event the regime is determined to erase…
The World Liberty Congress stands in unwavering support and solidarity with Aidos Sadykov, a Kazakh opposition journalist and political refugee in Ukraine, and his family during these harrowing times following the appalling assassination attempt on Aidos Sadykov. On June 18,…