Nine leading democracy activists now join the World Movement for Democracy’s Steering Committee to help mobilize a global community of action. The Steering Committee welcomes Nazanin Boniadi of the United Kingdom/Iran, Francisco Brito Cruz of Brazil, Nighat Dad of Pakistan, Mai El-Sadany of the United States/Egypt, Oleksandra Matviychuk of Ukraine, Jatzel Roman of the Dominican…
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July 25, 2023, marks the second anniversary of President Kais Saied’s self-coup in Tunisia. Since July 25, 2021, President Saied has systematically broken down the system of checks and balances, taking control over the legislative and judicial bodies, while shutting down other important democratic institutions such as the independent National Anti-Corruption Authority and the Supreme…
Since April 15, 2023, fighting has broken out in Sudan between the forces of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), and the paramilitary group called the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, commonly known as Hemedti. This conflict in Sudan is not a civil war, but…
On February 15, the Nicaraguan government stripped 94 democracy advocates of their citizenship. They include prominent civil society activists, journalists, and political dissidents such as Carlos Fernando Chamorro, Gioconda Belli, and the World Movement’s Steering Committee Member Sofía Montenegro. We, the Steering Committee of the World Movement for Democracy, condemn President Daniel Ortega’s weaponization of citizenship and stand…