BAHRAIN: Due to the ongoing arrests and detainment of civil society activists in Bahrain, the Set Them Free campaign has expanded its spotlight coverage of Bahrain and its human rights activists behind bars. Learn more about the escalating crackdown on human rights in Bahrain and political prisoners at helpsetthemfree.org/Bahrain. People around the world continue to…
Venezuela: On May 23, 2017, Venezuelan activist, Antonietta Ledezma, spoke at the Oslo Freedom Forum, a global human rights conference, where she advocated for the release of all Venezuelan political prisoners. Ledezma explained that Venezuela is “going through the cruelest dictatorship of [its] history,” and has witnessed a complete “criminalization of politics.” Ledezma is one…
Egypt: After three years behind bars, Egyptian-American political prisoner, Aya Hijazi, and her Egyptian husband, Mohamed Hassanein, were found not guilty and released from custody on April 18, 2017. The couple have been detained since May 1, 2014, when authorities raided the offices of an organization ran by the couple, the “Belady Foundation for Street…
Pro-democracy network Latin American and Caribbean Network for Democracy (REDLAD) and Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, spoke out against the Venezuelan Supreme Court’s recent attempt to strip the National Assembly of its power and called upon President Nicolas Maduro to respect democracy and human rights in the country. After…