On February 22, 2017, Rosa Maria Payá, President of the Latin-American Youth Network for Democracy (JuventudLAC), and several Cuban activists held a ceremony to present Luis Almagro, Secretary General of the Organization of the American States (OAS), with the “Oswaldo Payá Prize” in Havana, Cuba. Almagro planned to receive the award in person, but…
Khadija Ismayilova (Image: Washington Post)On February 21, 2017, former Azerbaijani political prisoner and journalist Khadija Ismayilova reported that Azerbaijani civil society activists were harassed, blackmailed and arrested days before Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev announced that his wife would be the country’s new vice president. Ismayilova said the arrests are connected to the government’s ongoing efforts…
UPDATE: After nearly a year behind bars, the Sudanese TRACKs activists have been released! The World Movement for Democracy welcomes their release & stands in solidarity with #SudanCivilSociety. Last month, three Sudanese civil society activists affiliated with the Centre for Training and Human Development (TRACKs) encountered another delay in their case. Several Sudanese authorities failed to…
On February 2, 2017, Citizen Lab published the “Nile Phish Report: Large-Scale Phishing Campaign Targeting Egyptian Civil Society.” The report details the several-month campaign against Egyptian activists who received various “phishing” emails including one that claimed to be a copy of an arrest warrant for Azza Soliman, the founder of the Center for Egyptian Women’s Legal…