The World Movement for Democracy condemns the recent arbitrary arrest of activist and artist Denis Solís Gonzalez by Cuban authorities. Solís, a young human rights activist and musician, was arrested on November 9, 2020 and is being held on charges for alleged “contempt” after insulting a police officer. He is a member of the San…
The World Movement joins human rights and press freedom organizations such as EuroMed, RSF, and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in denouncing the arrest by Egyptian security forces of Kamal Elbalshy the brother of Khaled Elbalshy, a well-known journalist, editor of Darb news website, and former journalist syndicate leader. His arrest on September 20…
Over the past year, Azerbaijan has experienced 57 politically motivated court trials, an increase over the previous annual reporting period, according to a report released on September 14, 2019, by the Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Center (EMDS). Civil society organizations in Azerbaijan have long urgently called for reform of the judiciary, but this report…
Nicaragua On June 10, 2019, the government of Nicaragua began releasing dozens of political prisoners, including individuals featured in #SetThemFree—Amaya Coppens, Irlanda Jerez, Miguel Mora, and Lucia Pineda. The government has promised to pardon all political prisoners by June 18, 2019, with the passage of a new amnesty law. However, the law also pardons human…