In honor of the United Nations’ International Day of Democracy, the World Movement for Democracy would like to highlight some of our network’s democracy activists whose work reflects this year’s theme: Democracy and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Hear from the activists who are helping to build a more democratic world in the videos…
BAHRAIN: Nabeel Rajab’s trial has been postponed again to September 5. He is currently awaiting trial for charges in relation to his twitter posts in which he spoke out against the use of torture in Bahrain’s prisons. Others from his organization, Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, have had travel bans imposed on them by the…
The World Movement for Democracy and international community welcome the release of Evan Mawarire, a Zimbabwean evangelical pastor turned activist who created the popular #ThisFlag Movement. On July 6, 2016, Mawarire called for a “stay-away day,” urging Zimbabweans to stay home from work to protest against the chronic delays in paying civil servants, cash shortage,…
On June 30, 2016, Willie Kimani, a Nairobi human rights lawyer, his client Josephat Mwenda, and taxi driver Joseph Muiruri, were found dead in the Ol-Donyo Sabuk River in Eastern Kenya. Kimani had been representing Mwenda in a case against a police officer who accidentally shot him in the arm in 2015. Since filing criminal…