Widespread protests have rocked Caracas following the contested inauguration of President Nicolas Maduro on January 10, 2019. Many consider the election, which the opposition boycotted, to be illegitimate, and claim that his government has systemically dismantled the country’s system of checks and balances. Days after the inauguration, the leader of the National Assembly, Juan Guaidó,…
As the crisis in Nicaragua reaches nearly a year, the World Movement remains heartened by actions taken by the international community to defend Nicaraguan citizens. Since protests broke out in April 2018, the World Movement has issued several DemocracyAlerts concerning the crisis in Nicaragua. To learn more about the past year’s events, read our Alerts…
Azerbaijan On January 22, 2019, the government of Azerbaijan dropped charges brought against anticorruption blogger and political prisoner Mehman Huseynov due to tremendous international pressure. For over three weeks, Mehman undertook a hunger strike in protest of the unfounded charges. In solidarity, a number of #SetThemFree political prisoners joined the hunger strike including: Khadija Ismayilova,…
REDLAD is a plural platform for the promotion of democracy and for the dissemination and defense of human rights and the inclusion of populations in conditions of vulnerability, dispossession, invisibilization. It has 300 members and allies. REDLAD’s current and previous Director has been part of WMD’s Steering Committee. REDLAD members have participated in WMD’s General…