Today, Venezuela has more than 100 political prisoners. The World Movement for Democracy is rallying individuals and organizations around the world to send a collective message to President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro - it is time to #SetThemFree!
The goal for this campaign is to reach at least 100 supporters (or individual social media profiles) by June 24. If the goal is reached by that date, the following message will be simultaneously blasted on 100+ social media profiles:
In another of a series of disturbing crackdowns on civil society in Bahrain, Abaas Abusafwan from the Bahrain Center for Studies in London and Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei from the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), along with many others, were stripped of their citizenship by the Bahraini government.
A full list of names and charges can be found HERE.
The PEN American Center and Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) released statements calling for the immediate reinstatement of nationality for writers stripped of their citizenship as well as to "allow Bahraini people their fundamental right to receive, share, and debate a wide range of information," as stated by Sherif Mansour of CPJ.
BIRD also issued a general statement condemning the actions of the government and holding it in direct violation of Article 15 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which Bahrain has ratified, and which states "no one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality."
The World Movement for Democracy will continue to monitor closely civil society developments in Bahrain, and demands an immediate cessation of the Bahraini authorities' deliberate campaign to intimidate and arrest human rights activists in the country.
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Deseamos que la iniciativa tomada por el Presidente Barack Obama tras las negociaciones que durante meses ha realizado con el General Raúl Castro, con la mediación del Papa Francisco, estén bien orientadas por ambas partes hacia estos objetivos indispensables.
Abrigamos la esperanza de que este acontecimiento histórico y el levantamiento de los obstáculos para la paz y la convivencia civilizada, especialmente la eliminación de las restricciones arbitrarias que sostiene el gobierno cubano sobre la iniciativa y el carácter emprendedor de sus ciudadanos, permitan crear las condiciones necesarias para que, donde quiera que éstos vivan o residan, sean protagonistas de su propia historia y puedan conducir a toda la nación hacia un futuro de paz, libertad, progreso y justicia social.
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