The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been at war for more than a year.
May 14 (DPnet).– The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP) spoke with Sudanese activists, lawyers, writers, human rights defenders, and advocates on their experiences surviving the war in Sudan, their feelings of loss, displacement, and what “home” has come to mean for them. Millions of Sudanese stories remain untold.
TIMEP claims that neither side has yet achieved a military victory. The conflict's underlying causes, including the involvement of former regime Islamists and military leaders, ethnic divisions, and identity issues, are not being addressed by the multiple peace talks that have failed to yield fruit.
Article 23, Hong Kong’s ‘homegrown’ national security law, sparks fears of a widening crackdown on the city’s already diminished civil society and beleaguered pro-democracy actors.
In a move that has sparked widespread concern both domestically and internationally, Hong Kong legislators unanimously approved the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance on March 19 – less than two weeks after the draft law was publicly introduced.
Hay mucho más que hacer, y no sólo en Estados Unidos, porque hay comunidades de patriotas cubanos en muchos países alrededor del mundo.
Todo el que acuse a los cubanos de ser "carneros", de no tener la valentía necesaria para ser libres, deberían incorporarse desde ya a las organizaciones que sin descanso dirigen todas sus flechas contra la tiranía, denuncian sus crímenes y socorren a sus víctimas.
La decisión de la Asamblea del Poder Popular de desatender una petición de amnistía política la tomó el Partido Comunista de Cuba y debe servir para que la oposición dentro del país y los cubanos libres en el exterior redoblen sus esfuerzos, hasta que el régimen tenga que liberarlos y que, además, puedan decidir si permanecen en la Isla y dejarles decidir si permanecen en la Isla o se van al exilio. Debemos dirigirnos a la prensa, a las asociaciones cívicas, a nuestros representantes, a los sindicatos, etcétera.
Asamblea Nacional
La decisión de la Asamblea del Poder Popular debe tener una respuesta inteligente para avanzar en la causa que todos queremos, que es la libertad de los presos políticos y, en definitiva, de toda la ciudadanía cubana.
En la Isla hay quienes pueden contactar a embajadas, dirigiéndose a Gobiernos democráticos. Otros, instar a la Iglesia a que ofrezca misas por la libertad de los cautivos y que se dirija a cardenales y obispos alrededor del mundo, pidiéndoles que agreguen sus voces a la campaña. Y no solo la Iglesia católica. También las iglesias cristianas evangélicas, las metodistas, presbiterianas, las bautistas, luteranas, episcopales, las comunidades de fe africana y hasta las logias masónicas podrían movilizar a los creyentes en Cuba y a sus correligionarios alrededor del mundo.
On April 5, during the 55th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Gina Romero was appointed as the new UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association (FoAA). Originally from Colombia, Romero is the co-founder and former Executive Director of the Latin American and Caribbean Network for Democracy (REDLAD).
She has an accomplished career as a democracy activist and is an expert on civic participation, political affairs, youth political engagement, and gender issues. Participatory Democracy Cultural Initiative congratulates Romero, former steering committee member of the World Movement for Democracy, for being appointed as the new UNSR on FoAA, an important mandate to defend and protect civic space and fundamental freedoms.
Political imprisonment is a key tool for limiting dissent – For every political prisoner behind bars, many more government opponents face subtler constraints amounting to “civil death.”
Feb. 2 (DPnet).– This report explores the use of repressive measures to prevent opponents from engaging in society and political imprisonment as part of Freedom House's efforts to assist in the release of political prisoners and resist the imprisonment of activists in six different countries that have seen a reversal of democratic progress in the last 20 years.
It is a shame that it is limited to Tunisia, Turkey, Thailand, Tanzania, Venezuela, and Nicaragua, ignoring China, Cuba, and North Korea, three countries where repression is usually even more cruel and State control is more totalitarian. However, this report is significant because it highlights the deterioration of the situation in the six countries studied.
May 14 (DPnet).– The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP) spoke with Sudanese activists, lawyers, writers, human rights defenders, and advocates on their experiences surviving the war in Sudan, their feelings of loss, displacement, and what “home” has come to mean for them. Millions of Sudanese stories remain untold.
