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Human rights activist & advocate for ordered liberty via nonviolence. Recalling: Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.-George Santayana

[John Suarez ن @johnjsuarez]

Today, we celebrate #Juneteenth, also known as #FreedomDay, it acknowledges the emancipation of the last enslaved Black persons in the United States.

[Hillel Neuer @HillelNeuer]

“Iran's rulers came to the table because they were desperate—not because they changed. We will never have peace as long as the Islamic regime remains in power.”

On @LiveNOWFox I explained why any deal giving Tehran legitimacy or an economic lifeline now is a dangerous mistake.

[Center for a Free Cuba @cubacenter]

CubaBrief: Over 1,200 Political Prisoners Remain in Cuban Jails Despite Regime’s Mass Release Claims. CFC Launches Petition Drive Demanding Their Freedom.
https://t.co/tmeEeBsUcK 1/

[Terence Shen @Terenceshen]

EXCLUSIVE: In this one-hour interview, Margaret Johnston discussed her journey from a “panda hugger” to one of Canada’s most outspoken critics of China. She explained how the CCP poses a growing threat to the Western world and what we can do to confront it. @M_Johnston1

[BA Friends of Tibet བོད། @BAFoTTibet]

Robert Thurman, top Buddhist scholar who espoused Tibetan culture, cause - Tibetan Review https://t.co/n5D7WY2YV9

[Cathy Young 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱 @CathyYoung63]

Finally up at @BulwarkOnline: my longform (and I do mean LONG) essay on the Marquis de Lafayette. In the pipeline a while but that turned out fine as it now incorporates stuff from Richard Brookhiser's excellent new book on the 1824/25 US farewell tour!

https://t.co/GsRPqgms0i

[Embassy of Lithuania in DC | #StandWithUkraine @LTembassyUS]

Honored to celebrate the 250th anniversary of American Independence at the historic Cannon House Office Building. A heartfelt thank you to @RepDonBacon & his outstanding team. It was a true celebration of #America250, 🇺🇸 story of freedom, and the many 🇱🇹 footprints woven into it.

[TaiwanPlus News @taiwanplusnews]

Old newspapers, press jackets, and handwritten notes... these are some of the final traces of Apple Daily, now on public display for the first time in Taipei.

[Benedict Rogers 羅傑斯 @benedictrogers]

#FreeAungSanSuuKyi #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners

#SaveMyanmar #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

I was interviewed for @dvbburmese for this report on Aung San Suu Kyi's 81st birthday and her continued imprisonment.

Watch here:

မွေးနေ့ရှင် ဒေါ်အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည် ဘယ်မှာလဲ - DVB News https://t.co/9tCgWV5The via @YouTube

[Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs @WHAAsstSecty]

One year ago today, gunmen murdered Roberto Samcam, a retired Nicaraguan military officer, political analyst, and exile, in San José. We have not forgotten. Justice requires holding accountable all those who ordered and carried out his murder. Transnational repression must end. The Nicaraguan people have suffered enough under the Murillo-Ortega dictatorship.

[Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss]

Raúl "Raulito" Castro and Deputy Trade Minister Carlos Méndez talk to the UAE's The National about "opening" the country up to private enterprise, "moderniz[ing] the economy." While Méndez rails against new and old U.S. sanctions, and reaffirms the island's "revolutionary" government, it's hard not to see this as telegraphing to Washington they want to cut some sort of deal. Using the Emiratis as interlocutors, too. https://t.co/f3V0LC65Xc

[WORLD LIBERTY CONGRESS @WLCongress]

Meet @NatPelevina — a Russian opposition activist, investigative writer, and protest artist who has spent years challenging corruption and authoritarianism in Russia. Working alongside figures such as Alexei Navalny, she played an active role in anti-corruption campaigns and pro-democracy movements, becoming a prominent voice of resistance against the Putin regime.

After facing surveillance, harassment, and arrest for standing with Ukraine in 2022, Natalia was forced into exile. Today, she continues documenting abuses and advocating for justice from abroad. Her commitment to democratic values also earned her re-election as WLC Regional Secretary at the General Assembly in Berlin last year.

[Freedom House @freedomhouse]

Just weeks after President Trump’s visit to Beijing, the CCP has detained an American citizen on alleged “espionage” charges. This is not the behavior of a government seeking genuine engagement. Arbitrary detention and the abuse of national security laws are hallmarks of authoritarian rule. We condemn this arrest and call for his immediate release.

[Center for a Free Cuba @cubacenter]

"And, even if Díaz-Canel again invited Cubans abroad to invest in the country and promised a new legal framework to protect investments, Cuba’s repressive laws curtailing citizen rights, including property rights, are still in place." - @NGamezTorres, @MiamiHerald

[John Suarez ن @johnjsuarez]

Ernesto "Che" Guevara born on this day in 1928. Nothing to celebrate.

A mass murdering racist, who dined with Mao as millions died of hunger is not someone to celebrate.

https://t.co/1dB2JdbuCV

#birthofamonster #darkdayforhumanity #CheGuevara

[Nazanin Afshin-Jam MacKay @NazaninAJ]

Any “deal” between the United States and the child-murdering, gender-apartheid, tyrannical, theocratic Islamist regime ruling Iran should have included, among other human rights guarantees, an end to the imprisonment and execution of political prisoners.

Tune in today to hear about the horrors innocent Iranians face simply for expressing their political, religious, or cultural beliefs. Stand up in peaceful protest to demand freedom and democracy, and you may face imprisonment, torture, or even execution

[Nazanin Boniadi @NazaninBoniadi]

1. In light of the recent US-Iran MOU—which makes no reference to the rights of the Iranian people—it’s hard to ignore the surge of posts celebrating or smugly analyzing the “defeat” or setbacks of Iranian opposition efforts, whether the brutal suppression of protests or “failures” to spark a wider uprising.

[Masih Alinejad 🏳️ @AlinejadMasih]

Tell me: where are the headlines?

The ink on the deal wasn’t even dry before the Islamic Republic showed its true face. Its first move? Sentencing singer Parastoo Ahmadi to 74 lashes for singing without hijab.
Yes, In 21st-century singing is forbidden for women in Iran.

[Hillel Neuer @HillelNeuer]

Iran is directing its proxy Hezbollah to kill Israeli soldiers, knowing the IDF will have to respond, in order to try and create a rift between the U.S. and Israel.

@realDonaldTrump, don’t let the murderous mollahs get away with it.

[Freedom House @freedomhouse]

Must read: @Cloudflare’s newly published report shows that media organizations are the most frequently targeted by cyberattacks among civil society groups and that exiled media are targeted at a much higher rate than other journalists. These findings echo Freedom House’s research on the physical and digital threats posed by #transnationalrepression to exiled journalists around the world and should be a wakeup call to policymakers working to protect independent journalism. Read more here: https://t.co/JXzd3HnaO9