🇸🇸 South Sudan Update: Former WLC Leadership Council member, @mou_diing, reports that South Sudan stands at a dangerous crossroads. Abandoning engagement now would not bring stability — it would deepen conflict, fuel regional insecurity, and betray years of international investment in peace. The cost of inaction will be far greater than sustained commitment.
Read more: https://t.co/hSH9XQQMC4
So thrilled for the people of Syria! The war might have destroyed much, but the new hope is everything! Their victory is evidence that dictatorships can fall. Dictatorships DO fall. This is the hope we can share in the Syrian people's victory.
Silenced but not forgotten. Fonike was arrested 9/7, for speaking truth to power, n now his whereabouts remain unknown. We demand justice, transparency, and his immediate release. HRs are non-negotiable.
#BringFonikeBack#JusticeForFonike@Guinea@DrBerlinerMD@WLCongress
Authorities in Guinea kidnapped and disappeared the leader of the FNDC, Foniké'Mengue, and two others of his colleagues on July 7th and denied responsibility for their detention. We demand Guinean authority to release them immediately or disclose their whereabouts.
🚨 Appel Urgent pour des Informations et la Libération 🚨
Le Congrès Mondial pour la Liberté (WLC) de toute urgence à des informations et à la libération immédiate de notre membre fondateur et membre du Conseil de Direction, @FONIKEMENGUE, ainsi que de ses camarades.
Ils ont été détenus de force par les forces de sécurité en #Guinée sans reconnaissance de leur lieu de détention, ce qui constitue une grave violation du droit international. Leurs vies sont en grand danger.
Nous exigeons la transparence, leur retour en sécurité et la fin de la répression des activistes pacifiques.
#FreeFonike
@UN@EU_Commission @USEmbassyConakry @CanadaAmbGuinea @FranceenGuinee @UKinGuinea @USEmbassyGuinea @UNHumanRights@UN_SPExperts
Authorities in #Guinea deny that they are responsible for the kidnapping of our colleague Oumar Sylla (@FONIKEMENGUE) and his colleague Bilo Bah, but we know they are lying. We demand the immediate release of Oumar and Bilo. We hold Guinean authorities responsible for their fate.
Today, the WLC, a global alliance of freedom activists, has come together in Washington to condemn the sham elections taking place this year in countries across the world, including Russia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Syria, North Korea, Venezuela and Rwanda.
We are witnessing a global surge in authoritarianism. Over two-thirds of the world's population now lives under autocratic rule. Two decades ago, this was unthinkable. We must steer a global path back to democracy!
Today the World Liberty Congress calls on leaders of the free democratic world to put the release of political prisoners at the top of their foreign policy agendas and work in solidarity with freedom activists to bring an end to dictatorships.
The killing of Alexei Navalny is a stark reminder: no one is safe from authoritarian reach. We are not safe at home, and we are not safe abroad. Dissidents are now more at risk than at any time since the end of the Cold War.
The WLC stands united against the increasing collaboration between tyrants. With 1 million political prisoners worldwide, the time to stand up and fight for freedom and the right to choose our leaders is now.
Find out how you can support the @WLCongress here https://t.co/ZlwC9EmhRc
Exiled Venezuelan opposition leader and @WLCongress co-founder @leopoldolopez says democracy is "very fragile" today--and a Russian victory in Ukraine would weaken it further.
"Whatever way Ukraine goes, it is going to impact globally the dynamics of this power struggle."