Nicaragua On June 10, 2019, the government of Nicaragua began releasing dozens of political prisoners, including individuals featured in #SetThemFree—Amaya Coppens, Irlanda Jerez, Miguel Mora, and Lucia Pineda. The government has promised to pardon all political prisoners by June 18, 2019, with the passage of a new amnesty law. However, the law also pardons human…
Nicaraguan Police Forces Attack and Arrest Peaceful Protesters The World Movement for Democracy condemns the use of indiscriminate violence by the Nicaraguan police forces on March 16, when they attacked a demonstration calling for the release of political prisoners and arrested 164 protesters. Among those arrested was World Movement Steering Committee member Sofia Montenegro. The…
Egypt The #SetThemFree campaign highlights seven new Egyptian political prisoners and activists facing sustained judicial harassment. Amal Fathy is a former member of the April 6 Youth Movement, arrested and sentenced to two years for denouncing the Egyptian government for failing to protect women against sexual harassment in a Facebook video. Shady Ghazaly Harb is…
Originally published on Facebook. Today we are celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the World Movement for Democracy (WMD), My involvement with the World Movement for Democracy began in June 2015 when I was invited to the Hurford Youth Fellowship program as a Hurford Youth Fellow. My fellowship at the National Endowment for Democracy/ World Movement…