"No one wanted to hear my story. Few showed much curiosity about Iranian political prisoners. And once it became clear that I would not vilify Israel, denounce the United States, or describe every Western institution as part of a neocolonial, white-supremacist, capitalist #Iran #PoliticalPrisoners #FreeSpeech #IR #IL #US
Last week, the European Parliament once again took a clear stance, calling for the release of Aliaksandra Pulinovich and all political prisoners. Dictators fear free people and the truth. We stand with the people of Belarus in their fight for freedom and democracy. #Belarus #Freedom #PoliticalPrisoners #BY
For over five years, the Belarusian opposition figure Maria Kalesnikava was in political imprisonment. Today, six months after her release, I was very pleased to receive her for a conversation. Thank you very much for your visit, @by_kalesnikava! (vdb) (translated)
Brooklyn Rivera, a prominent Nicaraguan indigenous leader and founder of the Yatama movement, died in custody after nearly three years of detention under the authoritarian regime of President Daniel Ortega, facing severe health issues exacerbated by a Covid-19 infection, sparking widespread condemnation and renewed calls for accountability regarding political repression in Nicaragua. #IndigenousRights #PoliticalPrisoners #HumanRightsAbuse
Today is the Intl Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners in Belarus. Arbitrary arrests and oppression of human rights activists and journalists continue. We remember and fight for them and support the work of the democratic forces and @Tsihanouskaya. #Belarus #HumanRights #PoliticalPrisoners #BY
RT @Tsihanouskaya: Five years ago, Vitold Ashurak became the first political prisoner to die in custody in Belarus. He died in Shklou priso… #Belarus #PoliticalPrisoners #HumanRights #BY
Protests erupted at Venezuela's Central University as students clashed with police over the death of Carmen Teresa Navas, who had been seeking answers about her son's death in state custody, highlighting growing tensions regarding political prisoners in the country. #VenezuelaProtests #PoliticalPrisoners #HumanRights
A 64-year-old American citizen, Lu Jianwang, was convicted for operating a secret police station for the Chinese government in New York's Chinatown, acting as an illegal agent and obstructing justice by destroying related evidence, amid rising concerns about China's overseas intimidation efforts against dissenters. #China #HumanRights #PoliticalPrisoners #US #CN
URGENT. President Trump tells me that ALL political prisoners in Venezuela will be released. He says it in two or... (translated)
"One of the prisoners was tied hand and foot by the Israeli soldiers, then they let a dog loose on him and used it to..." (translated)
RT @shashj: Can't think of a single other president who would talk about a political prisoner in this way. #PoliticalPrisoner #Leadership #HumanRights #Nospecificcountrycodescanbeidentifiedfromthetweetprovided.
RT @by_kalesnikava: Talking to an enemy is not surrender. Sometimes diplomacy brings people home. Many political prisoners are still there.… #Diplomacy #PoliticalPrisoners #HumanRights #Thetweetdoesnotmentionanyspecificcountries.
"Brutal" is not six days detained in a democracy and under judicial control of those who are well fed. Brutal are the years that the Spanish prisoners have spent in Venezuelan jails being tortured, which neither Sánchez's television nor Sánchez and his gang have addressed. (translated)
Der Artikel beschreibt die dramatischen Erlebnisse ausländischer Häftlinge in Venezuela, die unter dem Regime von Nicolás Maduro willkürlich festgenommen und unter unmenschlichen Bedingungen im Hochsicherheitsgefängnis "Rodeo 1" inhaftiert wurden, sowie die politischen Motive hinter diesen Festnahmen, um eine internationale Verschwörung zu inszenieren und ausländische Gefangene als Verhandlungsmasse zu nutzen. #Venezuela #PoliticalPrisoners #HumanRights
Das Oberste Gericht Brasiliens hat ein Gesetz, das die Haftstrafe des ehemaligen Präsidenten Jair Bolsonaro von über 27 Jahren auf über zwei Jahre verkürzen wollte, vorübergehend gestoppt, da es Zweifel an dessen Verfassungsmäßigkeit äußerte. #Bolsonaro #BrazilSupremeCourt #PoliticalPrisoner
Carmen Teresa Navas, tras un arduo camino de 16 meses buscando a su hijo Víctor Hugo Quero Navas, un preso político desaparecido, finalmente supo que había muerto bajo custodia del Estado venezolano, revelando un entramado de mentiras oficiales y la profunda crisis de derechos humanos en el país. #HumanRights #Venezuela #PoliticalPrisoners
El cuerpo de Víctor Hugo Quero, un comerciante venezolano detenido en enero de 2025 y acusado de traición y terrorismo sin pruebas, fue encontrado en el Cementerio del Este tras ser desenterrado y sometido a una autopsia, mientras su madre, Carmen Navas, denuncia la impunidad y crueldad de la dictadura chavista, que ocultó su muerte y la de otros prisioneros políticos. #VenezuelanJustice #PoliticalPrisoners #HumanRightsViolations
Carmen Navas, the octogenarian who searched for 16 months for her son, a political prisoner in Venezuela: "They killed my son, they never let me see him." (Original: Carmen Navas, la octogenaria que buscó durante 16 meses a su hijo preso político en Venezuela : "Me mataron a mi hijo, nunca me dejaron verlo" https://t.co/hx7B2Muc56) #Venezuela #HumanRights #PoliticalPrisoner #VE
Luis Pacheco y Héctor Chaclán, representantes de los 48 Cantones de Totonicapán, llevan un año encarcelados acusados de delitos graves en un contexto de protestas por la defensa de la democracia en Guatemala, lo que ha llevado a Amnistía Internacional a declararlos "presos de conciencia" y exigir su liberación inmediata. #IndigenousRights #PoliticalPrisoners #HumanRights
La muerte en prisión de Víctor Hugo Quero, un preso político desaparecido durante 16 meses, ha desatado conmoción y repudio en Venezuela, evidenciando el trato brutal hacia los opositores del chavismo y el sufrimiento de sus familias, como lo ha denunciado la madre de Quero y líderes de la oposición. #Venezuela #PoliticalPrisoners #HumanRights
