Last year,
@WLCongress
was just an idea in the minds of these three brave activists. Today, it's a reality and a platform that will keep growing.
#UnitedAgainstDictators
Hamas and Islamic Republic are terrorists, and they do not talk for the people of Iran or Palestine.
The whole situation in Israel and Gaza is an incredible tragedy.
While this is a proxy war by the Islamic Republic and its terrorist arm Quds Force and should be condemned in
Today we give birth to a new global institution: The World Liberty Congress.
While the United Nations becomes a haven for dictators, we, the freedom fighters are united to have a general assembly for dissents from 56 authoritarian countries.
This is a historical moment because
Tomorrow October 18th I will appear before the Committee on Homeland Security to share my personal story of dealing with Islamic Republic threats on US soil. I've long spoken about the danger of a virus named the Islamic Regime, which has already spread its terrorist groups like
If there's any glimmer of hope coming out of our benighted region, it's thanks to women like
@AlinejadMasih
, among other wonderful women activist in the ranks of our
@WLCongress
. Thank you Masih, thank you all.
I dedicate the International Journalism Award to the Iranian women who have either lost their lives or are currently imprisoned for protesting or seeking justice. They are the true journalists, exposing the brutality of the Islamic regime by capturing and sharing videos with
I’m honored to receive the International Journalism Award from the Women’s Foreign Policy Group tomorrow at the French Embassy in Washington, D.C. I dedicate this award to the citizen journalists, especially the brave women who expose the Islamic regime and its allies like Hamas,
Watch to the end as I was given the honor to introduce the newly elected Executive Council of the World Liberty Congress
@WLCongress
. What a wonderful event this was. What an immense responsibility we now have.
#UnitedAgainstDictators
We are proud to announce that in our first democratic election for the World Liberty Congress,
1.
@AlinejadMasih
, elected as a President
2.
@Kasparov63
, in the role of Vice President
3.
@leopoldolopez
, appointed as General Secretary
4.
@jooeysiiu
, our esteemed Ombudswoman
5.
My thoughts are with
@pouriazeraati
. Transnational repression is a threat to all Iranian dissidents everywhere including our own
@WLCongress
president
@AlinejadMasih
who has to live under constant FBI protection after several assassination plots against her have been uncovered.
I am deeply disturbed by the cowardly assault on my friend
@pouriazeraati
, an Iranian journalist in London.
Pouria was stabbed near his residence in London; as the host of Iran International’s Last Word show, he sustained multiple knife wounds and has been hospitalized.
He is
Masih Alinejad, President of the World Liberty Congress (
@WLCongress
) introduces our organization to the Halifax International Security Forum (
@HFXforum
). If fighting to safeguard and promote democratic values means that we will be seen as "radical" and "loud," so be it.
@AlinejadMasih
, President of the
@WLCongress
, announced the organization’s inception in
@HFXforum
.
She extends an invitation to leaders from democratic countries to join us in a united effort to safeguard democracy against the threats posed by authoritarian regimes.
If you want to give
@TulsiGabbard
this kind of media attention, don't forget to remind people of her ardent Islamophobia, her genocide denial (in
#Syria
) and her affiliation with an extremist Hindu-cult: . These things matter. .
An honor that says more about Putin's fascist regime than about me. As Goldwater said, extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice and moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue! But all opposition, or simple decency, must be called an extremist by the dictatorship.
If
@IlhanMN
is truly interested in opposing genocide, why isn’t she raising hell about
#Assad
’s continuing crimes against humanity in
#Syria
? Why isn’t she talking about the
#Rohingya
, or the cultural genocide of
#Uyghurs
in
#China
? These crimes are unfolding now not decades ago.
You have earned your place as the President of the World Liberty Congress (
@WLCongress
), through your hard work and dedication over the preceding years.
And now you have to keep on earning it through more hard work and more dedication over the next few years 😁
I am deeply honored to have been elected as the President of the World Liberty Congress.
I dedicate myself to promoting the core values of the delegates of more then 56 countries of our general assembly which took place in Venice.
As someone from a country where women don’t
#Erdogan
, then, is trying to give
#MBS
a way out by encouraging him to blame the "Deep State" in
#SaudiArabia
. But blame it for what? This tactic suggests that the terrible leaks concerning
#JamalKhashoggi
's fate are true.
Another ladder offered to the Saudis to climb down from: that this operation could have done by rogue/unofficial elements. This Turkish source has proved to be misleading at best.
If you want to give
@TulsiGabbard
this kind of media attention, don't forget to remind people of her ardent Islamophobia, her genocide denial (in
#Syria
) and her affiliation with an extremist Hindu-cult: . These things matter. .
@darwiesh78
١) لا أحد يعلم مصدر فيروس الكورونا. ٢) أقل من واحد بالألف يموتون من مضاعفات متعلقة بالانفلونزا سنوياً لأنه أصبحت عندنا لقاحات ولأن أجسادنا طورت مناعة ضده. ٣) أجسامنا لم تطور بعد مناعة ضد فيروس الكورونا، ولا يوجدعندنا لقاحات، بل بعض من أصيب به وشفي منه أصيب به مرة أخرى ومات منه.
@RashaAlAqeedi
To be specific, her father was a Muslim Kurdish antiques trader from Mosul who settled in Damascus in mid-1930s. But her mother was Orthodox Christian from Wadi Al-Nasara region near Homs. Muna was born and raised in Damascus and has always been open about her mixed background 😀
I'm in contact with dual Syrian-American citizen currently stuck in
#Kobane
in NE
#Syria
. Turkish operations make it impossible to leave. I'm sure there are others like him. Since we're getting our troops "out of harm's way" can we extend same courtesy to our civilians as well?
Invitation extended to all democratic governments to meet with our feminist leaders
@WLCongress
and discuss serious policy alternatives for helping women across the world fight against gender discrimination and gender apartheid.
As the President of World Liberty Congress, I want to invite feminist leaders, including high representatives within European Parliament and the West, to meet with the feminist leaders of
@WLCongress
. We hail from all over the world—from MENA to Eastern Europe, Africa and Asia,
Honored to have been elected to represent the MENA region in the Leadership Council of the World Liberty Congress (
@WLCongress
). I will do my best to make sure that the coming two years will be packed with meaningful activities
The
#Iran
national team might have been thumped by
#England
, but the real game at play as far as many Iranians are concerned is the future of Iran. In this game, the Iran team is way ahead. This is very brave.
⚡️ BREAKING:
#Iran
football team captain defies regime, backs protests: “We have to accept that conditions in our country are not right & our people are not happy. They should know that we are with them. And we support them. And we sympathize with them regarding the conditions.”
#Putin
's criminal intervention in
#Syria
gave him the confidence to invade
#Ukraine
. This is the danger of allowing black-hole conflicts to develop, of allowing regimes like
#Assad
's to get away with
#genocide
.
The new leader of
#Wagner
’s group, Andrey Troshev, has also graduated from Russia’s war in
#Syria
, which proves the point that because of our silence to what happened in Syria, we are dealing with a much bigger mess and war in
#Ukraine
The World Liberty Congress is only weeks old and we are already hit by the cowardly assassination of one of our founders: Thulani Maseko of
#Eswatini
. Though our encounter was brief, it was enough for me to glimpse the gentleness of his soul and strength of his character.
Awful news from
#Eswatini
#Swaziland
@HRF
grantee and
@OsloFF
speaker, human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko, was ASSASSINATED at his home tonight. Gunshot. He led the
@crisis_forum
, and was former political prisoner of the dictator-king. Thulani was a beloved man full of positivity
I am so proud to be part of this wonderful global movement for democracy. The challenges ahead of us are immense and the pitfalls are numerous, which is why we are planning our every move after careful internal deliberation, and with much forethought.
#UnitedAgainstDictators
It’s not the security of
#SaudiArabia
that’s at stake here, but the last vestiges of the global liberal order. It was never perfect, but the alternative is clearly chaos: the dangerous trends of the last few years (genocide, mass migration, fascism...) amplified a thousand fold.
People try to stick the "regime change" label on me as though it were the Scarlet Letter. I wear it as a badge of honor, considering the murderous nature of the regime involved. Seeking regime change in
#Syria
has always been a moral position. I'll stick to it to the last
#Assad
.
An important albeit symbolic development: "the first time an international court will hear a case trying to hold the
#Assad
government accountable"
World Court to hear
#Syria
torture claims on July 19 and 20 -
Except of course none of these participants is risking their life. Moreover, considering the authoritarian nature of the Iranian regime, we can bet that a good percentage of them is not there willingly and might in fact entertain "other" notions about
#Soleimani
.
In such a short time, we've gone from protesters challenging Iranian clerics' self-serving and repressive rule to a massive show of support for the mullahs' leading general, killed on Trump's order.
#AbrahamLincoln
fought a civil war to emancipate millions of his people.
#Assad
is doing so to keep them all his slaves. The protesters in
#Syria
including
#Kurds
called for freedom not separatism. The end result in the
#USA
was the preservation of democracy not authoritarianism
President Lincoln killed 700,000 of his own citizens in order to prevent partition of USA. 55,000 US prisoners died in captivity during civil war. It was as brutal as Syria's. Fortunately, neither side had an air force. But same effort to starve enemy into surrender was made
And here I am introducing the Founding Document of the
@WLCongress
minutes before it was ratified. It was a great honor for me to lead the work on this crucial document, but of course there was a whole wonderful team responsible for it.
I broke my nose when I was six or seven. The effects are still visible today. My dad used to call me “the artist with the boxer’s nose.” I turned out to be neither but just a bruised and flawed man who can still dream of a better world. Blessed 10th
#Syria
. You shall rise again.
A regime that kills close to a million people, builds concentration camps for dissidents, targets schools and hospitals, causes millions to become refugees and sides with foreign powers against its own people is evil incarnate and not a lesser evil as some contend
#Assad
#Syria
كسرت أنفي عندما كنت في السادسة أو السابعة، وما تزال آثار الحادثة ظاهرة حتى اليوم كان أبي يقول أن عندي وجه فنان وأنف ملاكم. لم أصبح لا هذا ولا ذاك بل مجرد رجل مليء بالكدمات والنواقص وإن كان ما يزال مصراً على الحلم بعالم أفضل. مبارك عامك العاشر يا ثورة الكرامة. مباركة أنت يا سوريا
If the crimes against humanity perpetrated in
#Syria
over the last 12 years by
#Assad
and his henchmen with the support of the rulers of
#Iran
and
#Russia
were meant to scare Syrians back into silence and submission, well, I have something to tell you: oppression doesn’t work.
Officials from countries that ban certain social media platforms should not be allowed to take advantage of these very platforms to spread their lies. They should be banned. Thinking of people like
@JZarif
and
@Ahmadinejad1956
Thank you all for joining
#FreedomMarathon
🎉
A huge shout out to all the speakers, volunteers in this 4-day-long event! Freedom Marathon won't be possible without your participation!
This is just the beginning!✨ Stay tuned for our
#democracy
campaign ⤵️
👉
I call on governments in the Ramstein Group Meeting to show total support with the people of Ukraine. Putin must be stopped.
See our statement: …
@WLCongress
#TogetherWeAreStronger
Glad to see my essay on the Syrian conflict getting attention of cherished friends and colleagues. Thank you
@marahbukai
. Here's to a free and democratic
#Syria
.
The Syrian Conflict: The Myth of Containment and the Realities of Accountability -
Yup. That's my Mom, the wonderful
#Syria
-n actress Muna Wassef, getting the Life Time Achievement Award in
#Riyadh
,
#SaudiArabia
as part of
#JoyAwards2024
. The presenter is the wonderful French Actor Jean Reno. Among other recipients this year is the one and only
@AnthonyHopkins
.
@bm_fathi
@darwiesh78
لعلمك يوجد لقاحات لمعظم أنواع الأنفولنزا، وأنا منذ أن بدأت بأخذ هذا اللقاح كل عام أتجنب الإصابة بهذا المرض. أما بالنسبة للكورونا فعلى على ما يبدو أن للمؤسسات الطبية الموثوقة رأي يختلف عن توصيفك، وأنا أميل إلى الأخذ بما تقول هذه المؤسسات.
I opposed the way
#JCPOA
was reached, that is, by ignoring
#Iran
's regional behavior, especially its interventions in
#Syria
and
#Yemen
. I also opposed leaving the
#JCPOA
, because the move undermined US credibility. In both instances,
#Iran
emerged as the greater beneficiary.
I once opposed the Iran nuclear deal but I came to see my mistake and opposed withdrawalwhen Iran was abiding by it. I am struck that no Republicans are now willing to admit the obvious: that leaving JCPOA backfired. Instead they blame Biden for Iran’s nuclear progress. 🤦♂️
Once again the wonderful leadership of the US Holocaust Museum (
@HolocaustMuseum
) reminds us of our moral obligations towards the Syrian people. I hope our leaders listen.
Our Museum is a stark reminder of the dangers of indifference. Three million civilians trapped in Syria's
#Idlib
province face a serious risk of mass killing by the Syrian government. Please do not forget the plight of the Syrian people.
#Syria
And as your temporary absent leadership on
#Syria
shows, all too well I'm afraid, a "temporary absence of US leadership" can have catastrophic consequences.
Hay más de 1800 presos políticos entre Bolivia, Cuba, Nicaragua y Venezuela. Esta noche en sus hogares habrá una silla. Por el regreso a casa de todos los hombres y mujeres, civiles y militares en injusta prisión por luchar por la libertad y democracia
#NavidadSinPresosPoliticos
The activities of the
#Soleimani
over the last few months in particular may not represent an "imminent threat" but that does not make the threat any less real or deadly. Why rule out assassination in the face of such threat? Why bestow immunity on "architects" and masterminds?
The "imminent threat" theory was invented by Democrats to justify their question "why now." Osama Bin Laden was not an "imminent threat" either when Obama hunted him down. Killing
#Soleimani
served him justice for killing Americans. No need to catch him redhanded.
The only question ahead for
#Syria
now is how long it will take
#Assad
before he opens a new front against rebels and resume bombing civilians, including those sheltering in schools and hospitals, with the help of his buddies
#Putin
and
#Khamenei
and their respective militias.
This is a very troubling development and does not augur well for the remaining human rights and pro-democracy activists and politicians in the country.
@WLCongress
#Venezuela
orders
#UN
office on human rights to close and its staff to leave in 3 days
In the age of wanton criminality, the only form of justice free minds can ever have, the only victory, is to die defiantly. That’s how
#LokmanSlim
died. Goodbye Lokman.
And yet
#Putin
takes exception to being called a killer by
@POTUS
. He is that and more. He is a sadistic butcher who found a willing playmate in
#Assad
and a useful playground in
#Syria
This is a historic day.
#Assad
could finally start paying for his crimes. We have more than enough evidence to convict him. Justice might finally be at hand.
#Syria
#France
issues arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad -
In this rare essay, I revisit the problematic international response to the Syrian Revolution and the civil war that followed. With my thanks to the wonderful editors of CJLPA for this opportunity.
#Syria
,
@WLCongress
,
#UnitedAgainstDictators
Syrian human rights activist and political analyst
@TheActualAmmar
provides a critique of the international community's response, looking at the empty promises made to the Syrian public and the spread of misinformation by the regime.
#Syria
has not become a quagmire neither for
#Iran
nor
#Russia
. It has become a quagmire for the Syrians left in it, and for our collective sense of humanity and the battered remains of our conscience.
The Trump administration's plan is to "help create quagmires" for Russia in Syria, reports
@IgnatiusPost
That's the same BS alibi the Obama administration used to avoid action. It didn't work. Russia is happy to keep killing Syrians for years and years.
We stand in solidarity with
@tanele_maseko
, a courageous member of the World Liberty Congress, who was detained and interrogated for several hours this evening by the Eswatini police, along with her two sons. Her passport and mobile phone have been confiscated and she has been
Sphere of Influence is an imperialist concept: it serves the aggressor and ignores the will and interests of the peoples within the Sphere. Yet today, it’s mostly people who claim to be anti-imperialist who defend it... in the name of realism. I call it hypocrisy
#Ukraine
#Putin
Congratulations
@Succes_MASRA
. We
@WLCongress
will do everything we can to support your efforts to lead the transition into civilian democratic rule in
#Chad
.
WLC member
@Succes_MASRA
has been named Prime Minister of
#Chad
, as the military regime begins the transition towards civilian rule.
Succès was forced into exile in October 2022 following a violent government crackdown on opposition groups. He and other opposition leaders were
Despite proving
#Russia
's culpability in the downing of
#MH17
, a diplomatic boycott of the
#WorldCup2018
by the EU doesn't seem to be likely. If even a symbolic punishment of criminal behavior is out of the question, I am not sure how international legal norms can be maintained.
We
@WLCongress
are indeed very proud of our colleague Félix Maradiaga, and of all our Nobel Prize winners and nominees and our Magnitsky Awards recipients. Keep them coming. Together we are making a difference.
The WLC proudly announces and supports the nomination of Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Álvarez, and Leadership Council member and democracy activist Félix Maradiaga for the Nobel Peace Prize, as initiated by U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA). This nomination is a significant
Tackling the issue of human rights in China may not be easy, but that’s why it should be front and center, and not relegated to the back burner. The State Department should listen to
@jooeysiiu
and her colleagues.
BREAKING: Coalition of oppressed diaspora communities in the United States issues joint letter to
@SecBlinken
ahead of his upcoming visit to the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
#BlinkenChinaVisit
There's no legal or moral justification for slaughtering unarmed civilians. This is wrong, plain and simple. Looking the other way or finding excuses is complicity. Lift the
#Gaza
siege, stop expanding settlements and end the occupation. That's how to secure your borders.
Oh yes please, do tell
#Assad
where the strikes are coming and give him time to prepare. So basically, the strikes are about saving face for
#Macron
. And
#Trump
is more concerned with the
#Mueller
investigation. Great. Nothing will happen.
وأنا بالفعل أفتخر ببنوتي لهذه الإمرأة والأم العظيمة، واتفق معك تماماً بأنها لا تقل ابداعاً عن أنتوني هوبكنز (وأعتقد أن هناك الكثير ممن يشاركونك زعلك منها بسبب موضع الكبد 😁). شكراً جزيلاً للسعودية المتألقة بشعبها على هذا التكريم. وشكراً لك على هذه الشهادة الجميلة. بالتوفيق 🙏🧡
والله انا عن نفسي اشوفك لا تقلي عن انتوني هوبكنز وكل نجوم العالم… ابنك عمار المفروض يفتخر ان انتوني هوبكنز شاف منى واصف وسلم عليها (بس بلغ الوا��دة ياعمار اني زعلان منها لما أكلت الكبد في فيلم الرسالة)❤️
For years
#Suleimani
had travelled the region plotting and supervising the execution of myriad mass murders serving the parochial interests of an authoritarian regime. Why is it OK for him to do so but not OK for US to take him out in retaliation for killing Americans?
How about picking the side of freedom of expression & assembly? How about denouncing violent crackdown against those pressing their leaders for greater transparency, less corruption & more respect for their basic rights & expectations? Is that really too complex,
@jeremycorbyn
?
@jooeysiiu
is brilliant young woman and one of the bravest people I have ever known. This cowardly action by the Chinese authorities in
#HongKong
calls for sanctions.
@POTUS
and
@SecBlinken
, the ball is in your court.
The WLC stands with Executive Council member
@jooeysiiu
, as the Hong Kong authorities have issued a HK $1 million bounty for her arrest, Joey is a passionate human rights defender and an integral part of the WLC. She is not alone!
Press release:
“In the ten years since the first assaults on pro-democracy protesters in Syria, the government has used chemical weapons more than 300 times to terrorise the civilian population,” said Steve Kostas, a lawyer at the Justice Initiative. via
@AJEnglish
The
#Assad
regime is not simply a magnet for or an enabler of terrorism, it is the main conduit that feeds it and feeds off of it. This is a regime that must end if we are to make a serious headway in the fight against terrorism in
#Syria
and across the world.
A very informative article on
#Iran
’s new President by the great
@memarsadeghi
.
#Raisi
is an unrepentant mass murderer, and one sanctioned by the US. What kind of a deal do we expect to have with this fiend? Do we expect him to honor it? Will he?
Emboldened by the recognition that Biden, Blinken, Malley will stop at nothing to re-enter the nuc deal, Khamenei feels unconstrained…& untroubled at making American capitulation look even more desperate &devoid of morality.
My piece on Raisi
@tabletmag
He will dearly missed and fondly remembered. Our hearts and condolences go to his family and friends. We will keep his memory alive by continuing the work to which he dedicated his life, in Eswatini and around the world and wherever freedom is embattled.
Indeed. The US and other NATO allies should recognize and establish full diplomatic relations with
#Taiwan
now.
#China
’s inability to condemn
#Russia
’s invasion of
#Ukraine
is very telling. “Strategic ambiguity” is bonkers.
Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe: "The US policy of ambiguity toward Taiwan is now fostering instability in the Indo-Pacific region, by encouraging China to underestimate US resolve, while making the government in Taipei unnecessarily anxious."
Lebanon is on the verge of implosion. If nothing is done in the next few days, if not hours, we could be too late. Like it or not, Monsieur le Président (
@EmmanuelMacron
), but the ball is in your corner.