Joint Statement on the International Day of Political Prisoners

Joint Statement on the International Day of Political Prisoners

Joint Statement on the International Day of Political Prisoners zevans@freedom… Thu, 10/30/2025 - 00:01 Type Statement Page blocks On this International Day of Political Prisoners, we stand together to affirm a simple truth: no one should be imprisoned for exercising their fundamental rights or for peacefully expressing their beliefs. Yet around the world, there are an estimated one million political prisoners, who are unjustly detained for p…

NGO Statement on the International Day of Political Prisoners (30 October)

On this International Day of Political Prisoners, the NGOs mentioned below stand together to affirm a simple truth: no one should be imprisoned for exercising their fundamental rights or for peacefully expressing their beliefs. Yet around the world, there are an estimated one million political prisoners, who are unjustly detained for political reasons. These individuals—journalists, human rights defenders, democratic opposition leaders, religiou…

McCain Institute Leads Joint Statement on International Day of Political Prisoners - McCain Institute

WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 30, 2025) – In recognition of the International Day of Political Prisoners on October 30, the McCain Institute’s John McCain Freedom for Political Prisoners Initiative (FPPI), Freedom House, Free Russia Foundation, and the National Endowment for Democracy led a group of 29 democracy and human rights organizations in issuing a joint statement on behalf of those unjustly detained around the world – calling on democratic g…

JOINT STATEMENT ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF POLITICAL PRISONERS

October 30, 2025 — On this International Day of Political Prisoners, we stand together to affirm a simple truth: no one should be imprisoned for exercising their fundamental rights or for peacefully expressing their beliefs. Yet around the world, there are an estimated one million political prisoners, who are unjustly detained for political reasons. These individuals—journalists, human rights defenders, democratic opposition leaders, religious l…