'Sanctions are strong but are not the instrument to stop military aggression against
#Ukraine
. I don't know in 24hrs if we will be in a position to have this discussion'
Watch deputy PM
@StefanishynaO
addresses the LI bureau with a message for the world 👉
Ugandan opposition leader and former MP
@HEBobiwine
shares a powerful message on the equal application of human rights standards.
General Museveni's rule continues to sow widespread violence and repression in Uganda.
In conversation with
@AstridThors
for
#HumanRightsDay
(1/2)
The global
#liberal
family sends our best wishes and good luck to full member party
@reformikad
and Prime Minister
@kajakallas
as
#Estonia
prepares to vote in parliamentary elections tomorrow
Now more than ever central
#Europe
needs a strong voice for liberalism
#rk23
🗳️ 🇪🇪
.
@AstridThors
LI Human Rights Committee Chair:
“LI is worried by the news
@HEBobiwine
, the 2019 recipient of the
@FNF_Africa
Freedom prize, has been de facto put in house arrest and prevented from meeting with his supporters.
Read the full statement:
LI's nomination of
@MariaCorinaYA
, prominent opposition leader in Venezuela, for the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (
@PACE_News
), has been shortlisted.
About
@MariaCorinaYA
:
Felicidades
@vladomirosevic
The global
#liberal
family is proud to congratulate the founder of
@Liberales_Chile
on his historic appointment as the president of the chamber of deputies in 🇨🇱
We look forward to working together to take
#liberalism
in Chile to new heights
La famille libérale mondiale adresse ses meilleurs vœux aux forces libérales en
#Guin
ée lors de l'élection présidentielle.
@Cellou_UFDG
, président de l'UFDG et vice-président l'
@liberalinternat
se battra pour mettre fin à une décennie de mauvaise administration d'Alpha Condé
Congratulations to former LI Vice President &
@DPPonline
legislator
@bikhim
on becoming the next Ambassador of
#Taiwan
to US 🇹🇼🇺🇸
LI President
@HakElhaite
expressed her wishes & assured LI’s continued support as committed & dependable partners to Taiwan
'Her victory has potential to reshape a continent' 🇻🇪🌎
We congratulate
@MariaCorinaYA
- LI Prize for Freedom laureate and leader of our member
@VenteVenezuela
- on an unambiguous win in Venezuela's opposition primary elections
Our bureau statement 👉
La
#Guin
ée n'a pas besoin d'un président à vie!
Le bureau de l’Internationale Libérale appelle le président guinéen
@AlphaCondePRG
à mettre fin à la violence contre les civils et à rejeter les ambitions illégitimes d'un troisième mandat
👀➡️
LI Prize for Freedom laureate
@vkaramurza
has been released from prison amid the largest prisoner swap.
We are happy that he can finally join his family.
LI admires his courage & knows he will continue to work for democracy in Russia as much as he can.
The global
#liberal
family sends our heartfelt congratulations to
@anwaribrahim
- president of LI member
@KEADILAN
- who, after years of struggle and sacrifice, becomes the new prime minister of
#Malaysia
following the country’s 15th general election
#DemiPertiwi
#Gender
equality – the demand that men and women are treated equally – is central to our work
We’re proud that President of Taiwan
@iingwen
, of our member party
@DPPonline
, is the first female leader of her country & an inspiration to
#WomenInPolitics
around the world 🌏 🇹🇼 💪
🇨🇳🇹🇼On
#InternetFreedom
,
#China
&
#Taiwan
are worlds apart. One is ranked as the most oppressive digital environment, the other is among the freest!
🇹🇼 emerged as the 5th freest online environment among the 70 countries assessed👏
@freedomhouse
report 👉
Congratulations
@evopoli
!
At our 206th executive committee meetin in Ottawa, Canada the global
#liberal
family has voted to upgrade the Chilean party's status to full membership 🇨🇱
Thank you for being with us Senator
@felipekast
👏Herzlichen Glückwunsch an die
@FDP
und den Bundesvorsitzenden
@c_lindner
zum Wahlergebnis bei der
#btw21
Unter den Erstwählern ist die
#FDP
stärkste Kraft! 💪🥳
A defining figure of UK 🇬🇧
#liberalism
The global liberal family mourns with
@LibDems
at the passing of Baroness Shirley Williams today - a brilliant, witty mind and an inspiration to many across the political divide.
Le vice-président et chef de
@ufdglive
,
@Cellou_UFDG
u, a rassemblé des millions de personnes qui s'opposent à la candidature inconstitutionnel du président
@AlphaConde
à un troisième mandat.
RT et montrez votre soutien au mouvement démocratique
#guin
ée
#Guinea
🇬🇳
#Italy
’s populist govt collapses after 14 months of failure.
Like many populists their ability rarely matches their rhetoric.
With
#Conte
’s leadership in pieces,
@Piu_Europa
’s Senator
@emmabonino
tells the Italian parliament “the government of demagogy has come to an end.” 🇮🇹
Tomorrow, Chair of
@asianliberals
,
@bikhim
, will join leaders of the world's regional
#liberal
organisations to discuss a coordinated, multilateral response to the most pressing crises of our time.
📣 Felicidades!
Join the global
#liberal
family in warmly welcoming
@evopoli
& their president
@andresmolinam
on officially becoming a LI Observer Member. 🥳👏🇨🇱
We look forward to working together in the months & years ahead! 🤝
24 February marks 4 years since the unjust detention of
@LiberalPH
's
@SenLeiladeLima
🇵🇭
Show your support by signing this petition, denouncing the relentless political persecution of Sen. De Lima & condemn Duterte's public vilification 👉
#FreeLeilaNow
“All our solidarity with the great team of
@VenteVenezuela
in the face of this vile extortion that seeks to keep the country mired in tyranny,” say
@RELIALred
and Liberal International. 🇻🇪
Read our latest statement on Venezuela below:
📄LI BUREAU STATEMENT 🇺🇦
'Today there is no space for ambiguity among free world nations: only by uniting & proving that our resolve to support
#Ukraine
remains unshakable will Putin know that his bullying aggression will not win.'
👉
#StandWithUkraine
Join the global
#Liberal
family in congratulating President of
#Taiwan
@iingwen
on her record-breaking re-election today!
We are thrilled that such a strong voice
#HumanRights
from our member party
@DPPonline
will continue to be a beacon of inspiration in a troubled region 🇹🇼 💪🏼
With LI's 75th-anniversary congress & bureau elections at the end of June, we present
@Ensemble_MK
's nominee for LI Treasurer
@OlivierKamitatu
🇨🇩
View the full list of bureau candidates here 👉
📝
Liberal landslide in the Netherlands 🇳🇱
Join the global
#liberal
family in congratulating LI Member Parties
@VVD
&
@D66
in gaining seats, coming 1st and 2nd respectively in the
#Verkiezingen2021
☑️🗳️
A huge boost for
#liberalism
in
#Europe
- Gefeliciteerd 🎉
Our global liberal family is saddened to learn of the passing of our friend,
@LibIntBg
chair, & long-standing
@LibDems
internationalist, Jonathan Fryer today
An incredible life as a journalist, academic, & politician. His work for the betterment of
#liberalism
will be missed
With the full support of the global
#liberal
family,
#Cambodia
’s democratic leader
@RainsySam
begins his return to his country tomorrow to lead a people’s movement for the restoration of
#democracy
🇰🇭
Show your support and sign our petition
#iStandWithSam
Congratulations to President
@iingwen
of LI member party
@DPPonline
who was inaugurated for 2nd term today🇹🇼
Since coming to power, President Tsai has delivered:
✅
#EqualMarriage
✅Global leadership in fighting
#Covid19
✅Advanced
#humanrights
globally with LI ... & much more
📣 Free Senator
@SenLeiladeLima
🇵🇭
No society can be free without freedom of expression, assembly & association. This is the message we have carried from Berlin to Taipei; Oxford to Andorra & from New York to
#Manila
!
Read our Manifesto for
#Freedom
👉
Exactly 1 year since
@LiberalPH
Senator
@SenLeiladeLima
was arrested for speaking out against a 'war on drugs’ that has left thousands of mostly poor Filipinos dead.
The global liberal family continues to fight for your freedom
#FreeLeilaNow
#OneforLeila
Adding support to LI’s call for the rights & freedoms of Guinea’s main opposition leader,
@Cellou_UFDG
, European
#Liberals
slam his ‘illegal home arrest’ following elections 🇬🇳🗳
📰 Our statement & that of
@RenewEurope
President
@CiolosDacian
👉
📣
#LIFreedomPrize
laureate - prisoner of conscience
@SenLeiladeLima
- a vocal critic of the 'war on drugs' &
#Duterte
’s regime has been unjustly jailed for 4 years
Leaders, activists, & organisations worldwide are united in calling:
#FreeLeilaNow
✍️
6 days ago, Vente Venezuela party leader María Corina Machado was disqualified from running in the forthcoming elections. RELIAL has published an urgent response to this attack on democracy in Venezuela.
Read the urgent response below:
The global
#liberal
family sends our warmest congratulations to
@anwaribrahim
of LI member
@KEADILAN
, who won a by-election in
#Malaysia
this weekend.
LI president Dr
@JuliMinoves
wrote that with Mr Anwar back in parliament "the future of Malaysia looks even brighter." 🇲🇾 🎉
feliz cumpleaños
@VenteVenezuela
🎉🇻🇪
‘
#Venezuela
needs Vente: with a
#liberal
government Venezuelans would live in a fair society respected by the international community'
LI President
@HakElhaite
shares this message on Vente's 8th anniversary. Watch 👉
Liberals
#StandWithBelarus
🤍❤️🤍
LI has worked closely with the opposition, who have been tormented by Europe's last dictator Lukashenko, & we continue to stand with the citizens of
#Belarus
in achieving
#democracy
.
Read our Manifesto for
#Freedom
👉
We congratulate former LI Vice President
@bikhim
on her nomination as the vice-presidential candidate in Taiwan's upcoming presidential elections.
Her leadership will be invaluable to
@DPPonline
as they strive to deliver positive results for the Taiwanese people in January.
The global
#liberal
family is devastated to learn of the passing of
@hansvanbaalen
, our president of honour, whose tireless dedication truly contributed to defending and advancing liberalism worldwide over many years
Today we are in mourning but will forever be full of gratitude
The global
#liberal
family pay tribute & thank former Leader
@MmusiMaimane
for his selfless service & contribution to
@Our_DA
& to the nation of
#SouthAfrica
🇿🇦 Ke a leboga!
“I’d like to assure the people of 🇿🇦 that this is not the end of the journey, it’s only the beginning”
🚨 LI Bureau Statement: Time is running out to save
#HongKong
🇭🇰
"China's actions are a further shot across the bows for those who believe in political
#freedom
&
#HumanRights
#FreeHongKong
Read full statement here 👉
It is with deep sadness that the global liberal family learns that Paddy Ashdown, former leader of the UK
@LibDems
, passed away this evening.
Paddy was a courageous fighter for
#liberal
values around the world - in these challenging times his voice will be sorely missed.
NDI’s Birgitta Ohlsson awarded LI’s Hans van Baalen Medal of Liberalism
On behalf of the LI bureau, LI Vice President Art Eggleton has presented our highest political honour to
@birgittaohlsson
at a ceremony in Washington DC.
Congratulations to our member party
@LibDems
on an incredible round of election results!
Gaining 105 seats & finishing 2nd ahead of the Conservatives in the local elections for the first time in 28 years puts the liberals in a strong position ahead of 2024's parliamentary vote.
Meeting in Tel Aviv,
@yairlapid
– Israel’s Foreign Minister & Alternate PM & the Chairman of LI member,
@YeshAtidParty
– spoke with LI Pres. of Honour,
@AlderdiceLord
, who applauded the liberal leader’s courage in & approach to politics in Israel🇮🇱
Read 👉
Liberal International calls for a full and accurate count of all the votes in the Venezuelan election.
LI strongly condemns the Venezuelan regime’s brazenly fraudulent election results.
More in detail here:
We wensen Liberal International-lidpartij
@D66
, hun partijleider
@SigridKaag
en alle D66-kandidaat-raadsleden die meedoen aan de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen veel succes morgen! 🗳
#stemD66
‘We are providing a political home to
#Europeans
who want a free market, tolerance, and freedom... we
#liberals
look at the world not with fear but with courage’, says
@fdp
chairman
@c_lindner
as he opens
#LIECBerlin
🇩🇪 🌍
«Respectez les conseils du
@WHO
... protégez votre peuple», exhorte la présidente de LI
@HakimaElHaite
à
@President_GN
🇬🇳
Déclaration: Condé, de
#Guin
ée, ne doit pas être autorisé à exploiter la
#Coronavirus
pour rester au pouvoir.
Déclaration ➡️