Political Rights

Civil and political rights are a class of rights and freedoms that protect individuals from unwarranted action by government and private organizations and individuals and ensure one's ability to participate in the civil and political life of the state without discrimination or repression.

Political rights are the expression of popular sovereignty.

Defenders - Political Rights

Samuel Kofi Woods

“I saw a society yearning to be convinced about the essence of conviction.” More...

Koigi Wa Wamwere

"I was put in the basement police cells and woke up in a sea of water. I was naked and had been sitting in it all night..." More...

Jaime Prieto Mendez

"For victims at our door, awaiting a response, we need to convert our moments of despair and impotence into a creative capacity to..." More...

Wangari Maathai

"When you start doing this work, you do it with a very pure heart, out of compassion… The clarity of what you ought to do gives you courage, removes the fear, gives you the courage to ask. There More...

Doan Viet Hoat

"I wanted to send a message to the people who wanted to fight for freedom that the dictators would not win by putting us in jail..." More...

José Zalaquett

"I no longer took notice of fear, much in the way a surgeon becomes accustomed to the sight of blood." More...