Javier El-Hage

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After five years of imprisonment, Cuban artist and prisoner of conscience @LMOAlcantara is no longer behind bars. HRF condemns the Cuban regime for forcing him into exile as the price of his freedom and calls for the release of all political prisoners in Cuba. Read the full press release → ow.ly/5VAT50ZpcyJ

Authoritarian regimes don’t just suppress dissent — they manufacture legitimacy.

Tengo fe, estamos en el umbral del cambio. Gracias a todos los que nos acompañaron en este 14 Aniversario del atentado. #LaNocheNoSeráEterna

Today, HRF released two new policy briefs outlining practical recommendations for the United States and the European Union to strengthen their responses to China's transnational repression.

HRF condemns Delcy Rodríguez’s regime for its disastrous handling of the devastating June 24 earthquakes in Venezuela. The Venezuelan people must receive life-saving aid without delay or political obstruction, and authorities must ensure that humanitarian actors can operate freely.

Delcy Rodríguez, the "acting" president of Venezuela has declared a state of emergency. What you are watching from Venezuela is more than a natural disaster story. It is a governance autopsy. Hundreds are confirmed dead and the real toll is rising because no one is coming to rescue those still trapped in the rubble. Let's break it down: Twin 7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes. Buildings collapsed in Caracas and neighboring cities. And where are the ambulances? Where are the fire trucks? Where is the state? There are no emergency services. Because there is no state. There is only a criminal enterprise that wears a costume. The state built a machinery to repress. Silence. Torture. Kill. Not to rescue. To every American businessperson who has traveled to Caracas in the last few months, met with Delcy Rodríguez, signed deals, convinced themselves that "things are changing" and that engagement is pragmatic. This is for you… For those who believe the American government fiction that "everything is going great" with Delcy…. you are watching your thesis collapse in real time, under rubble, with no one coming to help. The fiction that Venezuela is "open for business" exists for one reason: Delcy and her brother Jorge need your money, your legitimacy, and your silence. They have no intention of reforming. They respond that they just "don't know" when elections will take place. They have no intention of being held accountable for the billions looted, the political prisoners disappeared, the diaspora of more than eight million people. They need you as props. They need you to keep telling Washington that things are "great!" And that Delcy is exactly what Venezuela needs right now to "stabilize" and "reform." What this earthquake reveals, as every crisis in Venezuela reveals, is that Maduro and his cronies hollowed out every institution. PDVSA. The hospitals. The fire departments. Civil defense. Emergency services. All of it stripped to the bone and the proceeds wired offshore. The death toll will be much higher precisely because of what the people now in power did over the last 25 years. Let's be clear: The people dying tonight and in the next few days under collapsed buildings in Caracas are not dying because of an earthquake. They are dying because of 25 years of systematic looting by the same people now issuing press releases about a "state of emergency." Because they're wholly unprepared. Because they looted everything. Did away with talent. And on top of all of this have zero empathy or motivation to help anyone but themselves. They didn’t care about millions of people fleeing into a jungle and walking hundreds of miles to freedom. Why would they care about survivors of this natural disaster? The media locally isn't reporting or showing the images of the devastation. They're terrified of upsetting the dictatorship. And tonight: Not a firefighter in sight. Not an ambulance in sight. Just cameras, and Delcy, and the performance of governance where none exists. Those businesspeople were warned. The Venezuelans who fled told you. The human rights organizations told you. The evidence was always there. Now you have photographs.

Venezuela roja rojita La @HRF presentó en Madrid el Rastreador de Tiranía, un Índice que mide la libertad política en todo el mundo. En la conferencia inaugural del XIX Congreso de Economía Austríaca del @juandemariana, el director legal de Human Rights Foundation, @JavierElHage, explicó la metodología y mostró el mapa global actual de autoritarismos. El Rastreador de Tiranía clasifica a los países en tres categorías: democráticos, autoritarios híbridos o plenamente autoritarios Más 👉 t.co/sHnfi4qHFt

Gran acte demà a l’@AteneuBCN Una radiografia global de l’autoritarisme. Amb la presència de l’opositor veneçolà @leopoldolopez, @AstridBarrio i @JavierElHage

Ponents de luxe ara mateix a l’@AteneuBCN per debatre sobre les noves amenaces autoritàries globals.

🌍 Presentem el #TyrannyTracker: una nova radiografia global de l’autoritarisme a l'@AteneuBCN. Co-organitzat amb la Human Rights Foundation, @HRF. Anb @leopoldolopez, líder opositor veneçolà i ex-pres polític; @JavierElHage, director legal internacional de la @HRF; i @AstridBarrio, professora de ciències polítiques.

🎙️ «75% of the world’s population lives under authoritarianism. The @HRF #TyrannyTracker’s classification framework is built on 45 indicators grouped under three pillars: electoral competition, freedom of dissent, and institutional accountability» @JavierElHage tyrannytracker.org/intro/

Muy agradecido con la @en_UFMMadrid y con el @juandemariana por invitarme a presentar el Tyranny Tracker de @HRF @HRF_es como conferencia inaugural del XIX Congreso de Economía Austriaca en Madrid. Espero verles allí! juandemariana.org/eventos/xix-co… madrid.ufm.edu/evento/present…

Si te interesa conocer un mapa global sobre el autoritarismo, te invitamos a las presentaciones públicas del Tyranny Tracker de @HRF (con el apoyo de The Reynolds Foundation) hoy en Madrid y el jueves en Barcelona! #TyrannyTracker tyrannytracker.org Participan: @leopoldolopez @JhanisseVDaza @WLCongress @InstitutOstrom, Universidad Internacional de la Empresa de Madrid (UNIE)

Esta semana estuve en Oslo, Noruega 🇳🇴, participando del @OsloFF uno de los eventos globales más importantes sobre democracia y derechos humanos. Tuve el honor de llevar la voz de los salvadoreños a este escenario internacional. ¡El Salvador se hace escuchar en el mundo! 🇸🇻✨ Mira el video completo en: bit.ly/43OB98D

Maduro's Fall and the Future of Authoritarians in Latin America Panel discussion at @OsloFF with: @JavierElHage @RosaMariaPaya Pedro @Urruchurtu Jonathan Duarte ( @latamdemocracy ) Jhanisse Vaca Daza ( @JhanisseVDaza ) youtu.be/V4epyXVCtH0?si…

Meant to say @caslainstitute and her indefatigable leader @TAMARA_SUJU

Desde el @OsloFF de Noruega, junto a @HRF @HRF_es y el @WLCongress a través de @latamdemocracy y @leopoldolopez, condenamos el asesinato del histórico líder indígena nicaragüense Brooklyn Rivera a manos de la dictadura de Ortega y Murillo. Jamás olvidaremos a Brooklyn y su legado de lucha contra la tiranía sanará y superará ampliamente en la memoria positiva del continente las cicatrices que viene dejando la dictadura con actos crueles como este. #ApadrinaAUnPresoPoliticoDelMundo @caslainstitute