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Leopoldo López – Venezuela

Leopoldo López (Venezuela) – political opposition leader imprisoned for leading non-violent protests (Perseus Strategies)

  • White Paper on the Case of Leopoldo López Mendoza, July 21, 2014, Updated July 16, 2020 (Español, July 21, 2014, Updated July 16, 2020)
  • Complaint to UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers – Leopoldo López, June 8, 2017
  • Complaint to UN Special Rapporteur on Torture – Leopoldo López, April 27, 2017
  • Petition to UN Special Rapporteur on Torture – Leopoldo López, Antonieta Mendoza de López, and Lilian Tintori, March 23, 2016
  • Opinion No. 26/2014, UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (Unofficial English Translation), August 26, 2014 (Español)
  • Petition to UN Special Rapporteur on Torture – Leopoldo López, July 29, 2014

  • Legal Analysis Explaining Why Juan Guaidó Hold a Unique and Legitimate Claim to the Presidency of Venezuela, May 31, 2019
  • Jared Genser, The U.N. Can Save Venezuela – Really., The Wall Street Journal, January 31, 2019 (Español)
  • Lilian Tintori, How We Save Venezuela, The Washington Post, January 26, 2019
  • Legal Opinion: Challenge to the United Nations Credentials of the Delegation of Nicolás Maduro to Represent The Government of Venezuela, January 31, 2019, Updated March 23, 2020
  • Media Release Announcing Venezuelan Intelligence Service Occupies Home of Leopoldo López and Lilian Tintori, March 1, 2018 (Español)
  • Wil S. Hylton, Can Venezuela Be Saved?, New York Times Magazine, March 1, 2018
  • Media Release Announcing Further Evidence Surfaces That Maduro Manipulated Political Machinery to Imprison Leopoldo López, February 15, 2018 (Español)
  • Lilian Tintori, We Will Rescue Venezuela, El País, December 12, 2017, (Español)
  • Media Release Announcing Leopoldo López Falsely Accused of Terrorism, October 4, 2017
  • Lilian Tintori, This Isn’t the Venezuela I Married, New York Times, September 13, 2017
  • Media Release Announcing Indictment of the Wife of Leopoldo López on Unknown Charges, September 1, 2017
  • Venezuela’s Symbol of Hope, Wall Street Journal (Editorial), July 10, 2017
  • Ernesto Londoño, Leopoldo López, Venezuelan Political Prisoner, Is Released to House Arrest, New York Times, July 8, 2017
  • Media Release Announcing After 99 Days of Popular Protest in the Streets of Venezuela and International Pressure, Leopoldo López Has Been Transferred to House Arrest, July 8, 2017
  • Media Release Announcing Request for Humanitarian Action for Leopoldo López, June 30, 2017
  • Lilian Tintori, The Venezuelan Humanitarian Crisis in Perspective, Nationwide Radio Jamaica, June 18, 2017
  • Media Release Announcing Counsel to Venezuelan Opposition Leader Leopoldo López File Urgent Appeal to UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers; Demand López Have Access to His Lawyers, June 8, 2017 (Español)
  • Lilian Tintori, If the World Lets Venezuela Fall, Democracy in the Region Will Fall with It, Huffington Post, June 1, 2017
  • Jared Genser, Venezuela Needs International Intervention.  Now., The New York Times, May 30, 2017
  • CBC News – Power & Politics: Venezuelan Human Rights Activist Asks Canada for Help in Crisis, May 16, 2017
  • Lilian Tintori, Canada Can Help Save Venezuela’s Democracy, The Globe and Mail, May 15, 2017
  • Media Release Announcing Leopoldo López Wife Demands Evidence of His Safety, May 4, 2017
  • Media Release Announcing  Counsel to Venezuelan Opposition Leader Leopoldo López Files Urgent Appeal to UN Special Rapporteur on Torture; Demands Proof of Life from Government of Venezuela, April 27, 2017
  • Media Release Announcing Venezuelan Government Cuts Off Access to Imprisoned Opposition Leader Leopoldo López for the Past Nine Days, March 3, 2017
  • U.S. Senate Resolution Urging the Release of Political Prisoners in Venezuela, February 28, 2017
  • Jared Genser, Keep Up the Pressure on Venezuela, U.S. News and World Report, February 23, 2017
  • U.S. State Department Call for the Immediate Release of Political Prisoners in Venezuela, February 18, 2017
  • Lilian Tintori, Just Causes Without Borders, El País, February 17, 2017 (Español)
  • Media Release Announcing Supreme Court of Venezuela Rejects Final Appeal of Opposition Leader Leopoldo López, February 16, 2017
  • Media Release Announcing Venezuelan Government Escalates Intimidation Campaign Against Lilian Tintori; Issues False Accusations of Coup Plot, January 17, 2017
  • José Miguel Vivanco, For Leopoldo López, 1,000 Days as Maduro’s Hostage, El Tiempo, November 14, 2016 (Español)
  • Media Release Announcing Lilian Tintori Demands Maduro Regime Provide Proof of Life for Leopoldo López, November 2, 2016 (Español)
  • Media Release Announcing 29 Nations Issue Joint Statement in United Nations Human Rights Council on the Human Rights Situation in Venezuela, September 29, 2016 (Español)
  • Joint Statement on the Human Rights Situation in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela at the 33rd Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, September 29, 2016 (Español)
  • Media Release Announcing U.S. House of Representatives Passes Bipartisan Resolution in Support of Human Rights in Venezuela, September 28, 2016
  • Leopoldo López, Venezuela and Its Liberating Spirit (Unofficial English Translation), El País, September 1, 2016 (Español)
  • Letter from OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro to Leopoldo López, August 22, 2016 (Español)
  • Media Release Announcing Leopoldo López Appeal Denied by Maduro-Controlled Court, August 12, 2016 (Español)
  • Media Release Announcing Irregularities and Due Process Violations in Appeal Hearing of Leopoldo López, July 28, 2016
  • Media Release Announcing Venezuela Government Launches Major New Campaign Directed at Imprisoned Opposition Leader Leopoldo López, His Wife Lilian Tintori, His Family, and His Party Voluntad Popular, July 12, 2016 (Español)
  • Media Release Announcing Leopoldo López Issues Open Letter on Eve of OAS Meeting on Venezuela, June 23, 2016 (Español)
  • Media Release Announcing Government of Venezuela Delays Issuing Visa to International Lawyer of Venezuela Opposition Leader Leopoldo López in the Run-Up to the Appeal, June 13, 2016 (Español)
  • Media Release Announcing Appeal of Venezuelan Opposition Leader Leopoldo López to Begin on June 20, 2016, June 3, 2016
  • José Miguel Vivanco, Upholding Abuse in Venezuela, El País, April 14, 2016 (Español)
  • Jared Genser, By Blocking the Release of Political Prisoners, Maduro is Eroding Venezuela’s Democracy, Huffington Post, April 13, 2016 (with Juan Carlos Gutiérrez)
  • Venezuela is in Desperate Need of a Political Intervention, Washington Post (Editorial), April 12, 2016
  • Law on Amnesty and National Reconciliation, Approved by the Venezuelan National Assembly on February 16, 2016, Passed by the Venezuelan National Assembly on March 30, 2016 (Español)
  • Jeffrey Tayler, How a Venezuelan Opposition Leader Secretly Communicates from Solitary Confinement, Bloomberg Business, March 28, 2016
  • Media Release Announcing Imprisoned Venezuelan Opposition Leader Leopoldo López Files Complaint to United Nations Regarding Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Acts Undertaken by Government of Venezuela, March 28, 2016 (Español)
  • López, Imprisoned but Free (Unofficial English Translation), El País (Editorial), March 15, 2016  (Español)
  • Leopoldo López, Three Steps Venezuela Must Take to Turn the Country Around, Washington Post, February 26, 2016
  • Letter from Leopoldo López on the Two-Year Anniversary of his Unjust Imprisonment (Unofficial English Translation), February 18, 2016 (Español)
  • Media Release Announcing Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Visit Venezuela on Eve of 2-Year Anniversary of Leopoldo López’s Arbitrary Imprisonment, February 18, 2016 (Español)
  • Lilian Tintori, I’ll Keep Fighting for Venezuelans’ Rights, Despite the Regime’s Attacks on My Family, Huffington Post, February 10, 2016
  • Media Release Announcing Lilian Tintori, Wife of Leopoldo López, and Antonieta Mendoza, Mother of López, Subjected to Violative, Abusive Search at Ramo Verde Military Prison, January 20, 2016
  • Jorge Quiroga, In Venezuela, the Opposition Is on the Right Side of History, Huffington Post, December 21, 2015
  • Secretary of State John Kerry’s Press Statement on International Human Rights Day 2015, December 10, 2015
  • Fundamental Freedoms Key to Ensuring Peaceful and Fair Elections in Venezuela – UN Human Rights Experts, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, December 4, 2015
  • Leopoldo López, We Must Reclaim Democracy in Venezuela, Foreign Policy, December 3, 2015
  • Javier Lafuente, Tintori: “Those who persecuted me are now going to take care of me?”, El País, November 30, 2015
  • Media Release Announcing Assassination Attempt on Lilian Tintori, Wife of Imprisoned Venezuela Opposition Leader Leopoldo López, Fails, November 26, 2015
  • Carlos Vecchio, Maduro’s Regime is Sabotaging the Elections, Miami Herald, November 18, 2015
  • “By Hook or by Crook”, The Economist, November 14, 2015
  • Letter from 157 U.S. Senators and Leading Latin American Legislators to President Maduro, November 11, 2015 (Español & Português)
  • Letter from OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro to President of the National Electoral Council of Venezuela Ms. Tibisay Lucena, November 10, 2015
  • Tainted Justice in Venezuela, New York Times (Editorial), October 30, 2015
  • José de Córdoba and Kejal Vyas, Venezuela Prosecutor Franklin Nieves Says Opposition Leader’s Trial Was a Sham, Wall Street Journal, October 26, 2015
  • Leopoldo López Cannot Go Another Day in Prison, El Mundo (Editorial), October 25, 2015 (Español)
  • Media Release Announcing Venezuelan Human-Rights Activists in Washington, October 20, 2015 (Español)
  • Raquel Leon, Leopoldo Lopez: Venezuela Opposition Leader Jailed for his ‘Art of Words’ While Leader of Protest Movement, Independent, October 8, 2015
  • Leopoldo López, Even in Jail, I Will Fight for a Free Venezuela, New York Times, September 25, 2015
  • Venezuela Sinks Deeper, Miami Herald (Editorial), September 17, 2015
  • Free Venezuela’s Leopoldo López, New York Times (Editorial), September 13, 2015
  • Yoani Sanchez, Leopoldo Lopez, the Freest Prisoner in the World, Huffington Post, September 12, 2015
  • Secretary of State John Kerry’s Press Statement on the Conviction of Leopoldo Lopez, September 11, 2015
  • A Venezuelan Opposition Leader’s Absurd Sentence, Washington Post (Editorial), September 11, 2015
  • Erik Wemple, Foreign Policy Magazine Runs Seven Correction/Clarification/Update Things on Piece About Venezuelan Politico, Washington Post, September 11, 2015
  • Venezuela: Sentence Against Opposition Leader Shows Utter Lack of Judicial Independence, Amnesty International, September 10, 2015
  • Media Release Announcing Venezuelan Opposition Leader, Leopoldo López, Wrongly Convicted and Sentenced to 13 Years and 9 Months, September 10, 2015 (Español)
  • Jared Genser, The Other Side of Leopoldo López, Foreign Policy, September 7, 2015 (with Juan Carlos Gutierrez)
  • Lilian Tintori, Freedom for Leopoldo López, El País, September 3, 2015 (Español)
  • Jeffrey Tayler, Kafka in Caracas, Foreign Policy, September 3, 2015
  • Venezuela Manufactures a Dispute with Neighboring Colombia, Washington Post (Editorial), September 1, 2015
  • Media Release Announcing The Trial of Leopoldo López Comes to an End, As His Living Conditions Worsen; Verdict Imminent, August 27, 2015 (Español)
  • Venezuela Tries to Silence Critics, New York Times (Editorial), August 7, 2015
  • View Detailed Response to Foreign Policy Hit Piece by Roberto Lovato on Leopoldo López
  • Testimony of Lilian Tintori before UN Human Rights Council, July 2, 2015
  • Not Free, Not Fair, Miami Herald (Editorial), June 29, 2015
  • Desmond Tutu, No More Hiding from Venezuela’s Abuses, Wall Street Journal, July 1, 2015 (Español)
  • Jeffrey Tayler, Venezuela Sets a Date for Change, Foreign Policy, June 24, 2015
  • Jackson Diehl, Easing Venezuela’s Crash, Washington Post, June 21, 2015
  • Jeffrey Tayler, Venezuela’s Last Hope, Foreign Policy, June 10, 2015
  • Lilian Tintori and Patricia Ceballos, We Will Never Tire of Demanding Our Rights, Miami Herald, June 8, 2015 (Español, El País, El Nuevo Herald)
  • Irwin Cotler, Statement on Situation in Venezuela, May 29, 2015 (Español)
  • Leopoldo López, Venezuela’s People Need the World’s Help, Washington Post, May 15, 2015
  • National Endowment for Democracy: 2015 Democracy Award, May 14, 2015
  • Jeffrey Tayler, The Accidental Face of Venezuela’s Opposition, The Atlantic,  April 27, 2015
  • Lilian Tintori, Let Us Free Venezuela, La Prensa (Panama), April 11, 2015 (Español)
  • Declaration of Panama from the Former Heads of Government and State (English Translation), April 9, 2015, Updated May 18, 2015 (Español, April 9, 2015, Updated May 18, 2015)
  • Daniel Lansberg-Rodriguez, Nicolás Maduro Versus the Ex-Presidents, Foreign Policy, April 7, 2015
  • Jorge Ramos, Venezuela’s Rebel Couple, Fusion, April 7, 2015
  • Jared Genser, End Impunity for Venezuela’s Human Rights Violators, Miami Herald, February 16, 2015 (with Irwin Cotler)
  • A Year Under the Gun, Miami Herald (Editorial), February 14, 2015
  • Mark P. Lagon and Arch Puddington, Exploiting Terrorism as a Pretext for Repression, Wall Street Journal, January 27, 2015
  • Mr. Maduro in His Labyrinth, New York Times (Editorial), January 26, 2015
  • Bad to Worse in Caracas, Miami Herald (Editorial), January 22, 2015
  • Leopoldo López, Letter from a Venezuelan Jail, The Wall Street Journal, December 26, 2014
  • Faced With Economic and Social Collapse, Venezuela Should End Repressive Policies, Washington Post (Editorial), December 26, 2014
  • European Parliament Resolution on the Persecution of the Democratic Opposition in Venezuela, December 17, 2014 (Español)
  • Canadian House of Commons Subcommittee on International Human Rights Statement on the Detention of Leopoldo López, December 2, 2014
  • UN Committee Against Torture Report on Venezuela (Unofficial English Translation), November 13, 2014 (Español)
  • UN Rights Chief Urges Venezuela to Release Arbitrarily Detained Protesters and Politicians, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, October 20, 2014
  • Media Release Announcing UNWGAD Opinion in Favor of Leopoldo López Mendoza, October 9, 2014 (Español)
  • President Obama’s Remarks at the Clinton Global Initiative, September 23, 2014
  • Venezuela’s Crackdown on Opposition, New York Times (Editorial), September 21, 2014 
  • Venezuela Doesn’t Deserve a Seat on the U.N. Security Council, Washington Post (Editorial), September 21, 2014
  • Friends of a Free Venezuela Submits List of Issues for Examination in Venezuela’s Fourth Periodic Review to Human Rights Committee, July 31, 2014
  • Leopoldo López Defense Files Complaint to UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, July 29, 2014
  • López Defense Team Slams Venezuelan President for “Outrageous” Comments on First Day of Trial, July 25, 2014
  • Lilian Tintori, Leopoldo López’s Jailing Is a Symptom of a Sick Venezuela, Washington Post, July 21, 2014
  • National Press Club Newsmaker Program: Wife of Imprisoned Venezuelan Opposition Leader Leopoldo López Speaks at National Press Club on Eve of His Trial, July 21, 2014
  • Leopoldo López, Venezuela’s Failing State, New York Times, March 25, 2014