Venezuelan human rights activist Rodrigo Diamanti was forced to flee his country after being arbitrarily detained, kidnapped, and threatened at gunpoint because he organized protests against the socialist government’s totalitarian rule.
Diamanti is the founder of the human rights organization Un Mundo Sin Mordaza (A World Without Censorship), which promotes human rights and freedom of expression in Venezuela. He embarked on civic activism many years ago, starting with a student movement that worked for free and fair elections and more transparent government.
But Diamanti’s fight for people’s rights and freedoms didn’t sit well with President Nicolás Maduro’s socialist government, and he was imprisoned in May 2014. Though he was released days after his arrest due to international pressure, within a year he was kidnapped and threatened at gunpoint for organizing more protests….