Leopoldo López

Citizenship

Venezuela

Country of Detention

Venezuela

Date of Detention

February 18, 2014 -

April 30, 2019

Leopoldo López is a Venezuelan political leader and activist. He founded the Voluntad Popular political party and was widely seen as a major leader of the opposition movement. On February 18, 2014, he was arrested on a variety of baseless charges, and on September 10, 2015, he was convicted and sentenced to 13 years and 9 months in prison. Leopoldo was released from house arrest on April 30, 2019, during the 2019 Venezuela uprising. During his detention, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention found that his detention was arbitrary and in violation of international law and Amnesty International designated him as a prisoner of conscience. Leopoldo has received several international awards for his fight for democracy and freedom in Venezuela.

Highlights

Legal Opinion: Challenge to the United Nations Credentials of the Delegation of Nicolás Maduro to Represent The Government of Venezuela

Jared Genser

March 23, 2020

Legal Analysis Explaining Why Juan Guaidó Holds a Unique and Legitimate Claim to the Presidency of Venezuela

May 31, 2019

Media Release Announcing Venezuelan Intelligence Service Occupies Home of Leopoldo López and Lilian Tintori

March 1, 2018

Leopoldo López

Citizenship

Country of Detention

Date of Detention

Highlights

Legal Opinion: Challenge to the United Nations Credentials of the Delegation of Nicolás Maduro to Represent The Government of Venezuela

Legal Analysis Explaining Why Juan Guaidó Holds a Unique and Legitimate Claim to the Presidency of Venezuela

Media Release Announcing Venezuelan Intelligence Service Occupies Home of Leopoldo López and Lilian Tintori

Media Release Announcing Further Evidence Surfaces That Maduro Manipulated Political Machinery to Imprison Leopoldo López

Media Release Announcing Leopoldo López Falsely Accused of Terrorism

Media Release Announcing Indictment of the Wife of Leopoldo López on Unknown Charges

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

Media Release Announcing Request for Humanitarian Action for Leopoldo López

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

Complaint to UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers — Leopoldo López

Media Release Announcing Leopoldo López Wife Demands Evidence of His Safety

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

Complaint to the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture — Leopoldo López

Media Release Announcing Venezuelan Government Cuts Off Access to Imprisoned Opposition Leader Leopoldo López for the Past Nine Days

U.S. Senate Resolution Urging the Release of Political Prisoners in Venezuela

U.S. State Department Call for the Immediate Release of Political Prisoners in Venezuela

Media Release Announcing Supreme Court of Venezuela Rejects Final Appeal of Opposition Leader Leopoldo López

Media Release Announcing Venezuelan Government Escalates Intimidation Campaign Against Lilian Tintori; Issues False Accusations of Coup Plot

Media Release Announcing Lilian Tintori Demands Maduro Regime Provide Proof of Life for Leopoldo López

Media Release Announcing 29 Nations Issue Joint Statement in United Nations Human Rights Council on the Human Rights Situation in Venezuela

Joint Statement on the Human Rights Situation in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela at the 33rd Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council

Media Release Announcing U.S. House of Representatives Passes Bipartisan Resolution in Support of Human Rights in Venezuela

Letter from OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro to Leopoldo López

Media Release Announcing Leopoldo López Appeal Denied by Maduro-Controlled Court

Media Release Announcing Irregularities and Due Process Violations in Appeal Hearing of Leopoldo López

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

Media Release Announcing Leopoldo López Issues Open Letter on Eve of OAS Meeting on Venezuela

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

Media Release Announcing Appeal of Venezuelan Opposition Leader Leopoldo López to Begin on June 20, 2016

Law on Amnesty and National Reconciliation

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

Petition to UN Special Rapporteur on Torture – Leopoldo López, Antonieta Mendoza de López, and Lilian Tintori

Letter from Leopoldo López on the Two-Year Anniversary of his Unjust Imprisonment (Unofficial English Translation)

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

Secretary of State John Kerry’s Press Statement on International Human Rights Day 2015

Fundamental Freedoms Key to Ensuring Peaceful and Fair Elections in Venezuela – UN Human Rights Experts

Media Release Announcing Assassination Attempt on Lilian Tintori, Wife of Imprisoned Venezuela Opposition Leader Leopoldo López, Fails

Letter from 157 U.S. Senators and Leading Latin American Legislators to President Maduro

Letter from OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro to President of the National Electoral Council of Venezuela Ms. Tibisay Lucena

Media Release Announcing Venezuelan Human-Rights Activists in Washington

Secretary of State John Kerry’s Press Statement on the Conviction of Leopoldo Lopez

Media Release Announcing The Trial of Leopoldo López Comes to an End, As His Living Conditions Worsen; Verdict Imminent

Testimony of Lilian Tintori before UN Human Rights Council

Statement on Situation in Venezuela

Declaration of Panama About Venezuela From the Former Heads of Government and State

European Parliament Resolution on the Persecution of the Democratic Opposition in Venezuela

UN Committee Against Torture Report on Venezuela (Unofficial English Translation)

UN Rights Chief Urges Venezuela to Release Arbitrarily Detained Protesters and Politicians

Media Release Announcing UNWGAD Opinion in Favor of Leopoldo López Mendoza

Opinion No. 26/2014, UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention — Leopoldo López

Media Release Announcing Leopoldo López Defense Team’s Complaint Filed to UN Special Rapporteur on Torture

Petition to the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture — Leopoldo López

Media Release Announcing López Defense Team’s Condemnation of Venezuelan President’s ‘Outrageous’ Comments on First Day of Trial

White Paper on the Case of Leopoldo López Mendoza