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SG Kirjas supports Honduran liberals ahead of elections

As part of the visit to the region of Central America three months before the 191st LI Executive Committee in Guatemala, Secretary General Emil Kirjas visited Tegucigalpa. The meetings with the leadership of Partido Liberal de Honduras (LI full...
LI Human Rights Chair Al-Sahlani blasts sentence of Saudi liberal blogger

The Chair of LI’s Human Rights Committee, Abir al-Sahlani MP (Centerpartiet – LI Full Member), has censured the sentence of 7 years imprisonment and 600 lashes handed down to liberal blogger, Raif Badawi, in Saudi Arabia.
LI VP Loening: 'R2P is about prevention not intervention'
  LI Vice-President on the Bureau, Markus Loening, has said that the fourth Responsibility to Protect (R2P) Report, issued by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon, underlines the need for stronger liberal societies. 
Elections Strengthen President's Mandate - UN Commends Liberal Leader
LI Vice President and President of the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara, has strengthened his mandate as the RDR (LI Full Member) won overwhelming majorities in local and regional council elections. 
Gibraltar addresses EU on Spain's border harassment
Addressing the rising problems at the Gibraltar-Spain border crossing, caused by draconian checks imposed by the Spanish authorities, the Deputy Chief Minister and Leader of the Liberal Party of Gibraltar (LI full member) Dr Joseph Garcia addressed the European Commission with a major report...
Hariri's compromise: transition government without Hezbollah and FM
Former Lebanese Prime Minister and leader of the Future Movement (LI Member), Saad Hariri, has challenged Hezbollah to do the right thing for the Lebanese people and not participate in government.
DPP Calls for a Nuclear-Free Taiwan
Former LI Vice-President on the Bureau, Bi-Khim Hsiao MP (DPP, LI full member), has expressed her reservations about a possible referendum on the construction of a fourth nuclear plant following a heated debate at the Taiwanese Parliament.
Chair of LI's LGBT Working Group Reports Exclusively on Uganda Pride
Chair of the Liberal International's LGBTI-workgroup, Frank van Dalen, has met with Ugandan politicians and members of the African Liberal Network (LI Cooperating Organisation) during Uganda’s second Gay Pride festival.

The next edition of Li News will follow on 15th August, 2013