Liberty is a value aspired by people worldwide. However, it is a value not yet enjoyed by every human being. This is a comprehensive attempt to analyse and describe the reality of activists that are facing persecution, death threats, death, unfair trials and precluded from ascending to social dimensions within societal structures and workplace ranks, we have contacted some of them to facilitate an evaluation of the situation, these activists have been fighting towards the defense of Human Rights. Various contacts were made via telephone, firstly a presentation of the objectives of the report was carried out, in this process we noted mixed reactions, some activists were abrasive, as a result of way they have been slandered and all the insults projected against them; others preferred that interviews were conducted in person, for fear of being auscultated by telephone. Despite the serenity of some and the loss of breath of others they all had something in common: altogether they felt the urge to see the current scenario transformed, through their voices a desire was manifested to attend the funeral of impunity, corruption and nepotism and to see equality and due process being reborn in the country.
The report puts into perspective the country that has just emerged from another election, with the absence of partisan alternatives, the president who ruled the nation for thirty-eight years was to be replaced as a president of the republic. Since the inauguration of the current president, it seems we are living a hope that comes in a format of speeches directed at combating corruption, impunity, the resignations of some of the entities who were power addicts from the previous government (albeit they all belong to the same team) the incumbent president seems to be interested in winning the hearts of the people who “never” knew liberty and freedom and other forms of governance. In the meantime, there is still not much to be predicted in terms of the light that shines in the dark to display the pathway; relative to practice of hopeful speeches: some say, they are temporary winds that will be drowned by the power of corruption of the President’s party. A retrospective portrayal of the year 2017, showcases much of governance matrix left by ceasing president.
