Human Rights Dispatch Jul 10, 2026 Saba Saba Protests Crushed, Guinea-Bissau Prepares Referendum, Venezuela Blocks Aid, and more. HRF condemns Delcy Rodríguez’s regime for its disastrous handling of the devastating June 24 earthquakes in Venezuela.
Human Rights Dispatch Jul 8, 2026 Museveni Defends Crackdown, Cuba Opens Markets, Pastor Ezra Jin Released The Human Rights Foundation celebrates the release of Pastor Ezra Jin following almost nine months of arbitrary detention in China.
Human Rights Dispatch Jul 7, 2026 ECOWAS Rules Against Togo Regime, Tibetan Activist Dies in NYC, Russia Bombs Kyiv HRF condemns Russia’s latest brutal attacks on Ukraine, which killed at least 21 people, including 15 in Kyiv. This is a deliberate effort to terrorize Ukraine’s civilian population.
Press Release Jul 6, 2026 HRF welcomes UN opinion condemning Rwanda’s detention of opposition leader, Victoire Ingabire NEW YORK (July 6, 2026) — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF), Freedom Now, and the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights celebrate the decision of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD), which finds that the detention of prominent Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire is arbitrary and in violation of international law.
Human Rights Dispatch Jul 6, 2026 UN Condemns Rwanda Over Ingabire, Pakistan Sentences Baloch HRF expresses deep concern over a Pakistani anti-terrorism court’s sentencing of two prominent Balochi activists, Mahrang Baloch and Sibghatullah Shahji, to life imprisonment.
Human Rights Dispatch Jul 2, 2026 RSF Threatens El Obeid, Uganda Shuts Down Media, Vietnam Jails Dissidents, and more. HRF expresses deep concern over Vietnam’s increasing use of vague laws to target human rights activists and dissidents perceived as challenging the regime’s rule.
Human Rights Dispatch Jul 1, 2026 Tanzania Bans Rallies, Mali Targets Exiles, China’s Unity Law Takes Effect, and more. On July 1, 1997, the British government transferred Hong Kong’s sovereignty to Chinese rule, under the “One Country, Two Systems” framework, which included guarantees for the protection of rights and freedoms for 50 years.
Human Rights Dispatch Jun 26, 2026 Sudan Disappears Women Journalists, South Sudan Schedules Elections, Cuba Frees Teen Political Prisoner, and more. Election officials in South Sudan have set Dec. 22 as the date for the country’s long awaited first general election since independence in 2011.
Announcement Jun 25, 2026 Nomination of Rwandan pro-democracy leader Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza for the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize 2026, one year after her arbitrary detention Freedom Now, the Human Rights Foundation, and the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights & Justice are proud to announce their nomination of Ms. Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) 2026 Václav Havel Human Rights Prize.
Human Rights Dispatch Jun 24, 2026 Ethiopia Sham Election, Uganda Deports Martha Karua HRF condemns the Ugandan regime’s expulsion of veteran Kenyan lawyer and politician Martha Karua on Monday.
Report Jun 24, 2026 Football in Equatorial Guinea’s dynastic family dictatorship Equatorial Guinea, a tiny central African nation which gained its independence from Spain in 1968, has been under the rule of a dynastic family dictatorship for nearly six decades.
Report Jun 23, 2026 How the Regime in Equatorial Guinea Exploits Football Equatorial Guinea’s regime has strategically exploited the global appeal of football as a political tool.
Human Rights Dispatch Jun 23, 2026 Zimbabwe Alters Constitution, Museveni Targets Opponents HRF condemns draconian new foreign financing restrictions imposed by Uganda’s dictatorship on political opposition and NGOs under a new law that codifies centralized political control of dissent under the guise of curbing foreign influence.
Human Rights Dispatch Jun 19, 2026 Rwanda Detains Victoire Ingabire, Russia Mistreats Journalist Iryna Danylovych On June 18, HRF and Reporters Without Borders ( @RSF_inter ) submitted urgent updates to UN Special Procedures on the ongoing ill-treatment of Crimean citizen-journalist, nurse, and human rights defender Iryna Danylovych, who remains imprisoned in Russia as her health continues to deteriorate in custody.
Human Rights Dispatch Jun 18, 2026 Military Court Seeks 20 Years for Nathanaël Onokomba, Erias Lukwago Imprisoned, U Min Zin Arrested in China, and more. HRF expresses deep concern over China’s arrest of US citizen U Min Zin, a researcher and long-time critic of Burma’s military junta, and Burma’s detention of American businessman and author Adam Castillo.
Human Rights Dispatch Jun 16, 2026 Uganda Military Abducts Lawyer Erias Lukwago, Russia’s Regional Influence Collapses In a @WSJ op-ed, @cjcmichel, Director of the Combating Kleptocracy Program at the Human Rights Foundation, argues that Russia’s influence across the former Soviet space has collapsed – as have its pretensions about being the leading regional power.
Human Rights Dispatch Jun 13, 2026 Dictators Form Strategic Alliance, UN Orders Anacleto’s Release, Kagame Tightens Local Control, and more. HRF calls on the international community to remember the human cost of global authoritarian alignment and collaboration. Kim Jong-un’s deepening ties with China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin are not just diplomatic maneuvers.
Human Rights Dispatch Jun 12, 2026 Zimbabwe Activist Released, Congo Crackdown Kills Protesters, El Salvador Jails Lawyer, Indigenous Leader Dies, Activists Targeted Globally, and more. HRF condemns the Ortega-Murillo regime for the death under state custody of Indigenous leader and political prisoner Brooklyn Rivera. Rivera was arbitrarily detained and disappeared in September 2023, held without charges or access to his family, and died after 971 days under regime control.
Human Rights Dispatch Jun 4, 2026 Release Anacleto Micha Ndong, China Erases Tiananmen History On the 37th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre, HRF continues to remember the pro-democracy activists who laid down their lives to express their demands for a free and democratic China.
Press Release Jun 4, 2026 HRF Urges Equatorial Guinea To Abide by UN Ruling and Release Lawyer and Activist Anacleto Micha Ndong Nlang The Human Rights Foundation (HRF), in partnership with fellow human rights organizations, has issued a joint letter calling on Equatorial Guinea’s ruler Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo to immediately release lawyer and activist Anacleto Micha Ndong Nlang from Oveng Azem Prison
