News Nov 6, 2017 HRF Demands Release of American Journalist in Zimbabwe O’Donovan was arrested on November 3 in Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital, for allegedly tweeting — almost a month ago — that President Robert Mugabe was a “very selfish and sick man,” along with a photo accusing him of using a catheter.
News Nov 1, 2017 28 killed in rare protests in Eritrea, opposition group says ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — At least 28 people have been killed in rare protests in the capital of Eritrea, one of the world’s most reclusive nations, an official with the largest Eritrean opposition group said Wednesday.
News Nov 1, 2017 Eritrea’s Asmara city hit by rare student protest Rare protests broke out in Eritrea’s capital, Asmara, with reports of shooting in the city on Tuesday. Security forces responded by firing shots to disperse protesters, unverified video footage widely circulated on social media shows.
News Oct 27, 2017 Son of Equatorial Guinea’s president is convicted of corruption in France Teodorin Obiang, the son of Equatorial Guinea’s president, has been given a three-year suspended jail term by a French court for plundering public money from his oil-rich but impoverished west African state to fund a jet-set lifestyle in Paris.
News Oct 26, 2017 HRF Condemns Kenya’s Election Rerun After Kenya’s Supreme Court overturned the August election, we hoped against hope that the rule of law had returned to Kenya.
Press Release Oct 24, 2017 HRF to Cameroon: Release Activist Nasako Besingi; End Crackdown on Protesters NEW YORK (October 24, 2017) — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns Cameroon’s authoritarian regime for arbitrarily arresting Cameroonian activist Nasako Besingi and for its attempts to stifle public discourse through protest suppression and internet shutdowns.
News Oct 24, 2017 Kenya’s top court to hear petition to postpone election Kenya’s Supreme Court plans to hear last-minute arguments that Thursday’s presidential election should be postponed because a free and fair vote cannot be guaranteed.
Press Release Oct 23, 2025 HRF Condemns WHO for Appointing Robert Mugabe as “Goodwill Ambassador” NEW YORK (October 22, 2017) — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the decision by the World Health Organization (WHO) to name 93-year-old Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe a “Goodwill Ambassador.”
Press Release Oct 23, 2017 It’s not so surprising WHO’s new director tried to make Robert Mugabe a goodwill ambassador The plan by World Health Organization (WHO) director-general to appoint Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador has backfired and been rescinded after an international outcry.
News Oct 19, 2025 U.N. Peacekeeping Chief Issues Warning on South Sudan The leader of United Nations’ peacekeeping operations offered a dire appraisal of South Sudan on Tuesday, saying the world’s youngest nation is sliding further into mayhem with no sign that its antagonists want peace.
News Oct 18, 2025 Kenya election commissioner flees days before new vote, saying it cannot be fair Kenya election commissioner flees days before new vote, saying it cannot be fair. One of Kenya’s top officials in charge of overseeing next week’s presidential election resigned Wednesday, fled the country and said the upcoming vote could not be fair.
Press Release Oct 17, 2025 OFF Speaker Pierre Claver Mbonimpa Awarded the Civil Courage Prize NEW YORK (October 17, 2017) — On October 18, Burundi’s most prominent human rights defender and 2010 Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) speaker, Pierre Claver Mbonimpa, will be awarded the Train Foundation’s 2017 Civil Courage Prize.
News Oct 17, 2025 UN elects Congo to Human Rights Council despite abuses UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and human rights groups sharply criticized Monday’s U.N. election for 15 new members of the Human Rights Council, singling out conflict-torn Congo’s victory despite accusations of serious rights abuses and an investigation by the U.N.’s top human rights body.
News Oct 12, 2017 Congo Elections Won’t Be Held Before April 2019 Elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo that were due last year won’t be held before April 2019, the electoral commission said, a delay that undermines a pact President Joseph Kabila’s supporters made with his political opponents for him to step down this year.
News Oct 10, 2017 Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga withdraws from Oct. 26 election re-run Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta says the new election will go ahead despite the opposition candidate’s withdrawal.
News Oct 9, 2017 LGBT people in Egypt targeted in wave of arrests and violence Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in Egypt are living in fear following a wave of arrests and violence.
News Oct 6, 2017 Police Tear-Gas Kenyan Vote Protesters as Crowds Gather in Cities In the lead up to the presidential election re-run that will be held later this month, the opposition has made calls for the removal of members from Kenya’s electoral commission after the Supreme Court cancelled the presidential election result from this past August citing irregularities.
News Oct 4, 2017 Rwanda Charges Critic of President With Inciting Insurrection KIGALI (Reuters) – Rwandan authorities have charged a critic of President Paul Kagame with inciting insurrection and forgery after she was barred from challenging him in August elections, the public prosecutor’s spokesman said on Wednesday.
Press Release Sep 28, 2017 HRF Demands Release of Political Cartoonist in Equatorial Guinea Esono Ebalé was arrested on September 16 in Malabo, the country’s capital, while leaving a restaurant with the head of the Spanish Cooperation Agency for International Development.
News Aug 17, 2017 Kenyan Opposition Leader Will Go to Supreme Court Over Disputed Election NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga said on Wednesday he would challenge last week’s presidential election result in court, calming fears that further street protests by his supporters might lead to widespread violence.
