Press Release Apr 1, 2025 HRF Brings UN Attention to Rights Abuses in Four Countries Last week, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) submitted contributions to the United Nations (UN) Human Rights CouncilтАЩs Universal Periodic Review regarding Belarus, Honduras, Libya, and Malawi.
Press Release Mar 28, 2025 HRF succeeds in UN petition: Bolivia condemned for arbitrary detention of democratically elected governor The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) welcomes the decision of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) ruling that the arrest of Santa Cruz Governor Luiz Fernando Camacho in Bolivia was arbitrary and in violation of international law. HRF submitted the petition on behalf of Camacho in February 2023.
Blog Post Jan 23, 2023 BoliviaтАЩs Jailing Opposition Leaders on Absurd тАШTerrorismтАЩ Charges A Dec. 28 police operation involving over 40 heavily armed officers тАФ most of them in plain clothes and wearing masks тАФ violently arrested Luis Fernando Camacho, one of BoliviaтАЩs most important opposition leaders and governor of the region with the countryтАЩs largest city, and swiftly moved him to La Paz in a military helicopter.
Blog Post Nov 7, 2022 The Cost of Defending the Environment in Latin America On July 5, 2022, Venezuelan indigenous leader and environmentalist Virgilio Trujillo Arana was murdered in broad daylight.
