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 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 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
Publication May 27, 2026 Free Up Activist Held in Dungeon, UN Group Tells Equatorial Guinea Recently, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention published its opinion, and the message is clear.
External Source May 23, 2026 Caitlin Triplett: “No sabemos nada de Anacleto desde marzo de 2024” En la edición 221 de Cuarto de Hora, Jorge Elías entrevista a la Asociada Jurídica Internacional de Human Rights Foundation que lideró la denuncia sobre la detención del activista Anacleto Micha Ndong en Guinea Ecuatorial presentada ante el Grupo de Trabajo de la ONU sobre la Detención Arbitraria (WGAD).
Publication May 8, 2026 The UN Demands the Immediate Release of Anacleto Micha Ndong The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) issued an official opinion declaring that the detention of the Equatorial Guinean lawyer and activist – one of the recipients of the 2026 Graciela Fernández Meijide Human Rights Award – is arbitrary and violates international law.
Publication May 6, 2026 La ONU declara arbitraria la detención de Anacleto Micha y pide su liberación inmediata En noviembre de 2025, el Grupo de Trabajo de las Naciones Unidas sobre la Detención Arbitraria adoptó la Opinión núm. 70/2025 relativa al abogado y defensor de derechos humanos Anacleto Micha Ndong Nlang, cuya versión oficial ha sido publicada recientemente, el 16 de febrero de 2026, pidiendo su liberación inmediata.
Publication May 6, 2026 La ONU exige la liberación inmediata de Anacleto Micha Ndong Nlang La Human Rights Foundation ha anunciado una decisión importante para el abogado y defensor de derechos humanos Anacleto Micha Ndong Nlang.
Announcement May 4, 2026 HRF Secures Victory at the UN: Working Group Orders Equatoguinean Lawyer Anacleto Micha Ndong Nlang’s Immediate Release NEW YORK (May 4, 2026) — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) celebrates a significant victory in the path to justice for unjustly detained Equatoguinean lawyer and activist Anacleto Micha Ndong Nlang.
Publication Nov 9, 2025 Equatorial Guinea: Arbitrary Detention of Lawyer and Activist Anacleto Micha Ndong Nlang The International League Against Arbitrary Detention urges the Government of Equatorial Guinea to implement United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Opinion No. 70/2025 concerning Anacleto Micha Ndong Nlang by immediately releasing him and granting him an enforceable right to compensation and other reparations in accordance with international law.
Press Release Dec 19, 2024 HRF Submits UNWGAD Petition for Equatoguinean Lawyer Anacleto Micha Ndong Nlang This week, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) submitted an individual complaint to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) and an urgent appeal to several UN Special Procedures, including the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (UNWGEID), on behalf of Equatoguinean lawyer and human rights activist Anacleto Micha Ndong Nlang.
Publication Nov 27, 2017 Oil, Instagram and the Plunder of Equatorial Guinea On Oct. 27, a Paris criminal court convicted Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, the vice president of Equatorial Guinea and son of its president, of money laundering and embezzlement of more…
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.
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.
