Human Rights Dispatch Dec 12, 2025 Hong Kong Election Arrests, Hong Kong Weaponizes AI, Burma Sham Elections, and more. HRF condemns the arrest of 11 Hong Kongers — three now prosecuted — for allegedly encouraging election boycotts.
Human Rights Dispatch Nov 21, 2025 Russia attacks Kharkiv region On the morning of Nov. 19, Russia attacked Ukraine with 48 cruise missiles and 476 attack drones. Missiles hit an apartment building in Ternopil, in western Ukraine, killing at least 25 people, including three children. Another 93 people were wounded, 18 of them children.
Human Rights Dispatch Oct 14, 2025 Venezuela closes Norway embassy, Cuba persecution of dissidents, Navalny lawyers trial. This briefing highlights key developments and shares HRF’s stance on urgent human rights struggles unfolding around the world.
Human Rights Dispatch Oct 9, 2025 Russia’s war on Ukraine’s youth, forcible disappearance of Tanzanian regime critic, Hong Kong’s crackdown on free expression, and more. HRF condemns the abduction and forcible disappearance since Oct. 6 of Tanzanian regime critic Humphrey Polepole, amid ongoing repression against critics of President Samia Suluhu Hassan ahead of Oct. 29 elections.
Announcement Oct 3, 2025 Join HRF’s live webinar: The Impact of the War on Ukrainian Children Join the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) for the live webinar, “The Impact of the War on Ukrainian Children,” on Thursday, Oct. 9, at 11:00 a.m. EST, on the devastating effects of the war in Ukraine on the country’s…
Publication Sep 25, 2025 The crime of letters. Russian court upholds prison terms for Navalny’s former lawyers Vladimir Regional Court has refused prosecutors’ bid to stiffen the jail terms of three lawyers who once defended Alexei Navalny, leaving intact sentences handed down in January.
Publication Sep 20, 2025 ‘This is their attempt to silence him’: Umar Khalid reaches five years in Indian jail without trial There is indeed something about captivity that makes one feel like a state of somewhere between life and death,” wrote Umar Khalid in June in a letter penned as his fifth year languishing behind bars approached.
Press Release Sep 17, 2025 HRF calls for justice in wake of confirmation Alexei Navalny was poisoned The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns Vladimir Putin’s regime for the assassination of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, whose death at Penal Colony No. 3 (“Polar Wolf”) in the Russian Arctic has now…
Press Release Jul 9, 2025 HRF Highlights Human Rights Abuses in Georgia and Rwanda at UN Review Last week, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) submitted formal contributions to the United Nations Human Rights Council for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Georgia and Rwanda, bringing urgent attention to deteriorating human rights conditions in both countries.
Press Release Apr 8, 2025 HRF succeeds in Uzbekistan case: UN calls for immediate release of Dauletmurat Tazhimuratov The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) received a favorable opinion from the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD), which found that Uzbekistan’s detention of Karakalpak activist and lawyer, Dauletmurat Tazhimuratov, is arbitrary and violates fundamental international human rights law.
Op-Ed May 6, 2025 How Years of American Policy Bumbling Boosted Putin Alexander Vindman argues that U.S. missteps and naïveté created the conditions for Russian imperialism’s return.
Press Release Feb 25, 2025 HRF celebrates the release of Belarusian dissident Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) celebrates the release of Belarusian dissident Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk, who was released on Feb. 2, after spending 1,491 days in arbitrary detention.
Video Series Feb 24, 2025 The Case of Marat Zhylanbaev On May 3, 2023, human rights activist and leader of the opposition party, “Alga Kazakhstan,” Marat Zhylanbaev, was arrested on administrative charges for participating in an “illegal” protest. Upon completing his administrative detention on May 23, he was immediately re-arrested on criminal charges for alleged participation in and financing so-called “extremist” activities.
Publication Jan 17, 2025 Russia gives Navalny lawyers multi-year sentences for relaying his messages Russia has sentenced three lawyers who had defended Alexei Navalny to several years in prison for bringing messages from the late opposition leader from prison to the outside world.
Publication Jan 17, 2025 ‘Shameful’ Russia locks up Navalny’s lawyers on extremism charges Three lawyers for deceased Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny were on Friday sentenced to prison for “being part of an extremist group,” a Russian court ruled.
Publication Jan 17, 2025 Russia jails lawyers who acted for late opposition leader Alexei Navalny Three lawyers who acted for late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have been given jail terms of up to five-and-a-half years on charges of taking part in an “extremist organisation”.
Blog Post Dec 19, 2024 Legitimizing Aggression in Russia’s 2024 Vote Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia entered a period of profound political and economic change.
Blog Post Dec 19, 2024 Elections In Georgia: At the Crossroads between Russia and Europe Countries that once were democratic continued the descent into authoritarianism.
Blog Post Nov 6, 2024 Exposing Aliyev’s Masquerade: The Illusion of Democracy Behind COP29 Next week, roughly 70,000 foreign guests are expected to flood into Baku for the most important climate forum of the year: COP29, the United Nations Climate Change Conference.
Press Release Oct 23, 2024 HRF Chair Yulia Navalnaya appeared on ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ ulia Navalnaya, Chair of the Human Rights Foundation (HRF), appeared on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on Monday to discuss the release of “Patriot,” a memoir written by her late husband, Alexei Navalny.
