Press Release Apr 12, 2018 Azerbaijan’s Aliyev Secures a Fourth Term in Rigged Elections NEW YORK (April 12, 2018) — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the reelection of authoritarian president Ilham Aliyev in rigged elections held yesterday in Azerbaijan. The country’s Central Election…
Media Apr 6, 2018 ‘We need to hit kleptocrats in their wallets’ Amid the recriminations over the Sergei Skprial poisoning, questions have been raised about how the UK government deals with Russia. Is expelling diplomats enough? Or would clamping down on the…
Publication Apr 2, 2018 As Authoritarianism Spreads, Uzbekistan Goes the Other Way (The New York Times)– Unraveling a police state is never easy, and just how fraught the process can be has been playing out in a basement cell in Uzbekistan, a…
Publication Mar 27, 2018 China and Russia accused of waging ‘war on human rights’ at UN China and Russia are leading a stealthy and increasingly successful effort at the United Nations to weaken UN efforts to protect human rights around the world, according to diplomats and…
Publication Mar 26, 2018 Protesters arrested in Belarus during opposition rally Scores of people have been arrested in the Belarus capital, Minsk, as supporters of the country’s repressed opposition tried to hold a protest march. The attempted demonstration was to mark…
