News Jan 3, 2018 Deaths and detentions as Cameroon cracks down on anglophone activists (The Guardian) – Felix Agbor Nkongho looked over his shoulder at a secluded Yaoundé cafe. As a leader of Cameroon’s growing anglophone rights movement, he had reason to be on his guard.
News Dec 5, 2017 Cambodia urged to free opposition leader (The Australian) – More than 150 parliamentarians from 23 countries have sent an open letter to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, calling on him to “immediately and unconditionally” release opposition leader Kem Sokha from prison.
News Dec 4, 2017 Police arrest woman in Tanzania over video of same-sex kiss HRF condemns crackdown on LGBTQI people and rights groups being carried out by Tanzania’s authoritarian regime.
News Nov 28, 2017 China Sentences Taiwanese Human Rights Activist in Subversion Case TAIPEI, Taiwan — A Chinese court sentenced a human rights activist from Taiwan to five years in prison Tuesday for state subversion, the first time China has convicted a Taiwanese citizen of that crime.
News Nov 28, 2017 Cambodian Rights Group Next in Firing Line (New Delhi Times) – Sokha’s Cambodia National Rescue Party has already been dissolved and its senior members banned from politics, but the premier’s assault on critics shows no sign of abating.
News Nov 7, 2017 10 North Koreans Detained in China; ‘We Fear the Worst,’ Activist Says SEOUL, South Korea — Ten North Koreans, including a 3-year-old boy and his mother, have been arrested in China and face being deported to their totalitarian homeland, a rights activist in South Korea said on Tuesday.
News Nov 7, 2017 Their Sons Sought a More Democratic Hong Kong, and Got Prison (The New York Times) – In August, a court in Hong Kong sentenced three young pro-democracy activists to six to eight months in prison, making them what some have called the first political prisoners in the former British colony since its return to Chinese rule two decades ago.
News Nov 3, 2017 Jailed Belarusian Opposition Leader Statkevich Gets Additional 10 Days In Prison (Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty) – Incarcerated Belarusian opposition leader and former presidential candidate Mikalay Statkevich had his arrest prolonged to 10 more days, his wife says.
Press Release Oct 30, 2017 HRF to Spain and U.S.: Bring Venezuelan Dictatorship Cronies to Justice The four individuals were detained last Thursday in Madrid, Spain’s capital, during a joint operation carried out by the Civil Guard and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI).
News Oct 13, 2017 World must wake up to crackdown in Cambodia, says exiled opposition politician A senior Cambodian opposition figure has called for the world to wake up to a calculated campaign by long-time prime minister Hun Sen to batter the remnants of its democracy ahead of elections next year.
News Oct 11, 2017 Wall Street Journal Reporter Sentenced to Prison by Turkish Court A Turkish court sentenced Wall Street Journal reporter Ayla Albayrak to two years and one month in prison Tuesday, declaring her guilty of engaging in terrorist propaganda in support of a banned Kurdish separatist organization through one of her Journal articles.
News Oct 3, 2017 Aleksei Navalny, Putin Critic, Is Sentenced to 20 Days in Jail MOSCOW — The Russian opposition politician Aleksei A. Navalny was convicted and sentenced to 20 days in jail by a Russian court on Monday for repeated violation of rules governing public demonstrations — a term long enough for him to miss a major rally he and supporters had scheduled for Saturday.
Press Release May 15, 2017 Uganda: Drop “Cyber-Harassment” Charges Against Activist for Facebook Posts The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the arbitrary arrest of women’s rights activist and researcher Dr. Stella Nyanzi, and calls on the Ugandan government to drop all charges against her.
News Mar 1, 2017 HRF in Newsday GENEVA-based Human Rights Foundation (HRF) last week submitted a request to the United Nations (UN) for an investigation into the arrest and detention of cleric and #ThisFlag movement founder, Evan Mawarire on his return to Zimbabwe last month.
Press Release Feb 27, 2017 HRF to UN: Investigate Evan Mawarire’s Arbitrary Detention in Zimbabwe On Wednesday, February 22, Human Rights Foundation (HRF) discussed the arbitrary detention of Zimbabwean activist Evan Mawarire in a set of high-level meetings with representatives from the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD), and the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders.
Press Release Feb 1, 2017 Zimbabwe Arrests Evangelical Pastor on Return from New York Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the arbitrary arrest of human rights activist and civil society leader Evan Mawarire in Zimbabwe.
Press Release Sep 9, 2016 Venezuela: HRF Condemns Imprisonment of Opposition Leader Over Picture-Taking Drone Pugila was arrested after he brought a small commercial drone for aerial photography to a mass pro-democracy demonstration that took place in Caracas on September 1.
Press Release Aug 31, 2016 Venezuela: HRF Condemns Arbitrary Arrest of Opposition Leader HRF calls on Venezuela’s government to stop fabricating absurd evidence on prodemocracy activists, to provide information on Goicoechea’s whereabouts and to release him immediately.
Press Release Jul 18, 2016 Zimbabwe: HRF Welcomes Dropped Charges Against Mawarire; Urges Authorities to Stop Arbitrary Arrests Human Rights Foundation (HRF) welcomes the release of civil society leader Evan Mawarire and the court’s ruling that his rights were violated. Mawarire is a popular evangelical pastor who started the “#ThisFlag” movement to protest against police brutality and the destruction of the economy under President Mugabe’s rule.
Press Release Jun 21, 2016 Cuba: Activists Arrested After Meeting With OAS Secretary General Both activists were detained for six hours last week at José Martí Airport in Havana when returning to the country after taking part in meetings with the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro.
