Human Rights Dispatch Feb 20, 2026 Gabon Social Media Ban, Kim Dynasty Propaganda North Korea’s regime is elevating a 13‑year‑old to unprecedented visibility while millions of North Koreans face starvation, surveillance, and imprisonment. Whatever Pyongyang’s succession plan may be, the Kim dynasty continues to protect its power — never its people.
Press Release Feb 8, 2022 Celebrated Human Rights Activist Hervé Mombo Kinga Dies in Gabon NEW YORK (February 8, 2022) — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) mourns the passing of prominent human rights and pro-democracy activist Hervé Mombo Kinga, who died in his native Gabon, following complications due to COVID-19.
News Oct 26, 2016 HRF Questions Atlantic Council in The Hill Washington is filled with public relations firms which promote the agendas of the world’s most repressive regimes in exchange for cash. To hide human rights abuses, Equatorial Guinea’s strongman hired Qorvis; the pre-revolutionary Tunisian regime hired Washington Media Group and the Saudis hired Edelman.
Press Release Sep 19, 2016 ‘Independent’ Think Tank Honors African Dictator as ‘Global Citizen’ HRF president Thor Halvorssen and HRF Chief Strategy officer Alex Gladstein on the Atlantic Council, which has chosen to give an award to the corrupt dictator of Gabon.
Press Release Sep 12, 2016 Why Is Atlantic Council Honoring the Dictator of Gabon? Next week the Atlantic Council, a Washington D.C.-based policy organization, will celebrate the dictator of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, by presenting him with a prestigious award previously bestowed on Robert DeNiro and Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos.
Blog Post Jul 29, 2016 HRF to Gabon: Stop Violence Against Peaceful Protesters; Release Youth Activists and Union Leaders Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the Gabonese government’s crackdown on activists and union leaders, and calls for their immediate release. In recent weeks, more than 30 civil society leaders were arrested and imprisoned for organizing demonstrations in opposition to president Ali Bongo Ondimba, who is seeking a second term in the upcoming August election.
Press Release Aug 10, 2015 RECAP: HRF puts Gabon’s human rights and corruption crisis in the news This week HRF drew attention to human rights violations and corruption in the Central African country of Gabon by challenging a recent PR trip by Argentine football star Lionel Messi.
Press Release Jul 31, 2015 Celebration of Gabon’s Dictator On July 17, Argentine football superstar and children’s rights advocate Lionel Messi visited Gabon to endorse and celebrate Ali Bongo, a dictator who has ruled the African country after succeeding his father Omar Bongo in 2009.
