HRF Brings UN Attention to Rights Abuses in Two Countries
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HRF calls for the unconditional release of Indian human rights activist Umar Khalid
HRF Submits UNWGAD Petition for Two Former Swazi Lawmakers
The Case of Toomaj Salehi
HRF Succeeds in UN Petition: Rwanda Condemned for Unlawful Detention of Nine Dissidents
NEW YORK (Aug. 20, 2024) — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) welcomes the decision of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) deeming the 2021 arrest and imprisonment of nine Rwandan dissidents — Hamad Hagenimana, Emmanuel Masengesho, Alphonse Mutabazi, Marcel Nahimana, Jean Claude Ndayishimiye, Theoneste Nsengimana, Alexis Rucubanganya, Sylvain Sibomana, and Claudine Uwimana — […]