Announcement Dec 31, 2025 You can make the final day of 2025 count for freedom As 2025 comes to a close, we at the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) are proud to acknowledge the collective progress we have made this year in the struggle against tyranny.
Press Release Dec 17, 2025 HRF and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) petition United Nations on behalf of Nicaraguan journalist Fabiola Tercero Castro Last month, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) sent a joint submission to the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) on behalf of prominent Nicaraguan journalist and activist Fabiola Tercero Castro.
Press Release Dec 15, 2025 HRF Succeeds at the UN: Vietnam Called to Release Blogger Nguyen Chi Tuyến The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) has received a favorable opinion from the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD), finding that prominent Vietnamese activist and blogger Nguyễn Chí Tuyến, widely known as Anh Chí, is arbitrarily detained by the Vietnamese regime, in clear violation of international human rights law.
Press Release Dec 12, 2025 Following HRF Petition, UN Experts Condemn Egypt for Arbitrary Detention The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) received a favorable opinion from the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD), finding Egypt’s detention of human rights defender Ahmed Amasha arbitrary under international human rights law.
Announcement Dec 11, 2025 Looking back at 20 years of impact Twenty years ago, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) was born out of the belief that dissidents standing up to authoritarianism deserve a voice.
Press Release Dec 4, 2025 HRF succeeds in UN petition: Swaziland called on to immediately release two former lawmakers The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) received a favorable opinion from the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD), finding that Swaziland’s (unilaterally renamed eSwatini by King Mswati III in 2018) detention of former lawmakers Mduduzi Bacede Mabuza and Mthandeni Dube is arbitrary and violates international human rights law.
Publication Nov 9, 2025 Equatorial Guinea: Arbitrary Detention of Lawyer and Activist Anacleto Micha Ndong Nlang The International League Against Arbitrary Detention urges the Government of Equatorial Guinea to implement United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Opinion No. 70/2025 concerning Anacleto Micha Ndong Nlang by immediately releasing him and granting him an enforceable right to compensation and other reparations in accordance with international law.
Publication Oct 30, 2025 Her dad was detained in China for leading a church. She hopes Trump can free him in meeting with Xi When Grace Jin Drexel couldn’t contact her father on October 10, she tried not to panic. She had just heard that one of the pastors of his underground Christian church in China had been detained by authorities; maybe he was busy sorting out the situation.
Publication Oct 13, 2025 Pastors and staff from underground church are arrested in China A Christian pastor and father of U.S. citizens along with dozens of church staff and members have been arrested in China amid a crackdown, his daughter and the church say.
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.
Publication Sep 13, 2025 Chuyên gia Hội đồng Nhân quyền Liên Hợp Quốc quan ngại về báo cáo Việt Nam đàn áp người Khmer Krom Bốn trong số chín nhà sư và Phật tử người Khmer Krom bị Tòa án Nhân dân tỉnh Long An tuyên tổng án tù 25 năm trong phiên sơ thẩm năm ngoái đã được trả tự do dịp 2/9/2025.
Publication Sep 2, 2025 Court of Appeal to hear key appeals in subversion case The Court of Appeal has scheduled a hearing on July 14 to address applications from 14 convicted defendants who are appealing their convictions and prison sentences in the high-profile 35+ subversion case.
Publication Aug 28, 2025 Prominent Bolivian opposition leader to be transferred from jail to house arrest LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivian opposition leader Luis Fernando Camacho won his release to house arrest Wednesday after two years and eight months of pretrial detention, a surprise move that empowered his supporters who long criticized his prosecution as unjust and disheartened his detractors who complained of political pressures overriding procedural tradition.
Press Release Aug 19, 2025 HRF secures UN opinion condemning Vietnam’s detention of Khmer Krom activists The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) found that Vietnam’s detention of To Hoang Chuong and Thach Cuong — activists and members of the Khmer Krom indigenous community — is arbitrary and violates international law.
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.
Publication May 13, 2025 Jailed Hong Kong activist Owen Chow, lawyer lose appeals over prison letter convictions Jailed Hong Kong activist Owen Chow and his lawyer have lost their appeals against convictions for removing a complaint letter from prison without prior approval in 2023.
Press Release May 6, 2025 Bolivia: HRF advierte que jueces que ignoran decisión de la ONU se enfrentarán a sanciones Magnitsky La Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condena enérgicamente al Tribunal de Sentencia Penal, Anticorrupción y Violencia Contra la Mujer Sexto de la ciudad de La Paz, presidido por el juez Marco Antonio Vargas, por su negativa a acatar una decisión emitida en marzo de 2025 por el Grupo de Trabajo sobre la Detención Arbitraria de las Naciones Unidas (GTDA), que determinó que la detención preventiva del gobernador de Santa Cruz, Luis Fernando Camacho, es arbitraria y viola el derecho internacional.
Press Release May 6, 2025 Bolivia: HRF warns judges ignoring UN decision will face Magnitsky sanctions The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) strongly condemns Bolivia’s Sixth Court for Criminal, Anti-Corruption, and Violence Against Women Matters in La Paz, presided over by Judge Marco Antonio Vargas, for its refusal to comply with a March 2025 decision issued by the United Nations
