Video Series Jul 12, 2024 The Case of Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Aliou Sané In the lead-up to the 2024 presidential elections in Senegal, concern and uncertainty over whether President Macky Sall would pursue a third, unconstitutional term, along with his regime’s efforts to bar opposition leader Ousmane Sonko from the polls, fueled popular discontent, protests, and a wave of repression on dissent.
Press Release Jun 25, 2024 Iran Supreme Court Overturns Toomaj Salehi’s Death Sentence On June 22, Iran’s Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of Iranian hip-hop artist and Havel Prize Laureate Toomaj Salehi.
Press Release Jun 24, 2024 HRF submits joint petition to UNWGAD for Belarusian activist Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk In late May, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) and the Human Rights Center Viasna (Viasna) submitted a joint petition to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) on behalf of well-known Belarusian pro-democracy activist Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk.
Press Release Jun 17, 2024 HRF submits joint petition to the United Nations on behalf of Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza On June 3, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) submitted an individual complaint to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) in the case of Russian opposition leader and pro-democracy advocate Vladimir Kara-Murza, along with the Centre de la Protection Internationale (CPI), Freedom House, Free Russia Foundation (FRF), Global Justice Advisors, McCain Institute, and the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights (RWCHR).
Publication May 30, 2024 ‘Sitting in jail for everyone else’ – a Hong Kong democrat’s sacrifice HONG KONG, May 30 (Reuters) – Owen Chow has spent most of the past four years in prison and in repeated court hearings, fighting charges carrying a possible life sentence – a far cry from his days as a nursing student and one of thousands supporting Hong Kong’s democratic freedoms.
Publication May 25, 2024 Việt Nam y án đối với hai ông Thạch Cương và Tô Hoàng Chương Một tòa án ở Trà Vinh vừa y án 4 năm tù đối với ông Thạch Cương và 3 năm 6 tháng tù đối với ông Tô Hoàng Chương, hai nhà hoạt động cho quyền của người bản địa Khmer Krom ở đồng bằng sông Cửu Long mà chính phủ Hoa Kỳ liên tục kêu gọi Việt Nam phóng thích.
Publication Apr 24, 2024 Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi sentenced to death for songs critical of regime LONDON — An Iranian court sentenced outspoken rapper Toomaj Salehi to death after his arrest over songs that criticized the government, his lawyer said Wednesday.
Press Release Apr 12, 2024 HRF Petitions the State Department on Vladimir Kara-Murza’s Detention On Thursday, the second anniversary of Russian pro-democracy advocate Vladimir Kara-Murza’s detention, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF), Free Russia Foundation (FRF), McCain Institute, and the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights (RWCHR) filed a request to the US Department of State, calling for it to designate Kara-Murza as wrongfully detained and transfer his case to the Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs.
Publication Apr 10, 2024 Khmer Krom group petitions for Vietnam to be removed from UN body A group representing Vietnam’s Khmer Krom indigenous people has sent a petition to the United Nations Secretary General requesting the suspension of Vietnam’s membership of the U.N. Human Rights Council, or UNHRC, and calling for the release of imprisoned activists.
Publication Apr 5, 2024 Student leader who had spoken up in land dispute detained In two separate incidents, Cambodian police on Friday arrested the leader of a student organization and a senior opposition party activist in the latest examples of clampdowns on critics of the government or official policies.
Press Release Apr 5, 2024 HRF Brings UN Attention to Rights Abuses in Five Countries Last week, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) submitted contributions to the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) regarding the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Nicaragua, North Korea, and Qatar.
Press Release Mar 6, 2024 HRF asks UNWGAD to rule on Senegal’s arbitrary detention of Aliou Sané and Bassirou Diomaye Faye Last week, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) submitted a petition to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) on behalf of Bassirou Diomaye Diakahar Faye and Aliou Sané.
Publication Nov 20, 2023 Jailed Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi released on bail Salehi was imprisoned for his support for the anti-government protests following the death of Jina Mahsa Amini.
Video Series Oct 17, 2023 The Case of Salma Al-Shehab On Aug. 9, 2022, a Saudi court sentenced Salma al-Shehab to 34 years in prison to be followed by a travel ban of the same length under a range of charges under the counter-terrorism law in connection to tweets in support of women’s rights in Saudi Arabia. Salma was later re-sentenced to 27 years.
Report Aug 30, 2023 New Arabic Edition of “Framing Justice in Syria” Today, on the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) and The Syria Campaign (TSC) published the Arabic edition of the report, “Framing Justice in Syria: The Road Toward Comprehensive Justice,” which provides a comprehensive overview of domestic and international judicial avenues to prosecute the crimes against humanity that have been committed in Syria.
Blog Post Jul 19, 2023 HRF Brings UN Attention to Rights Abuses in Congo, Malaysia, and Senegal Last week, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) submitted contributions to the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) regarding the Republic of the Congo, Malaysia, and Senegal.
Press Release Jul 10, 2023 UN Calls For Release Of Saudi Women’s Rights Activists Last Friday, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) released a decision on the cases of Salma al-Shehab and Nourah al-Qahtani. It finds their detention to be arbitrary and calls for their immediate release.
Op-Ed Apr 28, 2023 Russia has stifled another Putin opponent. Here’s how the West might help him Some 70 US lawmakers wrote to Secretary of State Antony Blinken last week, urging the Biden administration to press Russia for the release of imprisoned dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza.
Press Release Feb 1, 2023 HRF Succeeds in Joint UN Petition: Cuba Condemned for Detention of Artists Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara & Hamlet Lavastida The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) issued an opinion concluding that the June 2021 and July 2021 arrests of Cuban artists Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and Hamlet Lavastida, respectively, were arbitrary and violated international law.
