News Oct 12, 2017 Egyptian Activist Receives a Top Human Rights Award GENEVA — A prominent Egyptian lawyer and activist was awarded a Swiss-based foundation’s prestigious human rights award on Tuesday, drawing international attention to the Egyptian government’s crackdown on civil rights groups.
News Oct 9, 2017 LGBT people in Egypt targeted in wave of arrests and violence Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in Egypt are living in fear following a wave of arrests and violence.
Press Release Sep 26, 2017 Saudi Activists Succeed in Ending Ban on Women Drivers Previously, Saudi Arabia was the only country in the world that enforced a ban on women drivers. The new policy will be implemented starting on June 24, 2018.
Press Release Aug 16, 2017 Syria: White Helmets Co-Founder Speaks out against Regime Violence Earlier this week, the White Helmets suffered a horrific attack, in which seven of its volunteers were assassinated.
News Jul 19, 2017 Woman Recently Arrested for Wearing a Skirt Crop Top in Public Released Saudi Arabia: The regime have released Khulood, a woman who was arrested after videos appeared online of her strolling through a historic neighborhood in a short skirt and crop top.
Press Release Apr 24, 2017 HRF Condemns Post-Referendum Crackdown The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) strongly condemns the Turkish government for ordering the arrest of at least 38 activists on Wednesday for criticizing the results of the country’s recent referendum.
Press Release Apr 5, 2017 HRF Calls for R2P After Assad Gasses Civilians, Again The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the latest wave of crimes against humanity perpetrated by Bashar al-Assad’s regime — this time against the civilian population in the northwestern province of Idlib, Syria.
Press Release Mar 7, 2017 HRF to Egypt: Hold Mubarak Accountable Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the March 2, 2017, decision by Egypt’s highest court acquitting former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak of complicity in the killing of 239 protesters during the 2011 Arab Spring uprising.
Press Release Feb 18, 2017 HRF to Testify Before U.S. Senate Kasparov will offer his expert testimony at 2:45 p.m. It will be broadcast live on the U.S. Senate website.
Press Release Jan 10, 2017 Turkey: HRF Condemns Three-Month Extension to the State of Emergency Human Rights Foundation (HRF) strongly condemns the Turkish parliament’s decision to extend the state of emergency in Turkey for three additional months.
Press Release Dec 12, 2016 Canada, U.S., Estonia: HRF Supports Legislation to Reject Dictatorship Enablers The Magnitsky Law, if adopted, will allow Canada to sanction foreign officials who commit gross human rights abuses abroad by restricting their entry into the country and freezing their assets.
Press Release Oct 24, 2016 HRF Urges Democratic Countries not to Elect Dictatorships to UN Human Rights Council Governments seeking election to the U.N.’s top human rights body this year include China, Cuba, Egypt, Iraq, Malaysia, Russia, Rwanda, and Saudi Arabia.
Press Release Oct 5, 2016 HRF to UN: Do Not Elect Dictatorships to the Human Rights Council “This year, five notorious dictatorships are running for reelection at the world’s top human rights body. By gaining these highly coveted seats, which they have consistently used to exercise a heckler’s veto, they seek to shield themselves from any significant exposure of their horrendous human rights records,” said HRF Chief Legal Officer Javier El-Hage.“
Press Release Aug 30, 2016 HRF to Bahrain: Stop Shutting Down the Internet Last week, Human Rights Foundation (HRF), as part of a coalition of 30 organizations from around the world, called on Bahrain’s authoritarian regime to restore the country’s internet service, which has been disrupted since June 2016.
News Jul 12, 2016 HRF in the Washington Post Javier El-Hage and Celine Assaf Boustani, members of HRF’s legal team, originally published this piece in The Washington Post. This week marked two years since a Saudi Arabian kangaroo court sentenced human rights lawyer Waleed Abulkhair to 15 years in prison for “inciting public opinion.”
Press Release Jul 6, 2016 Saudi Arabia: HRF Publishes Legal Report on Waleed Abu al-Khair Today marks two years since a criminal court arbitrarily sentenced Saudi Arabian award-winning human rights lawyer Waleed Abu al-Khair to 15 years in prison.
News Jun 1, 2016 This Nonprofit Wants the U.S. to Ally With Syria’s Dictator In this turbulent election year, one constant theme for leaders of both major parties is a desire to build a global coalition against the Islamic State. Now a relatively unknown group is taking that message literally.
Announcement May 25, 2016 OFF, the Arab Spring, and Digital Technology It seems a long time ago. Four years back, when human-rights campaigners, brave dissidents and their supporters assembled for an annual get-together in Oslo, there was a giddy optimism in the air.
Press Release Apr 11, 2016 Egypt: Halt Persecution of Civil Society Groups HRF calls on the Egyptian government to drop all charges and vacate the arbitrary convictions against members of non-governmental organizations.
Blog Post Mar 16, 2016 Elections Under Authoritarian Regimes: Azerbaijan and Iran NEW YORK – On Monday, Russia’s Putin-controlled Constitutional Court approved proposed constitutional amendments to reset the count on presidential term limits to zero.
