Press Release Aug 29, 2025 HRF celebra la liberaci├│n del gobernador boliviano Luis Fernando Camacho y pide la liberaci├│n de todos los presos pol├нticos y la restauraci├│n de la independencia judicial Human Rights Foundation (HRF) celebra la liberaci├│n esta tarde del prisionero de conciencia boliviano Luis Fernando Camacho, tras dos a├▒os y ocho meses de detenci├│n arbitraria….
Press Release Aug 29, 2025 HRF celebrates the release of Governor Luis Fernando Camacho in Bolivia The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) welcomes this afternoon’s release of Bolivian prisoner of conscience Luis Fernando Camacho after two years and eight months of arbitrary imprisonment in the notorious Chonchocoro maximum security prison.
Blog Post Aug 26, 2025 The Sculptor Xi Jinping Wants You to Forget For 68-year-old Gao Zhen, last Aug. 26 wasnтАЩt just any other day тАФ it was the day of his arrest.
Press Release Aug 26, 2025 Joint statement on the first anniversary of Gao ZhenтАЩs detention, demanding his urgent release We, the undersigned organizations, express our grave concern at the ongoing detention of artist Gao Zhen (щлШхЕЯ), a 69-year-old US permanent resident and prominent figure in ChinaтАЩs contemporary art scene, who has now been imprisoned for a year without trial.
Press Release Aug 19, 2025 HRF secures UN opinion condemning VietnamтАЩs detention of Khmer Krom activists The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) found that VietnamтАЩs detention of To Hoang Chuong and Thach Cuong тАФ activists and members of the Khmer Krom indigenous community тАФ is arbitrary and violates international law.
Report Aug 14, 2025 Youthquake: Youth-led Movements Shaking Up East and Southeast Asia In recent years, youth across East and Southeast Asia, and around the world, have spearheaded the demand for democracy, justice, and freedom.
Op-Ed Jul 14, 2025 Legitimizing repression: A retired New Zealand judge lends credibility to ChinaтАЩs crackdown The very last thing any person with integrity wants, or should want, is to be praised by the likes of Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee, the main man responsible for aiding and abetting the Chinese Communist Party in eroding democracy and freedom in Hong Kong.
Report Jul 9, 2025 Rwanda UPR NGO Submission This submission was prepared by HRF, for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Rwanda.
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.
Op-Ed Jun 17, 2025 Sarkozy-Gaddafi Trial Exposes Corruption’s Impact on Libyans The corruption trial of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy in France is testing the countryтАЩs democratic resilience and the judiciaryтАЩs capacity to act as a counter-power to leaders bending democratic rules.
Press Release Jun 4, 2025 Remembering the Tiananmen Square massacre Today marks the 36th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, when the Chinese regime unleashed tanks and armed troops to crush a peaceful student movement demanding freedom and democracy. The brutal crackdown shocked the world and continues to cast a long shadow over ChinaтАЩs appalling human rights record.
Op-Ed May 29, 2025 Why the OAS canтАЩt afford to be neutral on democracy in Latin America When leaders of international organizations proclaim neutrality, it may sound statesmanlike. However, in many parts of the world not taking sides is the equivalent of siding with dictators.
Op-Ed May 9, 2025 Why is Saudi Arabia at the Gold Cup? ItтАЩs the latest in the KingdomтАЩs soft power campaign Last month, the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) held an official draw in Miami, Florida for the 2025 Gold Cup, the premier biennial tournament for menтАЩs football on the continent.
Blog Post May 6, 2025 My Reflections on Bitcoin as Freedom Money in Thailand & Burma My name is Win Ko Ko Aung, and I am a global bitcoin adoption fellow at HRF. I help nonprofits operating under authoritarian regimes explore Bitcoin as a tool for financial freedom.
Press Release May 6, 2025 Bolivia: HRF advierte que jueces que ignoran decisi├│n de la ONU se enfrentar├бn a sanciones Magnitsky La Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condena en├йrgicamente al Tribunal de Sentencia Penal, Anticorrupci├│n 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 decisi├│n emitida en marzo de 2025 por el Grupo de Trabajo sobre la Detenci├│n Arbitraria de las Naciones Unidas (GTDA), que determin├│ que la detenci├│n 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 BoliviaтАЩs 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
Press Release Apr 25, 2025 VenezuelaтАЩs Maduro Continues to Use Tren de Aragua for Transnational Repression, Kidnapping, Assassination The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns Venezuelan dictator Nicol├бs Maduro for using the Tren de Aragua criminal network to target and eliminate dissidents beyond VenezuelaтАЩs borders. New evidence from a Chilean prosecutorтАЩs investigation has confirmed that the February 2024 abduction and assassination of former Venezuelan army lieutenant Ronald Ojeda in Chile was a politically motivated murder, ordered by MaduroтАЩs regime and executed by members of Tren de Aragua.
Press Release Apr 24, 2025 HRF submits case of Cambodian activist Koet Saray to UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Earlier this month, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) submitted the case of Cambodian environmental and human rights activist Koet Saray to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD).
Blog Post Apr 14, 2025 How China Uses Financial Repression to Erase the Uyghur People Rushan Abbas has spent years fighting for the freedom of her people, the Uyghurs, a Muslim ethnic group in the Uyghur Region, located in northwest China.
Press Release Apr 8, 2025 HRF succeeds in Uzbekistan case: UN calls for immediate release of Dauletmurat Tazhimuratov The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) received a favorable opinion from the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD), which found that UzbekistanтАЩs detention of Karakalpak activist and lawyer, Dauletmurat Tazhimuratov, is arbitrary and violates fundamental international human rights law.
