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.
Press Release Oct 10, 2025 HRF celebra que el Premio Nobel de la Paz haya sido otorgado a María Corina Machado La Human Rights Foundation (HRF) celebra el anuncio de hoy de que la líder opositora venezolana María Corina Machado ha sido galardonada con el Premio Nobel de la Paz por su compromiso de décadas con la libertad, la democracia y la dignidad humana en Venezuela.
Press Release Oct 10, 2025 HRF Celebrates Award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuela’s María Corina Machado The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) celebrates today’s announcement that Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her decades-long commitment to freedom, democracy, and human dignity in Venezuela.
Human Rights Dispatch Oct 9, 2025 Russia’s war on Ukraine’s youth, forcible disappearance of Tanzanian regime critic, Hong Kong’s crackdown on free expression, and more. HRF condemns the abduction and forcible disappearance since Oct. 6 of Tanzanian regime critic Humphrey Polepole, amid ongoing repression against critics of President Samia Suluhu Hassan ahead of Oct. 29 elections.
Blog Post Oct 6, 2025 The Riyadh job Fifty comedians playing in Saudi Arabia, millions of dollars, and one head-scratcher: Why are they doing this?
Announcement Oct 3, 2025 Join HRF’s live webinar: The Impact of the War on Ukrainian Children Join the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) for the live webinar, “The Impact of the War on Ukrainian Children,” on Thursday, Oct. 9, at 11:00 a.m. EST, on the devastating effects of the war in Ukraine on the country’s…
Press Release Sep 30, 2025 HRF statement on Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Comedy Festival The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) calls on the comedians scheduled to perform at the Riyadh Comedy Festival either to cancel their participation or to use the festival as a platform to denounce the human rights situation in Saudi Arabia.
Publication Sep 30, 2025 Calling for action on systemic abuse and political control in Hong Kong prison As a coalition of 52 civil society organizations committed to human rights and the rule of law, we write collectively to urgently raise serious concerns regarding the systemic abuses occurring inside Hong Kong’s prisons, as detailed in the recent report by the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong (CFHK) Foundation, “We Were Made to Suffer: Systemic Abuse and Political Control Inside Hong Kong’s Prisons” (September 2025).
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.
Announcement Sep 23, 2025 Voices of Dissent: October 6 at Rowan University The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is thrilled to bring the College Freedom Forum (CFF) to Rowan University on October 6, 2025, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. EST.
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.
Press Release Sep 17, 2025 HRF calls for justice in wake of confirmation Alexei Navalny was poisoned The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns Vladimir Putin’s regime for the assassination of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, whose death at Penal Colony No. 3 (“Polar Wolf”) in the Russian Arctic has now…
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.
Press Release Aug 29, 2025 HRF celebra la liberación del gobernador boliviano Luis Fernando Camacho y pide la liberación de todos los presos políticos y la restauración de la independencia judicial Human Rights Foundation (HRF) celebra la liberación esta tarde del prisionero de conciencia boliviano Luis Fernando Camacho, tras dos años y ocho meses de detención 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.
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.
Blog Post Aug 26, 2025 The Sculptor Xi Jinping Wants You to Forget For 68-year-old Gao Zhen, last Aug. 26 wasn’t just any other day — it was the day of his arrest.
Press Release Aug 26, 2025 Joint statement on the first anniversary of Gao Zhen’s detention, demanding his urgent release We, the undersigned organizations, express our grave concern at the ongoing detention of artist Gao Zhen (高兟), a 69-year-old US permanent resident and prominent figure in China’s contemporary art scene, who has now been imprisoned for a year without trial.
