Publication Apr 2, 2018 Egypt’s Sisi wins 97 percent in election with no real opposition (Reuters)–Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has been re-elected with 97 percent of votes, the same proportion that the former military commander secured four years ago for his first term but…
Publication Mar 30, 2018 Blackmail, prejudice and persecution: gay rights in Nigeria At a private party, held late at night in a small Lagos hotel far from any main road, men find solace in being openly gay. It is one of the…
Publication Mar 29, 2018 Tanzania opposition leader charged for ‘inciting hatred’ (News24) – The charges of inciting hatred and rebellion are linked to a speech Mbowe gave during the protest in which he said President John Magufuli would not last long…
Press Release Mar 29, 2018 HRF to UN: Fire Danny Glover From UNICEF Ambassadorship NEW YORK (March 29, 2018) —The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Danny Glover’s official visit to whitewash the crimes of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, and calls…
Publication Mar 29, 2018 The Disappeared – China’s Global Kidnapping Campaign Before he disappeared from his luxury apartment at the Four Seasons Hotel in Hong Kong on Jan. 27, 2017, Xiao Jianhua, a Chinese-Canadian billionaire, favored female bodyguards. Why, exactly, was…
Publication Mar 27, 2018 Thousands more leave Syria’s Ghouta as Assad takes back control (Reuters) – The last remaining insurgent-held area in Ghouta is the town of Douma. The United Nations said it is highly concerned for 70,000-78,000 people it said were trapped inside….
Publication Mar 27, 2018 China and Russia accused of waging ‘war on human rights’ at UN China and Russia are leading a stealthy and increasingly successful effort at the United Nations to weaken UN efforts to protect human rights around the world, according to diplomats and…
Publication Mar 26, 2018 Egypt election begins with President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi certain win (USA Today)– Polls opened on Monday in Egypt’s presidential election with the outcome — a second term for President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi — a foregone conclusion. A general-turned-president, el-Sissi is challenged…
Publication Mar 26, 2018 Sierra Leone Runoff Vote to Proceed Tuesday, Court Rules (Bloomberg Politics)–A Sierra Leone court ruled that a presidential runoff set for Tuesday must proceed even as a hearing into alleged fraud during the vote’s first round earlier this month…
Publication Mar 26, 2018 Militants Linked to Al Qaeda Unleash Deadly Car Bombings in Somalia (The New York Times) – The explosions occurred days after a bomb went off outside the Weheliye Hotel in the city, killing at least 14 people, mostly young entrepreneurs, and…
Publication Mar 26, 2018 Malaysia Proposes Law to Fight ‘Fake News’ Ahead of Election (The Wall Street Journal) – Malaysia’s government proposed a new law on Monday that would make spreading fake news a crime punishable by up to 10 years in prison, a…
Publication Mar 26, 2018 Protesters arrested in Belarus during opposition rally Scores of people have been arrested in the Belarus capital, Minsk, as supporters of the country’s repressed opposition tried to hold a protest march. The attempted demonstration was to mark…
Publication Mar 23, 2018 Zambian Opposition Files Motion to Impeach President Lungu (Bloomberg Politics)–Zambia’s main opposition party filed a motion in parliament to impeach President Edgar Lungu, saying he violated the constitution. His spokesman called the motion “defective” and said it will…
Publication Mar 23, 2018 Venezuela’s Maduro Uses Hunger as an Election Weapon (The Wall Street Journal) – Food is an enormously powerful weapon in a country where babies die of malnutrition, store shelves are often bare and three-quarters of the population
Publication Mar 23, 2018 U.N. rights experts urge China to provide care for rights lawyer (Reuters) – United Nations experts called on China on Friday to provide medical care to Jiang Tianyong, a prominent human rights lawyer jailed for inciting “subversion”, amid reports of his…
Publication Mar 22, 2018 China Sets up State Monitoring Agency With Sweeping Powers to Detain (RFA) – The law passed by the National People’s Congress (NPC) will set up nationwide supervisory commissions to monitor the conduct of staff in the ruling Chinese Communist Party, People’s…
Publication Mar 21, 2018 Chinese Dissident, Official Trade Barbs at UN Rights Body GENEVA — A Chinese diplomat repeatedly interrupted a speech by a prominent Chinese dissident to block him from addressing the U.N. Human Rights Council, a failed attempt that bared China’s…
Events Mar 20, 2018 Inside PutinCon, the first conference to focus on the Russian dictator Join HRF for a brief look inside PutinCon, the world’s first conference dedicated to exposing Vladimir Putin’s crimes. Hear from experts like Garry Kasparov, Bill Browder, Amy Knight, Preet Bharara,…
Publication Mar 20, 2018 U.N. calls for Turkey to end state of emergency, halt violations (Reuters)–The United Nations called on Turkey on Tuesday to end its 20-month-old state of emergency and accused Ankara of mass arrests, arbitrary sackings and other abuses that in some cases…
Publication Mar 20, 2018 European Rights Court condemns Turkey over journalist jailings (Deutsche Welle) – The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Tuesday that Turkey had acted illegally in detaining two journalists despite the Supreme Court issuing an order for…
