News Nov 20, 2017 HRF in the News — L.A. Times cites HRF research on African dictators In Zimbabwe, Mugabe’s fall appears to mark the end of Africa’s postcolonial ‘Big Men’ era.
News Nov 20, 2017 In Zimbabwe, Mugabe’s party gathers to begin his impeachment (The Washington Post) – A day after Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe defied the nation’s calls to resign, lawmakers here frantically searched on Monday for a legal path to dismiss the long-ruling leader.
News Nov 17, 2017 Russia vetoes UN resolution on chemical weapons probe in Syria (CNN) – Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution on Thursday that would have renewed a mandate for the independent group investigating chemical weapons attacks in Syria.
News Nov 17, 2017 Two killed as Kenyan police disperse supporters cheering opposition leader (Reuters) – Two people were killed on Friday as Kenyan police tried to disperse supporters cheering a convoy carrying opposition leader Raila Odinga from the airport to central Nairobi, a Reuters photographer said.
News Nov 17, 2017 Venezuela opposition leader Ledezma flees to Colombia To learn more about human rights violations under Maduro’s authoritarian rule, watch HRF’s Oslo Freedom Forum talk by Antonietta Ledezma, daughter of Antonio Ledezma.
News Nov 17, 2017 North Korean defector had 27cm parasitic worm in his stomach Parasitic worms have been found in a North Korean soldier critically injured while defecting to South Korea, highlighting nutrition and hygiene problems that observers believe have plagued the isolated country for decades.
News Nov 16, 2017 Cambodia’s Top Court Dissolves Main Opposition Party (The New York Times) – Cambodia’s highest court on Thursday dissolved the main opposition party, eliminating the most popular and viable challenger to the country’s authoritarian leader before elections next year.
News Nov 15, 2017 China is perfecting a new method for suppressing dissent on the internet The art of suppressing dissent has been perfected over the years by authoritarian governments. For most of human history, the solution was simple: force.
Press Release Nov 15, 2017 HRF to Zimbabwean Military: Call for Free and Fair Elections After Four Decades of Mugabe NEW YORK (November 15, 2017) — Amid what appears to be a bloodless military coup d’état against Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) urges the Zimbabwe Defense Forces to refrain from violence and to hold free and fair elections that comply with international standards, which would include allowing full participation by opposition groups and international election monitors.
News Nov 15, 2017 Egyptian singer Sherine Abdel Wahab to face trial over Nile comments Jokes about the Nile are as old as the river itself, but one Egyptian pop singer has been told she will stand trial after joking about disease in the famous waterway.
News Nov 14, 2017 Jesus won’t save you — President Xi Jinping will, Chinese Christians told (The Washington Post) – Jesus Christ won’t drag you out of poverty or cure your illnesses, but the Chinese Communist Party will, so take down those pictures of Christ and put up a nice photograph of President Xi Jinping.
News Nov 14, 2017 ‘When they began slaughtering us we ran for our lives’: Rohingya trapped inside Myanmar It’s the sound of the wailing that is most haunting. It’s a deep, soulful, pit-of-your-being, howling hurt. And it follows us as we’re swept along by this moving, wretched mass of humanity.
News Nov 14, 2017 HRF mourns the death of Chinese blogger Yang Tongyan Writer and blogger Yang Tongyan , named after Yang Tianshui , a leading figure in the democratic opposition in China, died on Tuesday when he had almost completed a 12-year sentence for “subversion” in Nanjing Prison (Jiangsu Province, Southeast).
News Nov 14, 2017 An imprisoned West African graphic novelist received the Courage in Cartooning award (The Washington Post) – The cartoonist Ramón Esono Ebalé sits imprisoned in Equatorial Guinea for his art. Over the weekend, his journalistic brethren formally helped spotlight his case.
News Nov 14, 2017 Gobierno de Venezuela anuncia que controlará las redes sociales con gran severidad El Nuevo Herald (CARACAS) — El gobierno del presidente Nicolás Maduro anunció el lunes que el organismo regulador del sector de telecomunicaciones controlará las redes sociales con una severidad semejante a la que ha mostrado desde hace casi dos décadas con las estaciones de radio y televisión del país.
News Nov 13, 2017 Holding chess championship in Saudi Arabia is a ‘horrible’ move, top players say (The Telegraph) – A raft of top players have now revealed they will boycott the blitz and rapid event, one of the most exciting in the chess calendar, over concerns about safety and human rights in the ultra-conservative regime.
News Nov 13, 2017 We’re Not Done Yet, Hague Court Tells Burundi’s Leaders When Burundi became the first country to withdraw from the International Criminal Court less than two weeks ago, its leaders thought they had successfully avoided an inquiry into egregious crimes…
Press Release Nov 13, 2017 Bahrain Dissolves Opposition Group; Escalates Crackdown on Dissidents NEW YORK (November 13, 2017) — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the ongoing crackdown against Bahrain’s opposition voices.
Press Release Nov 10, 2017 HRF to President Trump: Denounce Extrajudicial Killings in Philippines NEW YORK (November 10, 2017) — In an open letter sent on November 10, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) and eleven other international organizations urge U.S. President Donald Trump to denounce the gross human rights abuses that have taken place in the Philippines since the launch of President Rodrigo Duterte’s violent anti-drug campaign.
News Nov 9, 2017 Venezuela Constituent Assembly Cracks Down On Media (NPR) – The Assembly, created by Maduro in July and mainly composed of his supporters, bans any message transmitted through radio, television or social media that instigates hate …
