News Dec 6, 2017 What happens when sport and politics collide in Iran (BBC) – As Iranian sports fans sat down to watch the 2018 Fifa World Cup draw from Moscow last Friday, it was not just the fate of the their national team that was on their minds.
News Dec 5, 2017 Cambodia urged to free opposition leader (The Australian) – More than 150 parliamentarians from 23 countries have sent an open letter to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, calling on him to “immediately and unconditionally” release opposition leader Kem Sokha from prison.
News Dec 5, 2017 Russia names Radio Free Europe and Voice of America ‘foreign agents’ (The Washington Post) – Russia on Tuesday named Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and seven affiliated news services as foreign agents, and the Russian parliament prepared to ban the organizations from attending its sessions.
News Dec 4, 2017 Police arrest woman in Tanzania over video of same-sex kiss HRF condemns crackdown on LGBTQI people and rights groups being carried out by Tanzania’s authoritarian regime.
Publication Dec 1, 2017 Zimbabwe leader’s Cabinet heavy on military, ruling party (The Washington Post) – Zimbabwe’s new President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed a new Cabinet filled with ruling party loyalists and figures linked to the military, whose takeover helped oust former…
Press Release Nov 30, 2017 HRF to OAS: Apply Democracy Clause to Authoritarian Bolivia NEW YORK (November 30, 2017) — In an unprecedented move this Tuesday, Bolivia’s highest court issued a decision eliminating presidential term limits, which will allow President Evo Morales to run for reelection indefinitely.
News Nov 30, 2017 Togo opposition vows to continue protests even during talks (Africanews) – Hundreds of Togolese opposition members turned up for the new round of anti-government protests in the capital Lome on Monday. Wednesday’s march was largely peaceful according to reports from local media.
News Nov 30, 2017 Sudan armed groups still deploy child soldiers: UN (AFP) – The United Nations said Wednesday that some armed groups fighting in Sudan still deploy child soldiers, but acknowledged Khartoum’s efforts to prevent child recruitment into its forces.
News Nov 29, 2017 Zimbabwe pastor Evan Mawarire found not guilty of subversion (Reuters) – A Zimbabwean court found a pastor not guilty on Wednesday of attempting to subvert the government in a case seen as a barometer of judicial independence under new President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
News Nov 29, 2017 Zimbabwe: HRF Welcomes Acquittal of Evan Mawarire NEW YORK (November 29, 2017) — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) welcomes today’s decision by Harare’s High Court to acquit human rights activist and civil society leader Evan Mawarire of all politically motivated charges against him.
News Nov 28, 2017 Cambodian Rights Group Next in Firing Line (New Delhi Times) – Sokha’s Cambodia National Rescue Party has already been dissolved and its senior members banned from politics, but the premier’s assault on critics shows no sign of abating.
News Nov 28, 2017 China Sentences Taiwanese Human Rights Activist in Subversion Case TAIPEI, Taiwan — A Chinese court sentenced a human rights activist from Taiwan to five years in prison Tuesday for state subversion, the first time China has convicted a Taiwanese citizen of that crime.
News Nov 28, 2017 Singapore charges activist for holding public assemblies, including a Skype talk with Joshua Wong The Police had engaged Wham prior to the event and advised him that a police permit was required.
Press Release Nov 28, 2017 On Giving Tuesday, support freedom and democracy And this year has given us much cause for hope. Saudi Arabia finally granted women the right to drive, after years of tireless work by campaigners like Havel Prize laureate Manal al-Sharif.
News Nov 28, 2017 If Zimbabweans want democracy, these are the 5 steps we must take Tawanda Chimhini is the director of the Election Resource Center in Harare, Zimbabwe.
Press Release Nov 28, 2017 Vietnam: HRF Condemns Jailing of 22-Year-Old Blogger NEW YORK (November 28, 2017) — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) strongly condemns the conviction and sentencing of Vietnamese blogger Nguyen Van Hoa on the charge of “conducting anti-state propaganda” for his participation in environmental protests.
News Nov 27, 2017 Swaziland: Chief Punishes Residents With Fine About 20 families were fined E900 each (US$64) “for not attending community meetings and not paying homage to the Ezulwini chiefdom.”
News Nov 27, 2017 Beijing Hinders Free Speech in America I spent nearly seven years in a Chinese prison for being a leader of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. I was freed in 1998, and the Chinese government let me leave the country.
Publication Nov 27, 2017 Oil, Instagram and the Plunder of Equatorial Guinea On Oct. 27, a Paris criminal court convicted Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, the vice president of Equatorial Guinea and son of its president, of money laundering and embezzlement of more…
News Nov 22, 2017 Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa returns to serve as nation’s next leader (CNN) – Zimbabwe’s former vice president has returned to the country to serve as interim President, the state broadcaster reports, following veteran leader Robert Mugabe’s resignation after 37 years of rule.
