Blog Post Jul 6, 2017 Real Russia Today (Part 2) Three years ago, OCCRP exposed the “Russian Laundromat” – an immense financial fraud scheme that enabled vast sums to be pumped out of Russia.
Blog Post Jul 6, 2017 Real Russia Today (Part 3) Ukraine asked the United Nations’ highest court on Monday to order Russia to stop funding and equipping pro-Russian separatists, at the start of a hearing where it hopes to prove Moscow is breaking international law.
News Jul 6, 2017 Evan Mawarire in Deutsche Welle A Harare court on Friday denied Evan Mawarire, a Zimbabwean pastor and activist, bail. The judge said that Mawarire had to remain in custody as he was at risk of flight.
Press Release Jun 30, 2017 HRF to Russia: Free Peaceful Protesters and Annul Their Convictions On June 12, Russian police detained more than 1,720 people, including minors, during peaceful demonstrations across the country. Dinar Idrisov was arrested while trying to provide legal support for the detainees.
Publication Jun 28, 2017 Meet the Youthful Face of Resistance to Thailand’s Junta Every year, on the first day of school, thousands of first-year students file onto a field on the campus of Chulalongkorn, Thailand’s oldest and among its most prestigious universities, in the heart of the sweltering capital Bangkok.
Press Release Jun 26, 2017 Angola Indicts Oslo Freedom Forum Speaker The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the June 20 indictment of award-winning investigative journalist and human rights advocate Rafael Marques de Morais by Angola’s Office of the Attorney General.
News Jun 26, 2017 South Sudan censors newspapers, hampers press in civil war JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Journalists’ organizations, both international and domestic, charge that South Sudan’s government is restricting their ability to report the news.
Blog Post May 16, 2017 America, Your Election Is Not Rigged HRF chairman Garry Kasparov originally published this piece in The New York Times. For the last few weeks, the Republican nominee for president, Donald J. Trump, has been talking a lot about how the Nov. 8 election is rigged against him.
Press Release May 15, 2017 Uganda: Drop “Cyber-Harassment” Charges Against Activist for Facebook Posts The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the arbitrary arrest of women’s rights activist and researcher Dr. Stella Nyanzi, and calls on the Ugandan government to drop all charges against her.
Blog Post May 8, 2017 Garry Kasparov – Гарри Каспаров – Banks Not Tanks Russian chess champion and democracy advocate Garry Kasparov reminds us that while Vladimir Putin may seem too dangerous and powerful to confront openly, the West has effective, non-violent weapons at its disposal.
Blog Post May 8, 2017 Yulia Marushevska – I Am a Ukrainian Ukrainian democracy activist Yulia Marushevska asks the world to stand with her country in its struggle to become the kind of free society often taken for granted in the West.
Press Release May 6, 2017 Red Bull Athletes Train Children of Pres. Maduro and Drug Kingpin Hugo Carvajal Celebrated professional skydivers from the Red Bull Athletic Team, Amy Chmelecki, Mike Swanson, Jon Devore, Filippo “Ippo” Fabbi, and global wingsuit champion Noah Bahnson are currently in Venezuela as contractors of Skydive Caribbean, a company owned by Pedro Trebbau-Lopez and Domingo Guzman-Lopez, to train the stepchildren and nephews of President Nicolas Maduro along with those of drug kingpin Hugo Carvajal.
Press Release May 5, 2017 Havel Prize Recognizes Efforts in Bahrain, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2017 Václav Havel International Prize for Creative Dissent.
News May 4, 2017 Nicki Minaj in Angola The Human Rights Foundation is asking Nicki Minaj to reconsider her scheduled performance in Angola on Saturday, citing a list of abuses committed by the president of the oil-rich African nation.
Press Release Apr 24, 2017 HRF Condemns Post-Referendum Crackdown The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) strongly condemns the Turkish government for ordering the arrest of at least 38 activists on Wednesday for criticizing the results of the country’s recent referendum.
Press Release Apr 21, 2017 Venezuela: HRF Condemns Murders Carried Out by Paramilitary Groups Both Ramírez and Moreno were killed during anti-authoritarian demonstrations that have rocked Venezuela over the last few days.
News Apr 19, 2017 HRF writes on Zimbabwe election One year ago today, an advertising professional-turned-Evangelical pastor draped Zimbabwe’s flag over his shoulders, logged on to Facebook and delivered a passionate appeal to his fellow countrymen.
Press Release Apr 18, 2017 Chechnya: Terror Against Gay Men Could Amount to Crimes Against Humanity The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) calls on the international community to hold Russian president Vladimir Putin and Chechen head of government Ramzan Kadyrov accountable for the ongoing and systematic persecution of gay men in Chechnya, a territory controlled by the Russian Federation.
Press Release Apr 14, 2017 HRF to UN: Denounce Human Trafficking in Cuba The report was sent earlier today to coincide with Giammarinaro’s scheduled meeting with Cuban authorities to “determine the progress made and the challenges Cuba faces in addressing trafficking for sexual and labor exploitation.”
Press Release Apr 14, 2017 HRF to Cuba: End Brutal Assault on UNPACU Members During the raids, state agents confiscated all computers and cellphones they found and detained over a dozen activists and coordinators.
