News Jan 21, 2017 Václav Award Winner “El Sexto” in DW Danilo Maldonado “El Sexto” fue encarcelado sin juicio el pasado 26 de noviembre por haber escrito “Se fue” en varios edificios de La Habana tras la muerte de Fidel Castro.
Press Release Jan 21, 2017 Cuba: Graffiti Artist Imprisoned for Anti-Castro Protest Released HRF calls once again on Cuba’s dictatorial government to drop all criminal charges against him and provide guarantees that it will cease harassing and detaining him arbitrarily for exercising his right to freedom of expression.
Events Jan 19, 2017 HRF Tech Panel at SXSW Festival in March 2016 HRF’s session “How to Free North Korea with Technology” will feature North Korean author Yeonmi Park, Yodok concentration camp survivor Jung Kwang-il, Silicon Valley executive Peter Hirshberg, and HRF president Thor Halvorssen.
News Jan 13, 2017 Thor Halvorssen in Verdens Gang on Venezuelan democracy Venezuela kan ikke lenger regnes som en stat med en regjering, institusjoner og et sivilt samfunn.
Press Release Jan 10, 2017 Turkey: HRF Condemns Three-Month Extension to the State of Emergency Human Rights Foundation (HRF) strongly condemns the Turkish parliament’s decision to extend the state of emergency in Turkey for three additional months.
Press Release Dec 19, 2016 El Sexto’s Lawyer Expelled from Cuba After False Detention & Interrogation Motley was in Cuba for three days as the international attorney for political prisoner Danilo “El Sexto” Maldonado, a celebrated Cuban artist imprisoned since Castro’s death more than twenty-one days ago.
Press Release Dec 16, 2016 HRF to UN: Inquire into Arbitrary Detentions in Cuba; “El Sexto” should be released The prominent Cuban artist and activist was beaten and taken from his home in Havana on November 26, the day after Fidel Castro’s passing.
Press Release Dec 16, 2016 HRF to Cuba: Allow El Sexto to Meet With His International Lawyer Yesterday, Motley tried to visit Maldonado at his last known detention site, Havana’s El Combinado del Este maximum security prison. Motley was barred from seeing Maldonado, and was denied access to basic information regarding official charges.
Press Release Dec 16, 2016 Kimberley Motley, El Sexto’s Lawyer, Arrested in Cuba, and Taken to Unknown Location A recent journalistic investigation revealed that a group of intelligence agents from the Strategic Center for the Security and Protection of the Homeland (CESPPA), acting under direct instructions from President Nicolás Maduro, has unlawfully wiretapped phone conversations, and hacked text messages and email communications of prominent opposition figures such as Henrique Capriles, María Corina Machado, Henry Ramos Allup, and Julio Borges.
Press Release Dec 15, 2016 HRF to UN: “El Sexto” Should be Released This Monday, Human Rights Foundation (HRF) submitted an individual complaint to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD), requesting that they initiate proceedings to investigate the arbitrary arrest and ongoing detention of Danilo Maldonado Machado, also known as El Sexto.
Press Release Dec 12, 2016 Canada, U.S., Estonia: HRF Supports Legislation to Reject Dictatorship Enablers The Magnitsky Law, if adopted, will allow Canada to sanction foreign officials who commit gross human rights abuses abroad by restricting their entry into the country and freezing their assets.
Blog Post Nov 29, 2016 The Gambia: On the Eve of a Presidential Election, HRF Demands Release of Pro-Democracy Activists Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the convictions of 19 activists for conducting a peaceful demonstration demanding an official explanation for the presumed extrajudicial killings of fellow activists.
Press Release Nov 22, 2016 Turkey: HRF Condemns Shutdown of 370 Independent Civil Society Groups Human Rights Foundation (HRF) strongly condemns the suspension of 370 civil society organizations in Turkey. On November 11, 2016, Recep Erdoğan’s government ordered the “temporary” shutdown of hundreds of civil society groups, including bar associations and children’s rights organizations, based on allegations that the groups have “ties to terrorist organizations.”
News Nov 2, 2016 Javier El-Hage writes in El País about the “coup” in Venezuela El presidente de Venezuela viene acusando a la oposición de planear un golpe de Estado en su contra “como los que fueron perpetrados contra Zelaya en Honduras, Lugo en Paraguay, y Roussef en Brasil”.
Press Release Oct 29, 2016 HRF’s Work to Be Featured in London at Mozilla and WIRED Conferences Beginning today, Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is participating in two of Europe’s major technology and media events: MozFest 2016 and WIRED2016.
Press Release Oct 28, 2016 Russia: HRF Applauds Rejection of Putin’s Regime from UN Human Rights Council Several hours ago, the United Nations General Assembly rejected the Russian government from the 14 members it elected to the UN Human Rights Council.
News Oct 26, 2016 HRF Questions Atlantic Council in The Hill Washington is filled with public relations firms which promote the agendas of the world’s most repressive regimes in exchange for cash. To hide human rights abuses, Equatorial Guinea’s strongman hired Qorvis; the pre-revolutionary Tunisian regime hired Washington Media Group and the Saudis hired Edelman.
Press Release Oct 24, 2016 HRF Urges Democratic Countries not to Elect Dictatorships to UN Human Rights Council Governments seeking election to the U.N.’s top human rights body this year include China, Cuba, Egypt, Iraq, Malaysia, Russia, Rwanda, and Saudi Arabia.
Press Release Oct 12, 2016 HRF to Burundi: Let Independent UN Experts Do Their Jobs Human Rights Foundation (HRF) strongly condemns the decision taken by the Burundian government to ban three UN independent experts from entering the country.
Press Release Oct 10, 2016 Join HRF and Flash Drives For Freedom at PubCon Event organizers have donated space to HRF in the heart of their main expo hall to help us recruit new media experts to the human rights movement.
