Human Rights Dispatch Jun 18, 2026 Military Court Seeks 20 Years for Nathanaël Onokomba, Erias Lukwago Imprisoned, U Min Zin Arrested in China, and more. HRF expresses deep concern over China’s arrest of US citizen U Min Zin, a researcher and long-time critic of Burma’s military junta, and Burma’s detention of American businessman and author Adam Castillo.
Human Rights Dispatch Jun 13, 2026 Dictators Form Strategic Alliance, UN Orders Anacleto’s Release, Kagame Tightens Local Control, and more. HRF calls on the international community to remember the human cost of global authoritarian alignment and collaboration. Kim Jong-un’s deepening ties with China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin are not just diplomatic maneuvers.
Human Rights Dispatch Jun 12, 2026 Zimbabwe Activist Released, Congo Crackdown Kills Protesters, El Salvador Jails Lawyer, Indigenous Leader Dies, Activists Targeted Globally, and more. HRF condemns the Ortega-Murillo regime for the death under state custody of Indigenous leader and political prisoner Brooklyn Rivera. Rivera was arbitrarily detained and disappeared in September 2023, held without charges or access to his family, and died after 971 days under regime control.
Op-Ed Jun 8, 2026 A right called democracy The Inter-American Court of Human Rights must recognize democracy as an autonomous right before democratic erosion becomes irreparable.
Human Rights Dispatch May 26, 2026 Public Order Crisis Shakes Bolivia, Narendra Modi Ignores Journalist, Abdullah Ibhais Silenced Illegally On May 10, 2026, Jordanian authorities at Queen Alia International Airport detained Abdullah Ibhais for nearly three hours upon his return from speaking at Nordic Media Days in Bergen, Norway.
Human Rights Dispatch May 21, 2026 Kenya Suppresses Nationwide Protests, Prison Death Shatters Family, Hague Welcomes Venezuelan Dictator, North Korea Builds Border Artillery, and more. HRF condemns the continued detention of Chinese dissident artist Gao Zhen and the exit ban imposed on his wife, Zhao Yaliang, which has prevented their family, including their 7-year-old son, from returning home to the United States.
Blog Post May 15, 2026 Delcy Rodríguez’s Trip to the Hague Took Her to the Wrong Court Delcy Rodríguez, the de facto dictator of Venezuela, is in The Hague this week, though not at the International Criminal Court (ICC) where a senior official of her regime belongs.
Human Rights Dispatch May 11, 2026 Authoritarians Target Lawyers Worldwide, Suspicious Death of Rwandan Dissident Aimable Karasira, El Salvador Freezes El Faro Assets, and more. The detained individuals listed in US Senate Resolution 677 and House Resolution 1259 aren’t just names on paper — they are real people with families, lives, and loved ones.
Human Rights Dispatch May 7, 2026 Drones Strike Khartoum Airport, Cubans Demand Political Change HRF calls on all democracies to support the Cuban people’s right to self-determination. A recent poll by @eltoquecom is the latest expression of the desire for change from a people muzzled by unlawful repression and intimidation from a regime that must be called out for its systematic rights violations.
Op-Ed Apr 23, 2026 What Bolivia Teaches Us About Defeating Authoritarians There are moments in a country’s history, especially in authoritarian countries, when institutions feel like scenery: visible, formal, but hollow.
Op-Ed Apr 2, 2026 Loud on the Embargo, Silent on the Dungeons On the night of March 21, 2026, Cuba’s electrical grid collapsed for the third time in a month, the result of a fuel shortage triggered by a U.S.-imposed oil embargo, decades of underinvestment in a crumbling gridand, most consequentially, the post–Nicolás Maduro halt of Venezuelan crude, on which Cuba had depended for years to cover roughly a quarter of its oil needs.
Op-Ed Mar 19, 2026 HRF Op-ed Featured in The Washington Post on the Political Opening in Cuba An opening that leaves political prisoners behind will only fund further repression.
Press Release Mar 10, 2026 HRF Submits Written Observations to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in Advisory Opinion on Democracy NEW YORK (Mar. 10, 2026) — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) recently submitted written observations to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) in response to Guatemala’s request for an Advisory Opinion on “Democracy and Political Rights.”
Report Mar 9, 2026 Written Observations to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in Advisory Opinion on Democracy HRF submits that democracy constitutes a legally binding human right under the Inter-American system.
Human Rights Dispatch Mar 6, 2026 Venezuelan opposition-leader Juan Pablo Guanipa released HRF welcomes the release of prisoners of conscience in Venezuela, including opposition leader @JuanPGuanipa, a close ally of @MariaCorinaYA, but expresses concern that the regime’s repressive apparatus remains intact under Delcy Rodríguez.
News Dec 7, 2017 Venezuela threatens to suspend election unless sanctions are dropped (Miami Herald) – Venezuelan officials are threatening to suspend next year’s presidential elections unless the United States drops financial sanctions against the struggling South American nation.
Human Rights Dispatch Feb 17, 2026 Zimbabwe Power Grab, Cuban Journalists Arrested HRF condemns the Cuban regime’s systematic violations of the rights of dissidents and calls for the immediate release of the content creators from the independent media outlet El 4tico, who were arbitrarily detained for exercising their fundamental right to free expression.
Human Rights Dispatch Feb 11, 2026 Escalating violence in South Sudan, detention of Venezuelan opposition leader, Jimmy Lai sentencing and more. HRF condemns the arbitrary and violent detention of Venezuelan opposition leader @JuanPGuanipa , which came just hours after his release from prison.
Human Rights Dispatch Feb 6, 2026 Kagame admits Rwandan presence in DRC, release of Ugandan activist Sarah Bireete, Venezuela releases more prisoners of conscience. HRF welcomes the release on bail of prominent Ugandan human rights advocate Sarah Bireete and calls for the bail restrictions and absurd charges imposed on her to be dropped.
Human Rights Dispatch Jan 29, 2026 Venezuela releases over 100 prisoners of conscience, condemning prosecution of Hong Kong activists While welcoming the release of more than 100 prisoners of conscience, HRF calls on the Delcy Rodríguez dictatorship to immediately and unconditionally release the remaining 600 innocents who remain wrongfully imprisoned, many of whom have endured torture.
