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.
Human Rights Dispatch Jan 16, 2026 Venezuelan prisoners of conscience released, Nicaragua electoral results backed by OAS and EU, Iran protests update. HRF welcomes the release of a group of Venezuelan prisoners of conscience, including the 2025 Thulani Maseko Justice Prize laureate, Rocío San Miguel.
Human Rights Dispatch Jan 15, 2026 Remembering Ilham Tohti, HRF op-ed on Venezuela HRF President @ThorHalvorssen weighed in for the @WSJ on the future of Venezuela following the arrest of Nicolás Maduro.
Press Release Jan 14, 2026 HRF celebrates the release of Venezuelan prisoners of conscience and calls for the release of all those held arbitrarily The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) welcomes the release of a group of Venezuelan prisoners of conscience, including the 2025 Thulani Maseko Justice Prize laureate, Rocío San Miguel.
Human Rights Dispatch Jan 12, 2026 Nicaragua Escalates Political Repression, Remembering Peng Shuai. HRF condemns the Ortega-Murillo regime’s latest escalation of political repression in Nicaragua, as authorities detain citizens for commenting on, reacting to, or expressing symbolic support for the capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro.
Op-Ed Jan 6, 2026 HRF in The Wall Street Journal on the Future of Venezuela Maduro’s vice president is wrong for Venezuela. If there’s a deal with her, Trump should void it.
Blog Post Dec 26, 2025 The Playbook: How Venezuela’s Football Revival May Unite Its People in their Struggle for Democracy On a tense September night in Maturín, hope bloomed early as Venezuela surged to a 2–1 lead over Colombia, only to crumble following a cascade of goals that sealed their World Cup qualifying fate.
Blog Post Dec 22, 2025 El nuevo rostro de la represión: borrar a los activistas El reciente anuncio del Nobel de la Paz para María Corina Machado, junto con las crecientes tensiones con Estados Unidos por las acusaciones de participación estatal en el narcotráfico, han vuelto a poner los ojos del mundo sobre la brutalidad del régimen de Nicolás Maduro.
Blog Post Dec 22, 2025 Don’t Let Autocrats Erase Activists From Existence The announcement of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado as the recipient of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize and rising tensions with the United States over allegations of state-sponsored drug-trafficking have focused the world on the brutality of Nicolás Maduro regime.
Human Rights Dispatch Dec 17, 2025 Cuba Expels Mexican Priest, Investigating Nicaraguan Journalists Dissapearance, Tibetans Arrested for Protest and more. HRF and @RSF_en urge the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances to call on the Nicaraguan regime to conduct a thorough and independent investigation into Fabiola Tercero Castro’s disappearance and ensure an immediate end to the ongoing efforts to control, intimidate, and surveil her.
Press Release Dec 17, 2025 HRF and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) petition United Nations on behalf of Nicaraguan journalist Fabiola Tercero Castro Last month, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) sent a joint submission to the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) on behalf of prominent Nicaraguan journalist and activist Fabiola Tercero Castro.
