Press Release Apr 25, 2025 Venezuela’s Maduro Continues to Use Tren de Aragua for Transnational Repression, Kidnapping, Assassination The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro for using the Tren de Aragua criminal network to target and eliminate dissidents beyond Venezuela’s borders. New evidence from a Chilean prosecutor’s investigation has confirmed that the February 2024 abduction and assassination of former Venezuelan army lieutenant Ronald Ojeda in Chile was a politically motivated murder, ordered by Maduro’s regime and executed by members of Tren de Aragua.
Press Release Apr 1, 2025 HRF Brings UN Attention to Rights Abuses in Four Countries Last week, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) submitted contributions to the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review regarding Belarus, Honduras, Libya, and Malawi.
Press Release Mar 28, 2025 HRF succeeds in UN petition: Bolivia condemned for arbitrary detention of democratically elected governor The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) welcomes the decision of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) ruling that the arrest of Santa Cruz Governor Luiz Fernando Camacho in Bolivia was arbitrary and in violation of international law. HRF submitted the petition on behalf of Camacho in February 2023.
Announcement Feb 24, 2025 Chevron and Harry Sargeant Are Financing Dictator Nicolas Maduro — When Will the U.S. Stop It? Venezuelan dictator and drug cartel kingpin Nicolas Maduro has a $25 million bounty on his head.
Press Release Jan 10, 2025 HRF condemns Nicolás Maduro’s coup in Venezuela; asks Trump admin to rescind OFAC licenses held by Chevron and others The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) strongly condemns the sham inauguration of dictator Nicolás Maduro as Venezuela’s reelected president following his regime’s blatant electoral fraud on July 28, 2024, and calls on the U.S. government to rescind Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) licenses granted to companies doing business with the Venezuelan regime.
Blog Post Dec 18, 2024 A Stolen Election and the Ongoing Struggle for Democracy In the days leading up to Venezuela’s July 28 elections, Venezuelans around the world were largely overcome by a sense of renewed, although fragile, faith in liberation.
Video Series Dec 5, 2024 The Case of Luis Fernando Camacho On December 28, 2022, Bolivian democratic opposition leader and Governor of Santa Cruz, Luis Fernando Camacho, was violently arrested on false “terrorism” charges, and has since been locked up and isolated inside the maximum security prison of Chonchocoro, La Paz, located at 4,000 meters above sea level.
Press Release Nov 5, 2024 HRF protests Gustavo Dudamel, Maduro’s unofficial ambassador On Oct. 25-27 and Nov. 1-3, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) held peaceful protests in front of the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Calif., where Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel was leading a concert series.
Blog Post Sep 9, 2024 El Salvador: The False Tradeoffs Between Security and Democracy El Salvador’s gang problem has long plagued its citizens, with violent territorial control by gangs leading to a reign of terror characterized by rampant extortion, high homicide rates, and destructive turf wars.
Press Release Sep 5, 2024 HRF interviews Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado on financial repression and freedom On Thursday, Bitcoin Magazine published a video of the Human Rights Foundation’s (HRF) chief strategy officer, Alex Gladstein, interviewing María Corina Machado, leader of Venezuela’s democratic opposition, about the destruction the Chavismo have caused to Venezuela’s monetary system and how many Venezuelans use Bitcoin to escape or find their financial freedom.
Blog Post Aug 19, 2024 The Role of Freedom Tech in Venezuela Venezuela grapples with fraudulent presidential elections, economic and financial collapse, widespread repression, and severe human rights abuses under dictator Nicolás Maduro, its brave activists continue searching for uncensorable solutions to combat systemic repression.
Press Release Jul 31, 2024 Ongoing Electoral Fraud in Venezuela The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) reiterates its strong condemnation of dictator Nicolás Maduro’s fraudulent proclamation as Venezuela’s reelected president.
Press Release Jul 29, 2024 HRF condena el resultado fraudulento de las elecciones en Venezuela y exige la salida de Nicolás Maduro Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condena categóricamente el recientemente anunciado y claramente fraudulento resultado de la elección por parte del régimen autoritario venezolano, otorgando al dictador Nicolás Maduro una victoria con el 51.20% del voto nacional.
Press Release Jul 29, 2024 HRF Condemns Fraudulent Election Results in Venezuela The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) strongly condemns the Venezuelan authoritarian regime’s recently announced and patently fraudulent election results, giving dictator Nicolás Maduro a victory with 51.20% of the national vote.
Announcement Apr 17, 2024 2024 Oslo Freedom Forum Speaker Spotlight: Carlos Chamorro Meet Carlos Chamorro, a renowned Nicaraguan journalist and 2024 Oslo Freedom Forum speaker.
Blog Post Mar 11, 2024 Venezuela expelled the UN: Why it matters By the end of this year, three of Latin America’s worst authoritarian regimes will undergo mandatory reviews of their country’s human rights record.
Report Feb 6, 2024 New HRF Report: Sex Trafficking in Cuba Today, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) published a new report, “Sex Trafficking in Cuba: A Form of Gender-Based Violence and Human Trafficking,” as part of its ongoing series exploring the links between human trafficking and authoritarianism.
Report Jan 1, 2024 HRF Report: Sex Trafficking in Cuba For years, the Cuban regime has failed to comply with its international law obligations aimed at protecting victims of human trafficking.
Press Release Oct 9, 2023 HRF to UN: Do Not Elect Dictatorships to Human Rights Council On Oct. 10, 193 member states of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) face the crucial task of filling 15 of the 47 seats of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
