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.
Human Rights Dispatch Dec 11, 2025 DRC–Rwanda Deal, Torture of Venezuelan activists, China continues censorship. Last Thursday, Democratic Republic of Congo’s Félix Tshisekedi and Rwanda’s Paul Kagame met in Washington to ratify a U.S.-brokered deal meant to end decades of conflict in eastern Congo.
Press Release Dec 10, 2025 HRF Celebrates María Corina Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) celebrates today’s award of the Nobel Peace Prize to María Corina Machado.
Human Rights Dispatch Nov 19, 2025 Cuban prisoners of conscience on hunger strike Several Cuban prisoners of conscience have gone on hunger strike to protest their unlawful detention and the inhumane conditions of their imprisonment. Some of them have gone more than three weeks without food and are approaching critical condition.
Human Rights Dispatch Nov 18, 2025 HRF at Art Basel, Angolan President Meets Lionel Messi, El Salvador’s Soft Power Move, Chinese Journalist Sentenced With no Due Process. The struggle for human rights is a global movement, and you are a vital part of it. From defending political prisoners to supporting dissidents in exile, HRF’s work is fueled by a community that refuses to look away.
Human Rights Dispatch Oct 28, 2025 Venezuela moves to strip Leopoldo Lopez of his Venezuelan citizenship HRF condemns the Maduro regime’s persecution of critics, both at home and abroad, and its gross violations of human rights.
Human Rights Dispatch Oct 14, 2025 Venezuela closes Norway embassy, Cuba persecution of dissidents, Navalny lawyers trial. This briefing highlights key developments and shares HRF’s stance on urgent human rights struggles unfolding around the world.
Press Release Oct 10, 2025 HRF celebra que el Premio Nobel de la Paz haya sido otorgado a María Corina Machado La Human Rights Foundation (HRF) celebra el anuncio de hoy de que la líder opositora venezolana María Corina Machado ha sido galardonada con el Premio Nobel de la Paz por su compromiso de décadas con la libertad, la democracia y la dignidad humana en Venezuela.
Press Release Oct 10, 2025 HRF Celebrates Award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuela’s María Corina Machado The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) celebrates today’s announcement that Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her decades-long commitment to freedom, democracy, and human dignity in Venezuela.
Announcement Sep 23, 2025 Voices of Dissent: October 6 at Rowan University The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is thrilled to bring the College Freedom Forum (CFF) to Rowan University on October 6, 2025, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. EST.
Press Release Aug 29, 2025 HRF celebra la liberación del gobernador boliviano Luis Fernando Camacho y pide la liberación de todos los presos políticos y la restauración de la independencia judicial Human Rights Foundation (HRF) celebra la liberación esta tarde del prisionero de conciencia boliviano Luis Fernando Camacho, tras dos años y ocho meses de detención arbitraria….
Press Release Aug 29, 2025 HRF celebrates the release of Governor Luis Fernando Camacho in Bolivia The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) welcomes this afternoon’s release of Bolivian prisoner of conscience Luis Fernando Camacho after two years and eight months of arbitrary imprisonment in the notorious Chonchocoro maximum security prison.
Publication Aug 28, 2025 Prominent Bolivian opposition leader to be transferred from jail to house arrest LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivian opposition leader Luis Fernando Camacho won his release to house arrest Wednesday after two years and eight months of pretrial detention, a surprise move that empowered his supporters who long criticized his prosecution as unjust and disheartened his detractors who complained of political pressures overriding procedural tradition.
Op-Ed May 29, 2025 Why the OAS can’t afford to be neutral on democracy in Latin America When leaders of international organizations proclaim neutrality, it may sound statesmanlike. However, in many parts of the world not taking sides is the equivalent of siding with dictators.
Op-Ed May 9, 2025 Why is Saudi Arabia at the Gold Cup? It’s the latest in the Kingdom’s soft power campaign Last month, the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) held an official draw in Miami, Florida for the 2025 Gold Cup, the premier biennial tournament for men’s football on the continent.
Press Release May 6, 2025 Bolivia: HRF advierte que jueces que ignoran decisión de la ONU se enfrentarán a sanciones Magnitsky La Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condena enérgicamente al Tribunal de Sentencia Penal, Anticorrupción y Violencia Contra la Mujer Sexto de la ciudad de La Paz, presidido por el juez Marco Antonio Vargas, por su negativa a acatar una decisión emitida en marzo de 2025 por el Grupo de Trabajo sobre la Detención Arbitraria de las Naciones Unidas (GTDA), que determinó que la detención preventiva del gobernador de Santa Cruz, Luis Fernando Camacho, es arbitraria y viola el derecho internacional.
Press Release May 6, 2025 Bolivia: HRF warns judges ignoring UN decision will face Magnitsky sanctions The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) strongly condemns Bolivia’s Sixth Court for Criminal, Anti-Corruption, and Violence Against Women Matters in La Paz, presided over by Judge Marco Antonio Vargas, for its refusal to comply with a March 2025 decision issued by the United Nations
