Press Release Jul 28, 2017 HRF y CLADH solicitan a la CIDH a defender magistrados venezolanos Human Rights Foundation (HRF), en asociación con el Centro Latinoamericano de Derechos Humanos (CLADH), presentó esta mañana un memorial ante la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) solicitando que adopte medidas cautelares donde se exija al Estado venezolano garantizar la vida, la integridad física y la libertad personal de los 33 magistrados del Tribunal Supremo de Justicia de Venezuela, que fueron nombrados la semana pasada por la Asamblea Nacional.
Press Release Jul 26, 2017 HRF in U.S. Senate Testimony: Probe Fusion GPS for Paid Smear Campaigns in Venezuela Thor Halvorssen’s testimony, which will entered the public record today, focuses on the Washington-based strategy company Fusion GPS and its role in coordinating a smear campaign against investigative journalists and whistleblowers who threatened to expose its client, Derwick Associates.
Press Release Jul 21, 2017 HRF Joins Cuba Decide to Honor Oswaldo Payá on the 5th Anniversary of his Death The campaign launched earlier this week to recognize the 5th anniversary of his death and to urge the Cuban State to launch an investigation into the circumstances surrounding his killing.
Blog Post Jul 18, 2017 UN Condemns Cuba for Arbitrary Detention of El Sexto In a ruling published today , the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) explained that Maldonado was denied due process, and recommended the Cuban State to provide him with compensation for his nearly two months of wrongful imprisonment.
Blog Post Jul 18, 2017 ONU condena a Cuba por detención arbitraria de El Sexto En una opinión publicada hoy, el Grupo de Trabajo sobre la Detención Arbitraria de la ONU (GTDA) determinó que el Estado cubano privó arbitrariamente a Maldonado de su derecho a un debido proceso legal, y recomendó una indemnización por los casi dos meses de prisión que el artista estuvo detenido.
Press Release Jul 18, 2017 HRF Condemns Use of Child Soldiers in Colombia Javier El Hague, jefe de Asuntos Legales de la ONG Human Rights Foundation, manifestó a NTN24 la preocupación que tienen por los menores que permanecen reclutados en las filas de las FARC y aseguró que es responsabilidad del Gobierno de Colombia exigir la entrega total de los niños.
Press Release Jul 8, 2017 Venezuela’s Leopoldo López Released From Prison, Now Under House Arrest The announcement was published in the official Twitter account of Venezuela’s notoriously subservient Supreme Court, who cited “irregularities in the execution of his sentence” and “information about the health situation of the political leader” as justification for his conditional release.
Press Release May 6, 2017 Red Bull Athletes Train Children of Pres. Maduro and Drug Kingpin Hugo Carvajal Celebrated professional skydivers from the Red Bull Athletic Team, Amy Chmelecki, Mike Swanson, Jon Devore, Filippo “Ippo” Fabbi, and global wingsuit champion Noah Bahnson are currently in Venezuela as contractors of Skydive Caribbean, a company owned by Pedro Trebbau-Lopez and Domingo Guzman-Lopez, to train the stepchildren and nephews of President Nicolas Maduro along with those of drug kingpin Hugo Carvajal.
Press Release May 5, 2017 Havel Prize Recognizes Efforts in Bahrain, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2017 Václav Havel International Prize for Creative Dissent.
Press Release Apr 21, 2017 Venezuela: HRF Condemns Murders Carried Out by Paramilitary Groups Both Ramírez and Moreno were killed during anti-authoritarian demonstrations that have rocked Venezuela over the last few days.
Press Release Apr 14, 2017 HRF to UN: Denounce Human Trafficking in Cuba The report was sent earlier today to coincide with Giammarinaro’s scheduled meeting with Cuban authorities to “determine the progress made and the challenges Cuba faces in addressing trafficking for sexual and labor exploitation.”
Press Release Apr 14, 2017 HRF to Cuba: End Brutal Assault on UNPACU Members During the raids, state agents confiscated all computers and cellphones they found and detained over a dozen activists and coordinators.
Press Release Apr 12, 2017 Cuban Dissident Artist El Sexto to Premiere Art Show in San Francisco On opening night, El Sexto will enter a replica of the cell in Havana’s maximum-security Combinado del Este prison where he was once jailed, and will remain there for three days on a hunger strike, consuming only water.
News Apr 7, 2017 LA Times reports on El Sexto’s Art in Protest exhibit At the tail end of 2014, Danilo Maldonado Machado, the graffiti artist known as “El Sexto,” was detained by the authorities as he made his way to a public park in Havana to stage a work of protest art.
News Apr 3, 2017 Radio Martí on HRF’s open letter on film censorship Radio Martí’s Roxana Romero discusses HRF’s open letter written to the Havana Film Festival New York criticizing the Festival’s decision to remove Carlos Lechuga’s award-winning film, Santa and Andrés, from competition after pressure from the Castro regime.
Press Release Mar 30, 2017 Coup in Venezuela: Maduro Regime Shuts Down Legislative Power Today, Venezuela’s Supreme Court has effectively shut down the democratically-elected (and opposition-controlled) National Assembly.
Press Release Mar 30, 2017 Open Letter on Cuba Censorship at the Havana Film Festival New York The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) writes to express profound disappointment about the censoring of the film Santa and Andrés from competition at the 18th Havana Film Festival of New York (HFFNY). HRF calls on you and the HFFNY to reconsider this decision and allow Santa and Andrés to compete at the festival.
News Mar 28, 2017 Bloomberg quotes HRF on corruption in Latin America In Latin America, crooked business goes by many names. Coima, propina, the bite and — my favorite — “milk for the kids” are just a few. However you call corruption, people in 13 countries in the Americas agreed that it is one of the region’s biggest scourges, according to pollster Latinobarometro.
Blog Post Mar 17, 2017 HRF to OAS Members: Do Your Job, Apply Democracy Clause in Venezuela Almagro’s 75-page report further urged Venezuela to hold general elections that satisfy all international electoral observation standards without delay, to immediately release all political prisoners, and to return to the constitutional order with full respect for the separation of powers.
Press Release Mar 14, 2017 Cuba: Female Activists Beaten, Stripped Naked By State Agents Benítez, a member of the pro-democracy network Red de Facilitadores Electorales (REDFE), was scheduled to conduct a workshop at her home in Santiago de Cuba to train prospective independent candidates for upcoming municipal elections.
