Human Rights Dispatch Aug 10, 2026 Ugandan Leader Besigye Hospitalized, Venezuelan Detainee Dies, Jimmy Lai Imprisonment Marked On August 10, 2020, Hong Kong officials arrested Jimmy Lai, founder of the leading independent newspaper Apple Daily and a prominent advocate for press freedom.
Human Rights Dispatch Aug 1, 2026 Venezuela Quits ICC, Thailand Urged to Protect Dissidents, Pakistan Violence in Kashmir HRF condemns the move by the Venezuelan regime to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Human Rights Dispatch Jul 28, 2026 Venezuela’s Systemic Repression, US Targets Cuba, Azerbaijan Denies Medical Care HRF welcomes new U.S. sanctions targeting officials and entities linked to the Cuban regime’s military-run conglomerate GAESA, its energy sector, and its “medical missions,” which have long been denounced as a state-sponsored human trafficking scheme that generates billions in revenue for the dictatorship.
Human Rights Dispatch Jul 10, 2026 Saba Saba Protests Crushed, Guinea-Bissau Prepares Referendum, Venezuela Blocks Aid, and more. HRF condemns Delcy Rodríguez’s regime for its disastrous handling of the devastating June 24 earthquakes in Venezuela.
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 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 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.
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 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.
