Op-Ed Mar 19, 2025 Kirsty Coventry—the Soft Face of Zimbabwe’s Dictatorship—Could Be the Next President of the IOC | Opinion The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is set to select a new president this week to succeed Thomas Bach. In a field of seven candidates, Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry, Africa’s most decorated Olympian, could make history as the first woman to head the IOC.
Blog Post Jun 26, 2024 Eight Ways Zimbabwe’s regime hijacked the 2023 vote Zimbabweans have never known free and fair elections. Voter intimidation and suppression have tainted every election since February 1980, during which Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party claimed power.
Press Release Jul 15, 2021 HRF Brings UN Attention to Rights Abuses in Venezuala, Uganda, and Zimbabwe NEW YORK (July 15, 2021) — Yesterday, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) submitted contributions to the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Venezuela, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.
Press Release May 31, 2019 HRF Demands Release of Nonviolent Activists in Zimbabwe The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the arrest of seven human rights activists in Zimbabwe for their participation in a non-violent activism workshop, and calls on the Zimbabwe government to release them immediately.
Press Release Jul 27, 2018 Elections in Zimbabwe and Cambodia Violate Democratic Standards NEW YORK (July 27, 2018) — In the next few days, citizens of Cambodia and Zimbabwe — two authoritarian regimes — will head to the polls to vote in general…
Media Jul 11, 2018 Zimbabwe opposition marches on electoral agency to demand reforms (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s main opposition party marched to the independent election agency for the second time in as many months on Wednesday, demanding reforms it said were vital for a…
Media Jun 28, 2018 In Zimbabwe, the dictator is gone — but the machinery of repression is alive (Washington Post) – The June 23 explosion at a campaign rally that killed two people and injured dozens came as a shock to all Zimbabweans. This hideous attack was condemned…
