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.
Press Release Apr 5, 2017 HRF Calls for R2P After Assad Gasses Civilians, Again The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the latest wave of crimes against humanity perpetrated by Bashar al-Assad’s regime — this time against the civilian population in the northwestern province of Idlib, Syria.
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.
Press Release Mar 28, 2017 HRF to launch Free Speech Unlimited at RightsCon Brussels The panel, “Free Speech Unlimited,” features U.N. Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression David Kaye; Bahraini free speech activist Maryam Al-Khawaja; Eritrean journalist Meron Estefanos; and two members of HRF’s legal team, Joy Park and Celine Assaf Boustani.
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.
Press Release Mar 7, 2017 HRF to Egypt: Hold Mubarak Accountable Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the March 2, 2017, decision by Egypt’s highest court acquitting former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak of complicity in the killing of 239 protesters during the 2011 Arab Spring uprising.
Press Release Feb 27, 2017 HRF to UN: Investigate Evan Mawarire’s Arbitrary Detention in Zimbabwe On Wednesday, February 22, Human Rights Foundation (HRF) discussed the arbitrary detention of Zimbabwean activist Evan Mawarire in a set of high-level meetings with representatives from the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD), and the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders.
Press Release Feb 18, 2017 HRF to Testify Before U.S. Senate Kasparov will offer his expert testimony at 2:45 p.m. It will be broadcast live on the U.S. Senate website.
Press Release Feb 9, 2017 Russia Should Reverse Alexei Navalny’s Conviction And Allow Him to Run For President Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the wrongful conviction of anti-corruption advocate Alexei Navalny and calls on Russia’s judicial system to reverse his sentence and restore his right to run for office.
Press Release Feb 8, 2017 Zimbabwe Releases Activist from Illegal Detention But Will Not Drop Charges Human Rights Foundation (HRF) welcomes the release of #ThisFlag movement founder Evan Mawarire in Zimbabwe, and asks the government to drop all charges against him.
Press Release Feb 1, 2017 Zimbabwe Arrests Evangelical Pastor on Return from New York Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the arbitrary arrest of human rights activist and civil society leader Evan Mawarire in Zimbabwe.
Press Release Jan 21, 2017 Cuba: Graffiti Artist Imprisoned for Anti-Castro Protest Released HRF calls once again on Cuba’s dictatorial government to drop all criminal charges against him and provide guarantees that it will cease harassing and detaining him arbitrarily for exercising his right to freedom of expression.
Press Release Jan 10, 2017 Turkey: HRF Condemns Three-Month Extension to the State of Emergency Human Rights Foundation (HRF) strongly condemns the Turkish parliament’s decision to extend the state of emergency in Turkey for three additional months.
Press Release Dec 19, 2016 El Sexto’s Lawyer Expelled from Cuba After False Detention & Interrogation Motley was in Cuba for three days as the international attorney for political prisoner Danilo “El Sexto” Maldonado, a celebrated Cuban artist imprisoned since Castro’s death more than twenty-one days ago.
Press Release Dec 16, 2016 HRF to UN: Inquire into Arbitrary Detentions in Cuba; “El Sexto” should be released The prominent Cuban artist and activist was beaten and taken from his home in Havana on November 26, the day after Fidel Castro’s passing.
Press Release Dec 16, 2016 HRF to Cuba: Allow El Sexto to Meet With His International Lawyer Yesterday, Motley tried to visit Maldonado at his last known detention site, Havana’s El Combinado del Este maximum security prison. Motley was barred from seeing Maldonado, and was denied access to basic information regarding official charges.
Press Release Dec 16, 2016 Kimberley Motley, El Sexto’s Lawyer, Arrested in Cuba, and Taken to Unknown Location A recent journalistic investigation revealed that a group of intelligence agents from the Strategic Center for the Security and Protection of the Homeland (CESPPA), acting under direct instructions from President Nicolás Maduro, has unlawfully wiretapped phone conversations, and hacked text messages and email communications of prominent opposition figures such as Henrique Capriles, María Corina Machado, Henry Ramos Allup, and Julio Borges.
Press Release Dec 15, 2016 HRF to UN: “El Sexto” Should be Released This Monday, Human Rights Foundation (HRF) submitted an individual complaint to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD), requesting that they initiate proceedings to investigate the arbitrary arrest and ongoing detention of Danilo Maldonado Machado, also known as El Sexto.
Press Release Dec 12, 2016 Canada, U.S., Estonia: HRF Supports Legislation to Reject Dictatorship Enablers The Magnitsky Law, if adopted, will allow Canada to sanction foreign officials who commit gross human rights abuses abroad by restricting their entry into the country and freezing their assets.
