Press Release Nov 22, 2016 Turkey: HRF Condemns Shutdown of 370 Independent Civil Society Groups Human Rights Foundation (HRF) strongly condemns the suspension of 370 civil society organizations in Turkey. On November 11, 2016, Recep Erdoğan’s government ordered the “temporary” shutdown of hundreds of civil society groups, including bar associations and children’s rights organizations, based on allegations that the groups have “ties to terrorist organizations.”
Press Release Oct 29, 2016 HRF’s Work to Be Featured in London at Mozilla and WIRED Conferences Beginning today, Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is participating in two of Europe’s major technology and media events: MozFest 2016 and WIRED2016.
Press Release Oct 28, 2016 Russia: HRF Applauds Rejection of Putin’s Regime from UN Human Rights Council Several hours ago, the United Nations General Assembly rejected the Russian government from the 14 members it elected to the UN Human Rights Council.
Press Release Oct 24, 2016 HRF Urges Democratic Countries not to Elect Dictatorships to UN Human Rights Council Governments seeking election to the U.N.’s top human rights body this year include China, Cuba, Egypt, Iraq, Malaysia, Russia, Rwanda, and Saudi Arabia.
Press Release Oct 12, 2016 HRF to Burundi: Let Independent UN Experts Do Their Jobs Human Rights Foundation (HRF) strongly condemns the decision taken by the Burundian government to ban three UN independent experts from entering the country.
Press Release Oct 10, 2016 Join HRF and Flash Drives For Freedom at PubCon Event organizers have donated space to HRF in the heart of their main expo hall to help us recruit new media experts to the human rights movement.
Press Release Oct 5, 2016 HRF to UN: Do Not Elect Dictatorships to the Human Rights Council “This year, five notorious dictatorships are running for reelection at the world’s top human rights body. By gaining these highly coveted seats, which they have consistently used to exercise a heckler’s veto, they seek to shield themselves from any significant exposure of their horrendous human rights records,” said HRF Chief Legal Officer Javier El-Hage.“
Press Release Sep 19, 2016 ‘Independent’ Think Tank Honors African Dictator as ‘Global Citizen’ HRF president Thor Halvorssen and HRF Chief Strategy officer Alex Gladstein on the Atlantic Council, which has chosen to give an award to the corrupt dictator of Gabon.
Press Release Sep 12, 2016 Why Is Atlantic Council Honoring the Dictator of Gabon? Next week the Atlantic Council, a Washington D.C.-based policy organization, will celebrate the dictator of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, by presenting him with a prestigious award previously bestowed on Robert DeNiro and Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos.
Press Release Sep 9, 2016 Venezuela: HRF Condemns Imprisonment of Opposition Leader Over Picture-Taking Drone Pugila was arrested after he brought a small commercial drone for aerial photography to a mass pro-democracy demonstration that took place in Caracas on September 1.
Press Release Aug 31, 2016 Venezuela: HRF Condemns Arbitrary Arrest of Opposition Leader HRF calls on Venezuela’s government to stop fabricating absurd evidence on prodemocracy activists, to provide information on Goicoechea’s whereabouts and to release him immediately.
Press Release Aug 30, 2016 HRF to Bahrain: Stop Shutting Down the Internet Last week, Human Rights Foundation (HRF), as part of a coalition of 30 organizations from around the world, called on Bahrain’s authoritarian regime to restore the country’s internet service, which has been disrupted since June 2016.
Press Release Aug 29, 2016 HRF Welcomes UN Special Rapporteur’s Opinion Curbing Broad “Hate Speech” Prohibition On August 15, the Special Rapporteur condemned the government of Singapore for prosecuting 17-year-old blogger Amos Yee on charges of “wounding religious or racial feelings.” Mr. Yee published several videos that contained language disparaging devotees of Islam and Christianity, as well as their religious beliefs.
Press Release Aug 24, 2016 HRF to Angola: Withdraw Secret Social Media Bill Human Rights Foundation (HRF) strongly condemns Angola’s obscure Statute of Journalists Bill and calls on the National Assembly to both make it public and reject it immediately.
Press Release Aug 18, 2016 Venezuela: HRF Condemns Court Proceedings; Requests Release of Political Prisoner Human Rights Foundation (HRF) reiterates its February 2014 designation of López as a prisoner of conscience and calls on Venezuela’s authoritarian regime to release him immediately.
Press Release Aug 15, 2016 Turkey: HRF Calls on the UN to Inquire into Gross Human Rights Violations Human Rights Foundation (HRF) calls on the United Nations (UN) to immediately take action and inquire into credible allegations of gross human rights violations in Turkey following last month’s failed coup.
Press Release Aug 4, 2016 Nicaragua: HRF Condemns Arbitrary Dismissal of Opposition Congressmen Last Friday, the National Assembly enforced a decision issued by the Supreme Electoral Council on July 25, which ordered the dismissal of 16 principal and 12 alternate opposition congressmen belonging to the main opposition party.
Press Release Jul 28, 2016 Turkey: HRF Condemns Erdogan’s Firing of Almost Three Thousand Judges Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the removal of 2,745 judges in Turkey without due process following the failed coup attempt to unseat President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. HRF urges the Turkish government to reinstate the judges immediately until proper investigations are carried out.
Press Release Jul 18, 2016 Zimbabwe: HRF Welcomes Dropped Charges Against Mawarire; Urges Authorities to Stop Arbitrary Arrests Human Rights Foundation (HRF) welcomes the release of civil society leader Evan Mawarire and the court’s ruling that his rights were violated. Mawarire is a popular evangelical pastor who started the “#ThisFlag” movement to protest against police brutality and the destruction of the economy under President Mugabe’s rule.
Press Release Jul 13, 2016 HRF to Rafael Correa: Stop Muzzling the Media According to a recent investigation by Fundamedios, Ecuador’s most prominent free press watchdog, the country’s 2013 Organic Law of Communications (LOC) has so far led to hundreds of legal proceedings against independent journalists and media outlets.
