Press Release Jul 11, 2016 Infographic: Repression in Venezuela Violence is rampant, the media is censored, members of the authentic opposition are in prison, corruption is out of control, there is a historic food and supply shortage, blackouts occur daily, the currency has been destroyed by hyperinflation, and a militaristic regime has slowly taken over all key functions of government and civil society.
Press Release Jul 6, 2016 Saudi Arabia: HRF Publishes Legal Report on Waleed Abu al-Khair Today marks two years since a criminal court arbitrarily sentenced Saudi Arabian award-winning human rights lawyer Waleed Abu al-Khair to 15 years in prison.
Press Release Jun 30, 2016 Nicaragua: HRF Condemns Court Ruling Leaving Ortega As Sole Presidential Candidate Callejas was the only presidential candidate competing against President Daniel Ortega for the general election, which is scheduled for November 6.
Press Release Jun 24, 2016 OAS: HRF Welcomes Long-Overdue Session Assessing Venezuela’s Democratic Erosion During his opening remarks, Luis Almagro, Secretary General of the OAS, lamented: “The people of Venezuela are faced with a government that is no longer accountable to them.
Press Release Jun 21, 2016 Cuba: Activists Arrested After Meeting With OAS Secretary General Both activists were detained for six hours last week at José Martí Airport in Havana when returning to the country after taking part in meetings with the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro.
Press Release Jun 17, 2016 HRF Met with OAS Chief in the Dominican Republic El-Hage praised Almagro’s moral courage and congratulated him for activating the Inter-American Democratic Charter’s (IADC) 2001 democracy clause, which could lead to the suspension of the government of Venezuela from participation in all organs of the OAS.
Press Release Jun 13, 2016 HRF to Cuba: Stop Harassing Dissident Doctor In March, Herrera — a surgeon at the Calixto García University Hospital in Havana and a deputy editor for the Hablemos Press independent news agency — was barred from leaving the country to attend a human rights conference in the Czech Republic.
Press Release Jun 9, 2016 HRF to Almagro: For 8 Years We’ve Urged Suspension of Venezuelan Regime from OAS The session may lead to the suspension of Venezuela’s Maduro’s regime from the OAS for violating the organization’s rules making democratic governance a requirement for participation.
Press Release May 12, 2016 Uganda: HRF Condemns Social Media Blackout Ahead of Presidential Inauguration Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the Uganda Communication Commission’s (UCC) order blocking access to major social media platforms ahead of President Yoweri Museveni’s controversial fifth term inauguration.
Press Release May 11, 2016 HRF to Azerbaijan: Drop Criminal Investigation Into Independent Media Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the criminal investigation launched against Meydan TV, an independent digital news outlet known for its critical reporting on the government of Azerbaijan.
Press Release May 5, 2016 2016 Havel Prize Awarded to Atena Farghadani, Petr Pavlensky, and Umida Akhmedova Human Rights Foundation (HRF) announces the recipients of the 2016 Václav Havel International Prize for Creative Dissent.
Press Release Apr 21, 2016 Venezuela: HRF Condemns Prison Sentence Against Journalist Who Denounced Corruption Natera Febres was sentenced to four years in prison and fined $20,000 for reporting on a corruption case linked to the state-owned company CVG Ferrominera Orinoco and to Venezuela’s Directorate General of Military Counterintelligence.
Press Release Apr 20, 2016 HRF to the Gambia: Investigate Extrajudicial Executions of Political Opponents Last week, Gambian armed forces forcefully dissolved a peaceful demonstration calling for electoral reforms and arbitrarily arrested 25 activists.
Press Release Apr 12, 2016 Venezuela: HRF Condemns Large-scale, Illegal Wiretapping of Political Opposition 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 Apr 11, 2016 Egypt: Halt Persecution of Civil Society Groups HRF calls on the Egyptian government to drop all charges and vacate the arbitrary convictions against members of non-governmental organizations.
Press Release Mar 30, 2016 HRF to Cuba: Stop Harassing El Sexto El Sexto has been detained three times and held for three to five hours each time since his return to Cuba earlier this month.
Press Release Mar 28, 2016 Angola: HRF Condemns Convictions and Demands Release of Youth Activists HRF calls on the Angolan government to vacate the convictions and release the activists immediately.
Press Release Mar 16, 2016 HRF to UN: Inquire into Death Threats Against Rosa María Payá in Cuba The appeal requested that the rapporteur call on the Cuban government to provide an official and comprehensive explanation regarding the state’s treatment of Rosa María Payá.
Press Release Mar 1, 2016 HRF Takes College Freedom Forum Global CFF at UFM is a joint initiative between HRF and Universidad Francisco Marroquín, and the first Freedom Forum to take place in Latin America.
Press Release Feb 25, 2016 Egypt: HRF & American University Washington College of Law Submit Petition to UN Yesterday, HRF handed the petition to representatives of the WGAD requesting that the group issue an opinion declaring Mr. Zeid’s detention to be arbitrary.
