Press Release Jan 6, 2016 HRF to OAS Secretary-General: Apply the Democracy Clause in Venezuela HRF calls on Almagro to summon an extraordinary session of the Permanent Council of the OAS in order to analyze the situation in Venezuela and call for a peaceful return to democratic rule in that country.
Press Release Nov 16, 2015 HRF Awarded Sergei Magnitsky Human Rights Prize Today Human Rights Foundation (HRF) was awarded the Sergei Magnitsky Human Rights Prize for “Outstanding Human Rights Activism” on behalf of its Oslo Freedom Forum program.
Press Release Nov 5, 2015 Join HRF for the College Freedom Forum at Stanford CFF at Stanford is a joint initiative of HRF, Stanford STAND, CS+Social Good, and the Stanford Korean Students Association.
Press Release Oct 30, 2015 HRF to Cuba: End Harassment and Legal Persecution Against El Sexto In December, Maldonado was arbitrarily arrested and accused of criminal defamation for “insulting” the leaders of the Cuban revolution.
Press Release Oct 29, 2015 HRF Deplores Election of Dictatorships to Top UN Human Rights Body The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) deplores yesterday’s U.N. General Assembly vote electing the authoritarian regimes of Burundi, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Kyrgyzstan, Togo, the United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela as members of the U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for a three-year term.
Press Release Oct 20, 2015 HRF, Lantos Foundation, UN Watch to Host Event Opposing Election of Authoritarians In anticipation of the upcoming elections of the 2016-2018 members of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), the Human Rights Foundation (HRF), the Lantos Foundation, and UN Watch will host a luncheon at the United Nations at 12:00pm on Tuesday, October 27, in opposition to bids from a collection of authoritarian states to sit on the council.
Press Release Oct 20, 2015 HRF Chairman Visits Kazakh Dissident in Prison; Calls on French President Today, the chairman of the Human Rights Foundation (HRF), Garry Kasparov, visited Kazakh dissident Mukhtar Ablyazov in the Paris detention center where Ablyazov is detained pending the outcome of extradition proceedings that have dragged on for more than two years.
Press Release Oct 14, 2015 Cuba: HRF Celebrates Life and Legacy of Laura Pollán HRF volunteers filmed this only a few months prior to Pollán’s abrupt and mysterious death in a Havana hospital.
Press Release Oct 9, 2015 Nobel Peace Prize: HRF Welcomes Recognition of Tunisia’s Civil Society The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) welcomes today’s announcement by the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarding the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet.
Press Release Oct 8, 2015 Ecuador: HRF Welcomes Dismissal of Case Against Fundamedios One month ago, Ecuador’s National Communications Secretariat (SECOM) notified Fundamedios that it would be forcibly dissolved for publishing and promoting “political” content.
Press Release Oct 2, 2015 HRF to Saudi Arabia: Halt Beheading and Crucifixion of Activist Ali Mohammed al-Nim The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the death penalty imposed on Ali Mohammed al-Nimr and urgently calls on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to halt his execution and order a retrial of his case.
Press Release Sep 24, 2015 HRF Releases Report at UN Security Council on the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda This October marks the 15th anniversary of the UN Security Council’s Resolution 1325, which called for the adoption of a gendered perspective to reinforce the special needs of women and girls during post-conflict reconstruction, repatriation and resettlement, rehabilitation, and reintegration.
Press Release Sep 16, 2015 Inter-American Court: HRF Welcomes Judgment in Favor of RCTV The court’s decision holds that the Venezuelan state violated the freedom of expression of RCTV’s shareholders and employees, as well as that of the “Venezuelan people, who were deprived of access to RCTV’s editorial line.”
Press Release Sep 10, 2015 Venezuela: HRF Condemns 13-Year Prison Sentence Against Leopoldo López The judge sentenced López to 13 years and 9 months in prison—of a maximum possible of 14 years under Venezuela’s Criminal Code—after declaring him guilty of allegedly committing the crimes of arson, damages to public property, incitement to commit a crime, and conspiracy.
Press Release Sep 9, 2015 HRF Urges President Obama to Press Saudi King for Release of Imprisoned Activists Last week, ahead of King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud’s visit to the White House, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF), with other international human rights organizations and activists, sent a letter to President Obama.
Press Release Aug 26, 2015 HRF to Cuba: Free El Sexto El Sexto was arrested on December 25, 2014 while he was on his way to put on a performance art piece called “Rebelión en la Granja”—the title in Spanish of George Orwell’s classic Animal Farm—which included two pigs decorated with the names Fidel and Raúl.
Press Release Aug 25, 2015 Egypt: Release Photojournalist “Shawkan;” Dismiss Case Against Him The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the arbitrary detention of Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abou Zeid, best known as “Shawkan,” and calls on the government of Egypt to immediately release him.
Press Release Aug 19, 2015 Venezuela: HRF Condemns $365 Million Lawsuit Against Independent Media In the case of the digital newspaper La Patilla—the only one so far served with the suit—Cabello is demanding $365 million in damages.
Press Release Aug 17, 2015 Bahrain: Release Ebrahim Sharif; Drop Incitement Charges Against Him The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the arbitrary detention of prominent Bahraini opposition leader Ebrahim Sharif, and calls on the government of Bahrain to immediately release him.
Press Release Aug 17, 2015 Ecuador: HRF Comments on Arrest of Journalist & Dismissal of Deportation Case Picq was arrested on Thursday along with her partner, indigenous leader Carlos Pérez Guartambel, while taking part in massive demonstrations against the policies of President Rafael Correa’s government.
