Press Release Feb 24, 2022 Russia Invades Ukraine. Democratic Nations Should Make Putin Pay. NEW YORK (February 24, 2022) — At 4AM local time, Russian troops invaded and launched a full-scale assault on Ukraine.
Press Release Feb 8, 2022 Celebrated Human Rights Activist Hervé Mombo Kinga Dies in Gabon NEW YORK (February 8, 2022) — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) mourns the passing of prominent human rights and pro-democracy activist Hervé Mombo Kinga, who died in his native Gabon, following complications due to COVID-19.
Press Release Jan 21, 2022 HRF Succeeds in UN Petition — Russia and Tajikistan Condemned for Kidnapping, Unlawful Detention of Sharofiddin Gadoev The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) welcomes the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention’s (UNWGAD) determination that the February 2019 kidnapping and subsequent unlawful detention of Sharofiddin Gadoev in Russia and Tajikistan, respectively, were arbitrary and in violation of international law.
Press Release Jan 6, 2022 HRF Condemns Deadly Government Violence in Kazakhstan The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) strongly condemns all violence against demonstrators in the wake of protests against the rise in price of consumer goods that have spread and escalated across Kazakhstan.
Press Release Jan 5, 2022 HRF announces 425 million satoshis of new Bitcoin Development Fund gifts The Human Rights Foundation is delighted to announce 10 new grants spanning the globe and totaling 425 million satoshis as part of its ongoing Bitcoin Development Fund.
Press Release Jan 4, 2022 HRF & Lantos to Democracies: Leave Your Olympic Box Seats Empty in Protest With the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics one month away, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) and the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights & Justice (Lantos Foundation) call on democratic governments to commit to a diplomatic boycott of the Games, and refuse to send official representation.
Press Release Jun 1, 2022 HRF condemns sham trials against Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and Maykel ‘Osorbo’ Castillo NEW YORK (May 31, 2022) — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) strongly condemns the sham trials that are set to begin this week on charges of “contempt,” “public disorder,” and “defamation of institutions and organizations and of heroes and martyrs,” against artists Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and Maykel ‘Osorbo’ Castillo.
