Report Feb 1, 2025 2024 Annual Report Authoritarian regimes continued stealing elections and attempting to silence pro-democracy activists and human rights defenders in the countries they control with an iron fist.
Blog Post Apr 28, 2023 How Alexander Lukashenko Targets the Women of Belarus They stood in rows, all dressed in red and white — the colors of the independent Belarusian flag, used by the opposition and banned by Alexander Lukashenko’s regime. The sight of hundreds of women peacefully marching in protest would become an enduring symbol in Belarus in 2020.
Blog Post Apr 20, 2020 Hong Kong Government Targets Pro-Democracy Activists Amid COVID-19 Over the weekend, news that the Hong Kong government conducted a mass arrest of 15 pro-democracy politicians and activists swept across social media.
Press Release Apr 8, 2020 The Pandemic is No Excuse For Authoritarian Crackdowns NEW YORK – The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the abuse of emergency laws by authoritarian regimes around the world as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
