Media and Press Releases

9/1/10

Cuba Video: The “Ladies in White” Steadfast Until Every Political Prisoner is Free

7/16/10

HRF in The Washington Times: Venezuelans charged for statements on Twitter

7/8/10

Ecuador: Video Presentation of Former Political Prisoner Guadalupe Llori

7/6/10

HRF and Activist María Conchita Alonso to Discuss Oliver Stone's Documentary on Fox Business News Tonight

5/27/10

Video on Venezuela: HRF Marks Third Anniversary of RCTV Shutdown

5/21/10

HRF Honors Global Cuba Solidarity Day

5/20/10

HRF's Oslo Freedom Forum Interview with Imprisoned Monk Thich Quang Do to Screen in California’s Vesak Festival

5/18/10

Venezuela: Political Prisoner Oswaldo Álvarez Paz Conditionally Released, HRF Calls for Dismissal of Case

5/11/10

HRF's Oslo Freedom Forum Screens Rare Interview with Imprisoned Monk for Vietnam Human Rights Day on Capitol Hill

4/29/10

Presidential Medal to Oslo Freedom Forum; Romania’s First Democratic Leader Celebrates Human Rights Conference

3/5/10

Venezuela: HRF declares Oswaldo Álvarez Paz a prisoner of conscience of the Chávez government; Warns about the “chilling effect” of his imprisonment

3/24/10

Insulza Dot No!

3/23/10

HRF to Appear on CNN en Español Tonight with Patricia Janiot

3/18/10

HRF on the Anniversary of “Black Spring:” Cuban Regime Must Release all Political Prisoners

3/17/10

OAS: HRF Launches www.Insulza.no, Urges Action

3/09/10

OAS: HRF Calls on Insulza to Resign as Secretary General; Report Reveals Mishandling of Honduran Crisis

2/2/10

Venezuela: HRF condemns media crackdown and relaunches its campaign for press freedom in Venezuela 

1/27/10

Angie Harmon, Patricia Heaton, David Hunt, Jason Sehorn, and Gary Sinise join HRF’s Haiti Relief Program

1/21/10

HRF Invites You to Join Haiti Relief for Children; Kelsey Grammer Provides Matching Grant

1/13/10

From a TV Set to Prison: Gustavo Azócar is "Caracas Nine" Dissident #6

11/12/09

Trustee Tries to Cancel The Sugar Babies Screening at the University of Miami

11/10/09

Cuban Bloggers Kidnapped, Assaulted by State Security on their Way to Peace March

11/06/09

HRF's The Sugar Babies at the University of Miami

9/09/09

HRF to Appear Tonight with Robert Morgenthau on Fox Business News with David Asman

08/26/09

HRF Mourns the Loss of Eduardo Mendoza

08/17/09

VIDEO: Voices for Democracy and Human Rights, from the Mayor of Oslo to the Former President of Venezuela

08/07/09

Video: Voices from The Economist to Amnesty International

08/02/09

Video: Human Rights Defenders from North Korea to Uzbekistan, from China to Bolivia

07/30/09

Norway Tells Cuba to Stop Attacking Human Rights Defender; Foreign Ministry Reprimands Cuban Ambassador

07/17/08

Video: From Three Cups of Tea to Protecting Uyghur Rights -- Testimonies from Activists Around the World

07/08/09

Video: Human Rights Voices from Turkey, Chad, Sweden, Chechnya, and the United States

06/26/09

HRF calls on the OAS to suspend Honduras' antidemocratic government

06/26/09

Video: Human Rights Heroes from Tibet, Russia, Cuba, and the United States

06/19/09

Video: Human Rights Heroes from the Czech Republic, Iran, China, and Venezuela

06/12/09

VIDEO: Elie Wiesel Opens Oslo Freedom Forum

06/11/09

HRF: OAS Perpetuates Injustice with Resolution in Favor of Cuban Government

06/05/09

WSJ on HRF's Oslo Freedom Forum: "Human Rights Beyond Ideology

04/22/09

HRF asks OAS head to cease promoting violations of the Democratic Charter

03/17/09

HRF Co-Sponsors Venezuelan Liberty Film Festival

02/26/09

HRF Urges OAS Action on Violations of Legislative Independence in Bolivia, Ecuador and Venezuela

01/27/09

Washington Times Front Page: The new Che movie, HRF, and the Historical Record

01/16/2009

Tortured and Convicted in a Kangaroo Court for Capturing a Terrorist Leader: Humberto Quintero is “Caracas Nine” Dissident #5

12/18/2008

Sean Penn's Hypocrisy Prompts Media Exposure of Human Rights Violations in Cuba and Venezuela

12/11/2008

Cuba: Rights Activists Assaulted, Beaten, and Detained by Castro Government

11/26/2008

HRF Denounces Violations of Freedom of the Press and Asks OAS Secretary General--for the Third Time—to Activate the Democratic Clause

11/07/2008

HRF to Colombian President Alvaro Uribe: Respect the Work of Human Rights Defenders

10/23/2008

Bolivia: HRF Will Investigate Arbitrary Detentions and Rights Violations

10/15/2008

HRF Urges the OAS to Activate the Democratic Clause: Second Letter in “The Inter-American Democratic Charter and Mr. Insulza” Project

08/10/2008

Bolivia: HRF Releases Report On Political Violence

09/24/2008

Ecuador: Guadalupe Llori Freed from Prison

09/19/2008

HRW Director José Miguel Vivanco Detained and Expelled for Denouncing Violations in Venezuela

09/17/2008

HRF Opens Chapter in Ecuador

09/04/2008

HRF presents Guadalupe Llori's case to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

08/26/2008

Venezuelan Journalist a Target of Violence and Threats: Marta Colomina is “Caracas Nine” Dissident #4

08/20/2008

OAS Head Insulza Faulted for Inaction on Human Rights

08/07/2008

HRF Sends Letter Denouncing Ecuador's Treatment of Prisoner of Conscience Guadalupe Llori; Correa's Government Responds

07/18/2008

HRF Launches “Tell Chávez” Campaign for Venezuela’s Political Prisoners

07/02/2008

Hostages Rescued in Colombia; Colombian Government Offers the FARC a “Dignified Peace”

06/18/2008

Human Rights Foundation responds to President Correa’s accusations and declares Guadalupe Llori a political prisoner of Ecuador’s government

05/27/2008

Venezuela: HRF Commemorates Freedom of Expression on the Anniversary of the Shutdown of RCTV

05/12/2008
Ecuador: Constituent Assembly Laws Violate Numerous Human Rights Treaties

05/05/2008

Bolivia: HRF Announces Preliminary Findings as Election Observers

04/30/2008

Dissident from Caracas Nine Awarded Cato Liberty Prize

04/18/2008

HRF on Cuba in today's Wall Street Journal

03/17/2008

Ecuador Denies Opposition Politician Her Freedom; Government Dealings with FARC Reveal Double Standard

03/05/2008
Lynching, Communal Justice, and Bolivia’s New Constitution

02/07/2008

HRF in today's Washington Times: Colombia's FARC and Venezuela

01/17/2008

Venezuelan government continues attack on independent media; Alberto Federico Ravell is “Caracas Nine” dissident #3

01/15/2008
Enshrining Mob Rule in Bolivia: Communal Justice and the New Constitution

01/07/2008

HRF Researcher Shot in Venezuela

12/25/2007
HRF’s First Prisoner of Conscience Free on Conditional Release; Francisco Usón Joined His Family on Christmas Eve

11/30/2007
New Video on Human Rights Violations in Venezuela; Thor Halvorssen on Fox Business Tonight with David Asman

11/29/2007

HRF Seeks Protection for Leader of Student Movement in Venezuela; Yon Goicoechea is “Caracas Nine” Dissident #2

10/25/2007
Artists Reunite for Human Rights in Latin America; Concert Tour in New York to Stress the Plight of the Caracas Nine

06/29/2007
Dominican Government Calls for Censorship of HRF Film on Human Trafficking

06/06/2007
NEW YORK POST: Hugo & the Media Kings

05/30/2007
Protests in Venezuela; One Hundred High School Students Arrested; Attacks on Media Continue; Bolivian and Ecuadorian Governments Announce Media Crackdown

05/25/2007
RCTV Shutdown Condemned By European Parliament; Senators Clinton, Obama, Kennedy

05/23/2007
HRF to OAS’s Insulza: “Do Your Job”

05/16/2007
Cuban-Venezuelan Actress and Singer María Conchita Alonso Defends RCTV's Right to Dissent; Joins HRF Campaign for Prisoners of Conscience

05/07/2007
Human Rights Foundation Condemns Venezuelan Government Shutdown of TV Station;
Launches Website and Brings Case to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

03/05/2007
HRF Chairman Writes About Castro's Gulag in Today's Wall Street Journal

02/28/2007
Dissident Expelled from Bolivia Granted Asylum in Norway; Norway becomes a safe haven for Amauris Samartino after illegal detention

02/02/2007
HRF Victory: Expelling Dissident from Bolivia Ruled Unconstitutional; Bolivian Court Admits Human Rights Foundation Brief and Decides for Freedom

01/10/2007
Amauris Samartino: Bolivian Resident Expelled for Criticizing Fidel Castro and Evo Morales

12/12/2006
Francisco Usón: Venezuelan Convicted for Televised Remark, Nearly Killed