Media and Press Releases

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