HRF joins international condemnation of Senegal’s suppression of an international public forum on repression in neighboring Guinea.

HRF is alarmed by the ongoing spread of the deadly Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Millions of Congolese already contending with violent conflict, displacement, and state neglect are left with a fragile and underresourced healthcare system and distrust of the authorities.

HRF condemns the Kenyan and Tanzanian regimes’ violent suppression of pro-democracy Saba Saba Day protests planned for July 7. HRF calls for the immediate release of all arbitrarily detained.

The three organizations and other members of Ingabire’s international legal team welcome the WGAD’s decision. It is time for the international community to take meaningful and coordinated action and demand the Rwandan regime immediately release Ingabire.

The WGAD found Rwanda’s repeated detention of Ingabire to be arbitrary and in violation of international human rights law, which includes her right to a fair trial.

On July 6, 2026, HRF received a favorable opinion from the WGAD in the case of prominent Rwandan opposition politician and long-standing pro-democracy figure Victoire Ingabire.

The Human Rights Foundation, the Lantos Foundation, and Freedom Now welcome today’s opinion from the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) condemning Rwanda for arbitrary detention of Victoire Ingabire.

HRF condemns Ugandan dictator’s son and military boss Gen. Muhoozi Kainerubaga’s orchestration of a wave of extrajudicial security raids, abductions, and politically-motivated criminal prosecutions against his critics in the press and civil society.

HRF condemns Tanzania’s regime’s reinstatement of a ban on political rallies as well as authorities’ smears and threats to crush pro-democracy protests called for July 7.

HRF condemns the targeted financial sanctions issued by Mali’s military regime against a number of prominent junta critics living in exile.

HRF is gravely concerned about the fates of at least eight Sudanese women journalists and activists who have been forcibly disappeared by the genocidal paramilitary rebel group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for nearly five months after organizing a workshop on women’s rights in South Darfur.

Election officials in South Sudan have set Dec. 22 as the date for the country’s long awaited first general election since independence in 2011.

HRF condemns Ethiopia’s sham June 1 general elections, which crowned dictator Abiy Ahmed and his Prosperity Party with a landslide victory following an electoral process void of genuine democratic competition and discredited by opposition boycotts, (...)

HRF condemns the Ugandan regime’s expulsion of veteran Kenyan lawyer and politician Martha Karua on Monday.

HRF condemns draconian new foreign financing restrictions imposed by Uganda’s dictatorship on political opposition and NGOs under a new law that codifies centralized political control of dissent under the guise of curbing foreign influence.

On June 18, HRF and Reporters Without Borders submitted urgent updates to UN Special Procedures on the ongoing ill-treatment of Crimean citizen-journalist, nurse, and human rights defender Iryna Danylovych, who remains imprisoned in Russia as her health continues to deteriorate in custody.

HRF, the Lantos Foundation and Freedom Now condemn the ongoing detention of Rwandan opposition leader, Victoire Ingabire, and demand her immediate release.

HRF condemns the 20-year prison sentence that DRC military prosecutors seek to impose on pro-democracy activist Nathanaël Onokomba, who has been jailed for nearly 6 months over legitimate criticism of authoritarian ruler Félix Tshisekedi.

HRF condemns the Ugandan regime’s imprisonment of prominent opposition lawyer and politician Erias Lukwago following his abduction and torture orchestrated by Gen. Muhoozi Kainerubaga, the country’s military chief and erratic son of dictator Yoweri Museveni.

Attendees engaged with these cases through a paint-by-numbers activity, helping bring the activists’ portraits to life while learning about their individual stories.

At the 2026 @oslofreedomforum.com, HRF’s Impact Litigation team hosted an interactive booth highlighting our work providing pro bono international legal representation to dissidents arbitrarily detained by dictatorships.

HRF calls for the immediate release of leading Ugandan opposition lawyer and politician Erias Lukwago, who is being lawlessly held hostage and tortured by Gen.

HRF condemns Rwanda’s new elections law which hands dictator Paul Kagame sweeping control over the composition of electoral colleges for local government elections. It is the latest legal manipulation to tighten Kagame’s control over local government.

HRF condemns DRC authorities’ violent and deadly repression in response to an opposition-led protest against Congolese ruler Felix Tshisekedi’s regime bid for a third term.

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HRF condemns Dutch immigration officers’ careless treatment on Thursday of prominent, award-winning Ugandan human rights activist Agather Atuhaire on Thursday at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport, as she returned from the 2026 #OsloFreedomForum in Oslo.

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We’re grateful to Prof. Krauze from LAC Oxford for hosting us and providing keynote remarks at the event, and to The Reynolds Foundation's Traci Maddock for giving introductory remarks and making the project possible.

The panel discussion featured HRF Latin America experts Alvaro Piaggio and Luciana Fortuna (a DPhil candidate at Oxford), Nicaraguan dissident Douglas Castro Quezada (also a DPhil candidate at Oxford), and Venezuelan prodemocracy activist Lilian Tintori.

The presentation was carried out by HRF Chief Legal & Policy Officer Javier El-Hage. It focused on the index's methodology, and was followed by a panel discussion on authoritarianism in Latin America.