The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the reelection of authoritarian president Ilham Aliyev in rigged elections.

Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko was falsely reported assassinated earlier today at his apartment in Kiev, Ukraine.

"I had a mandate to fight corruption. Now the government is trying to make an example of me."

Starting next week, Russian punk rock protest group Pussy Riot will bring "Inside Pussy Riot" to the stage, an immersive theater performance about the group's incarceration that will include a mock courtroom, labor camps, and jail cells.

NEW YORK — Human Rights Foundation (HRF) strongly condemns the Turkish parliament’s decision to extend the state of emergency in Turkey for three additional months. The extension was approved on January 3 after a New Years Eve terrorist attack in Istanbul that killed 39 people.

NEW YORK — Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the wrongful conviction of anti-corruption advocate Alexei Navalny and calls on Russia’s judicial system to reverse his sentence and restore his right to run for office.

Read this op-ed about Uzbekistan's authoritarian regime under the rule of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

HRF condemns the arrest of 18 journalists in Belarus during a crackdown on independent media. Read more in NY Times.