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Human Rights Foundation (HRF)

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Human Rights Foundation (HRF)

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We promote and protect democracy & human rights around the world, with a focus on authoritarian regimes. 👉 Attend our human rights conference: @osloff

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The FIFA World Cup is watched by billions. But behind the goals and trophies lies another story. Across five episodes, Power Plays uncovers how authoritarian regimes have used the world's most popular sporting event to project power, shape public perception, and influence what
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📢 Propuestas para la Transición Democrática en Cuba Presentación del Informe de Consulta a la Sociedad Civil y del Acuerdo de Liberación Te invitamos a este Side Event en el marco de la 56ª Asamblea General de la OEA, organizado por Cultura Democrática y Consorcio Justicia. 🗓️
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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, political repression, the
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At least 47 opposition members and activists were arrested amid regime security raids and legal harassment in the three months before polling day. On June 11, the Oromo Federalist Congress — one of the country’s oldest democratic opposition blocs which partially boycotted the
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They denounced irregularities including electoral officials’ partisan conduct in favor of the ruling party, voter intimidation, harassment of opposition representatives, removal of opposition party agents from polling stations, and restrictions on international observation
Oromo Federalist Congress rejects Ethiopia’s election as ‘sham,’ warns of deepening legitimacy...
From addisstandard.com
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HRF condemns the Ugandan regime’s expulsion of veteran Kenyan lawyer and politician Martha Karua on Monday. Officials arbitrarily prevented Karua from entering the country to attend a court hearing of Erias Lukwago, a detained Ugandan senior attorney alongside whom she leads the
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Today, Kainerubaga claimed responsibility for personally ordering Karua’s deportation. Karua was singled out of a delegation of high-profile Kenyan legal professionals which flew to Uganda to attend a bail hearing for Lukwago, who was illegally arrested in direct retaliation for
Muhoozi: I Deported Martha Karua
From chimpreports.com
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Kainerubaga, through the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), asked a court to dismiss Besigye’s lawsuit against him by declaring that the death threats that he issued against Besigye on X are “speculative, unsubstantiated and based on hearsay.” However, in a series of fresh
Gen Muhoozi Asks Court to Dismiss Besigye’s Death Threat Claims as Hearsay
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Zimbabwe’s regime has leveraged its control of the lower house of parliament to pass controversial constitutional amendments eliminating direct presidential elections and extending dictator Emmerson Mnangagwa’s illegitimate mandate by two years. HRF condemns this sweeping
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Mnangagwa came to power in 2017 through a military coup that ousted Robert Mugabe, promising a new democratic era. The 2013 constitution, designed specifically to prevent Mugabe-style concentration of power, now stands to be gutted by the very system it was meant to constrain. At
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Mnangagwa is among several African authoritarian leaders, including Uganda's Yoweri Museveni, Djibouti's Ismail Omar Guelleh, Cameroon's Paul Biya, Ivory Coast's Alassane Ouattara, and Republic of Congo's Denis Sassou Nguesso, who have bent their constitutions to cling to power,
Zimbabwe vote to extend president's term underscores the staying power of Africa's aging leaders
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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.
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While exempting foreign funding to government, health, academic, research, faith-based institutions, and diaspora remittances, among others, the law criminalizes civic engagement activities, including influencing the public to oppose a government policy and engaging in activities
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The law imposes fines ranging from one to two trillion Ugandan shillings ($273,000 - $546,000) and prison terms of up to 10 years for offenses such as receiving foreign funding to participate in “disruptive activities,” knowingly promoting the interest of a foreigner against the
Civil society “could crumble” under Uganda’s new foreign agents law - Right Livelihood
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Want to watch the series in Spanish? We've partnered with @LaMediaInglesa to bring the Power Plays series to life in Spanish through full-length video episodes on YouTube.
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POWER PLAYS: REGÍMENES TIRÁNICOS QUE HAN EXPLOTADO EL MUNDIAL EN EL ÚLTIMO SIGLO
Serie documental sobre deporte, política y autoritarismo presentada por Human Rights Foundation y la colaboración de La Media Inglesa en su versión en españo...
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