Take Action

Store
Donate
Store
Donate
Slide Background
“Imagine” at the 2025 Oslo Freedom Forum
The Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) is an international human rights conference series hosted and produced by the Human Rights Foundation (HRF).
Attend OFF 2025
Slide Background
HRF launches Wear Your Values mentorship program
The one-year program supports designers in ensuring that their supply chains and final products are free from forced labor.
Learn more
Slide Background
HRF and The Signal Release ‘Altered States’
How much influence do foreign autocratic regimes have on democracies?
Read now
Slide Background
Our Work is Now More Critical Than Ever
Learn how we leveraged legal avenues, cultural platforms, and technology to expose authoritarianism, spark action, and support the struggle for freedom.
Read more
previousprevious
nextnext
Our Work is Now More Critical Than Ever
Learn how we leveraged legal avenues, cultural platforms, and technology to expose authoritarianism, spark action, and support the struggle for freedom.
Read more
The Changemakers of Freedom are Coming to Your Campus
CFF is a series of events on university campuses designed to connect students with world-renowned activists working to promote democracy and human rights in countries ruled by authoritarian regimes.
Learn More
Help Us Power Ukraine
The Russian army’s daily attacks leave thousands of people without heat and electricity in the dead of winter. Donate today to help deliver critically needed generators to the people of Ukraine.
Donate today
Explore the Oslo Freedom Forum
The Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) is an international human rights conference series hosted and produced by the Human Rights Foundation (HRF).
Learn more
Slide Background
“Imagine” at the 2025 Oslo Freedom Forum
The Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) is an international human rights conference series hosted and produced by the Human Rights Foundation (HRF).
Attend OFF 2025
Slide Background
HRF launches Wear Your Values mentorship program
The one-year program supports designers in ensuring that their supply chains and final products are free from forced labor.
Learn more
Slide Background
HRF and The Signal Release ‘Altered States’
How much influence do foreign autocratic regimes have on democracies?
Read now
Slide Background
Our Work is Now More Critical Than Ever
Learn how we leveraged legal avenues, cultural platforms, and technology to expose authoritarianism, spark action, and support the struggle for freedom.
Read more
previousprevious
nextnext
Our Work is Now More Critical Than Ever
Learn how we leveraged legal avenues, cultural platforms, and technology to expose authoritarianism, spark action, and support the struggle for freedom.
Read more
The Changemakers of Freedom are Coming to Your Campus
CFF is a series of events on university campuses designed to connect students with world-renowned activists working to promote democracy and human rights in countries ruled by authoritarian regimes.
Learn More
Help Us Power Ukraine
The Russian army’s daily attacks leave thousands of people without heat and electricity in the dead of winter. Donate today to help deliver critically needed generators to the people of Ukraine.
Donate today
Explore the Oslo Freedom Forum
The Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) is an international human rights conference series hosted and produced by the Human Rights Foundation (HRF).
Learn more

Our Latest Work

View all
HRF's Weekly Financial Freedom Report #70
Blog Post
Apr 17, 2025
HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #70
This week’s headlines expose the lengths authoritarian regimes go to perpetuate the financial power that preserves their rule, often going so far as to bend, break, and rewrite the rules of money itself.
Announcing OFF25 Interactive Programming
Announcement
Apr 16, 2025
Announcing OFF25 Interactive Programming
Over the past 17 years, the Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) has given life to new strategies, partnerships, and support for human rights advocates and civil society organizations across the globe.
Meet this year’s first five Oslo Freedom Forum speakers
Announcement
Apr 14, 2025
Meet this year’s first five Oslo Freedom Forum speakers
From May 26 to 28, the Human Rights Foundation’s (HRF) community will gather once again in Oslo, Norway, for the 17th annual Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF).
Uyghur journalist Rushan Abbas
Blog Post
Apr 14, 2025
How China Uses Financial Repression to Erase the Uyghur People
Rushan Abbas has spent years fighting for the freedom of her people, the Uyghurs, a Muslim ethnic group in the Uyghur Region, located in northwest China.
Financial Freedom Report 69 -protests in turkey with Turkish flag waving
Blog Post
Apr 10, 2025
HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #69
Today, HRF takes part in the launch of the Bitcoin Humanitarian Alliance in London, where a dozen human rights and aid groups will convene with policymakers, media, finance professionals, and technologists at the Frontline Club to explain how they are using Bitcoin in their work in the field.
Karakalpak activist and lawyer Dauletmurat Tazhimuratov
Press Release
Apr 8, 2025
HRF succeeds in Uzbekistan case: UN calls for immediate release of Dauletmurat Tazhimuratov
The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) received a favorable opinion from the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD), which found that Uzbekistan’s detention of Karakalpak activist and lawyer, Dauletmurat Tazhimuratov, is arbitrary and violates fundamental international human rights law.
off 25' Track Announcemnet
Announcement
Apr 4, 2025
Announcing 2025 Oslo Freedom Forum Tracks
As we prepare for this year’s Oslo Freedom Forum, we are excited to announce our carefully curated tracks across panels, workshops, expos, art, music, and networking spaces.
WYV Mentorship program
Press Release
Apr 3, 2025
HRF announces Wear Your Values mentorship program with support of Fashion Incubator San Francisco
The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is pleased to announce its new Wear Your Values (WYV) mentorship program, with the support of Fashion Incubator San Francisco (FiSF), for designers seeking to deepen their commitment to ethical practices.
View all

More than half of the world lives under tyranny

Tyranny is the root of poverty, war, and torture

We’re uniting the world to stand against tyranny.

Learn more

More than half of the world lives under tyranny

Tyranny is the root of poverty, war, and torture

We’re uniting the world to stand against tyranny.

Learn more

Our Programs

View all programs
Art in Protest
Art in Protest
Art is a powerful tool for dissent in closed societies, provoking constructive dialogue and creating space for debate beyond mainstream bodies of political discourse. Authoritarian governments around the world recognize the power of art as a conduit of change and systematically persecute, repress, or censor artists to silence political dissent.
Financial Freedom
Financial Freedom
All governments, especially those of dictators, frequently debase, manipulate, demonetize, and surveil currencies, confiscate property, and freeze the bank accounts of people they don’t like. Dissidents, human rights defenders, journalists, and nonprofit organizations in authoritarian countries face enormous obstacles just to receive donations and pay bills.
Flash Drives for Freedom
Flash Drives for Freedom
So for many years, North Korean defectors have organized efforts to smuggle outside info into North Korea on USB drives to counter Kim Jong-un’s constant propaganda.
Wear your Values
Wear Your Values
The fashion industry is one of the world’s largest economies and employs millions of people globally. Authoritarian countries often house the most labor-intensive stages of production, leaving workers extremely susceptible to human rights violations without any path of recourse.
View all programs
Global Media Impressions

7b+

Video Views of Human Rights Advocates Telling Their Story

10m+

New Tech/Creative Partnershipwith Activists

75+

Dollars in New Funding for Human Rights Work

$6m+

Oslo Freedom Forum - May 2025
Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds

Join us for the Oslo Freedom Forum in Norway

Learn more

Join Us for the 2025 Oslo Freedom Forum

  • Oslo, Norway
  • May 26-28, 2025
Learn more
Learn more

Empower Change With Your Donation

Join us in helping save lives and stand up to tyranny.

Donate

Follow Us

Stay informed about our work and discover ways to join the movement to protect democracy.

Hrf-set-10-facebook Hrf-set-10-youtube Hrf-set-10-instagram Hrf-set-10-twitter-x Hrf-set-10-threads-1 Hrf-set-10-bluesky-1
We believe that when we rise, tyranny falls.

+1 (212) 246-8486

350 5th Ave #6500, New York, NY 10118, United States
Contact

Reach out with any questions or support needs.

Careers

Become part of our mission-driven team.

FAQs

Find answers to commonly asked questions in our FAQs.

Copyright © 2024 Human Rights Foundation. All rights reserved.

Join the cause by subscribing to our newsletter.

Hrf-set-10-facebook Hrf-set-10-youtube Hrf-set-10-instagram Hrf-set-10-twitter-x Hrf-set-10-threads-1 Hrf-set-10-bluesky-1

How can we help?

Hit enter to search or ESC to close

Email Us

Join the cause by subscribing to our newsletter.