Strategy Aramco Houston Marathon Campaign In January 2024, HRF launched a campaign during the 2024 Houston Marathon to protest Saudi Arabia’s sponsorship of the half-marathon event. HRF was present on the ground engaging with attendees and athletes to raise awareness of the Saudi regime’s human rights abuses.
Strategy Empty Box HRF joined grassroots activists and concerned global citizens to urge democratic nations to refuse to send official representation to the Beijing Olympics – to leave their Olympic box seats empty in protest.
Publication Jul 26, 2024 How the NBA got into business with an African dictator In the summer of 2018, inside a national arena that felt more like a small-college gym, the NBA commissioner shot free throws with the president of Rwanda.
Publication Jul 10, 2024 26 million tons of clothing end up in China’s landfills each year, propelled by fast fashion At a factory in Zhejiang province on China’s eastern coast, two mounds of discarded cotton clothing and bed linens, loosely separated into dark and light colors, pile up on a workroom floor.
Publication Jun 12, 2024 #EndSARS human rights defender exiled after police brutality protests takes up fight against disinformation Raphael Adebayo left Nigeria under an alias after he was targeted for being one of the coordinators of the #EndSARS and #ReformPoliceNG movement now, he is tackling disinformation with a new voter education drive.
