News Mar 15, 2017 Reason TV deems HRF the most disruptive at SXSW Reason TV published a video and article featuring HRF’s panel, “The Real Information Revolution,” at this year’s SXSW, an annual interactive festival held in Austin, TX.
Press Release Feb 18, 2017 HRF to Testify Before U.S. Senate Kasparov will offer his expert testimony at 2:45 p.m. It will be broadcast live on the U.S. Senate website.
Events Jan 19, 2017 HRF Tech Panel at SXSW Festival in March 2016 HRF’s session “How to Free North Korea with Technology” will feature North Korean author Yeonmi Park, Yodok concentration camp survivor Jung Kwang-il, Silicon Valley executive Peter Hirshberg, and HRF president Thor Halvorssen.
Press Release Dec 12, 2016 Canada, U.S., Estonia: HRF Supports Legislation to Reject Dictatorship Enablers The Magnitsky Law, if adopted, will allow Canada to sanction foreign officials who commit gross human rights abuses abroad by restricting their entry into the country and freezing their assets.
Press Release Oct 29, 2016 HRF’s Work to Be Featured in London at Mozilla and WIRED Conferences Beginning today, Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is participating in two of Europe’s major technology and media events: MozFest 2016 and WIRED2016.
Press Release Oct 24, 2016 HRF Urges Democratic Countries not to Elect Dictatorships to UN Human Rights Council Governments seeking election to the U.N.’s top human rights body this year include China, Cuba, Egypt, Iraq, Malaysia, Russia, Rwanda, and Saudi Arabia.
Press Release Oct 10, 2016 Join HRF and Flash Drives For Freedom at PubCon Event organizers have donated space to HRF in the heart of their main expo hall to help us recruit new media experts to the human rights movement.
Press Release Oct 5, 2016 HRF to UN: Do Not Elect Dictatorships to the Human Rights Council “This year, five notorious dictatorships are running for reelection at the world’s top human rights body. By gaining these highly coveted seats, which they have consistently used to exercise a heckler’s veto, they seek to shield themselves from any significant exposure of their horrendous human rights records,” said HRF Chief Legal Officer Javier El-Hage.“
Press Release Aug 29, 2016 HRF Welcomes UN Special Rapporteur’s Opinion Curbing Broad “Hate Speech” Prohibition On August 15, the Special Rapporteur condemned the government of Singapore for prosecuting 17-year-old blogger Amos Yee on charges of “wounding religious or racial feelings.” Mr. Yee published several videos that contained language disparaging devotees of Islam and Christianity, as well as their religious beliefs.
Press Release Jan 25, 2016 Afghanistan: HRF Condemns Taliban Deadly Attack on Tolo News On January 20, a Taliban bomber detonated explosives, targeting a TOLO bus carrying employees during evening rush hour.
Blog Post Dec 17, 2015 Nicki Minaj Shouldn’t Be Performing for Dictators HRF president Thor Halvorssen and HRF International Council member George Ayittey in Slate on Nicki Minaj’s upcoming performance for Angolan dictator José Eduardo dos Santos.
Press Release Oct 29, 2015 HRF Deplores Election of Dictatorships to Top UN Human Rights Body The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) deplores yesterday’s U.N. General Assembly vote electing the authoritarian regimes of Burundi, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Kyrgyzstan, Togo, the United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela as members of the U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for a three-year term.
Press Release Oct 20, 2015 HRF, Lantos Foundation, UN Watch to Host Event Opposing Election of Authoritarians In anticipation of the upcoming elections of the 2016-2018 members of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), the Human Rights Foundation (HRF), the Lantos Foundation, and UN Watch will host a luncheon at the United Nations at 12:00pm on Tuesday, October 27, in opposition to bids from a collection of authoritarian states to sit on the council.
