Publication Dec 23, 2025 Calling on President Trump to secure Jimmy Lai’s immediate release We write as Hong Kong community organizations in the United States and international NGOs to urge swift Congressional action in response to the recent guilty verdict against Jimmy Lai and the continued imprisonment of six other Apple Daily executives in Hong Kong.
Publication Dec 23, 2025 Calling for the US Congress to take swift action in response to the guilty verdict against Jimmy Lai We write as Hong Kong community organizations in the United States and international NGOs to urge swift Congressional action in response to the recent guilty verdict against Jimmy Lai and the continued imprisonment of six other Apple Daily executives in Hong Kong.
Blog Post Dec 22, 2025 The Lasting Impacts of Transnational Repression Transnational repression is a growing threat to global human rights. In 2025, authoritarian regimes continued to surveil and silence dissidents abroad, relying on physical, legal, and digital tactics to reach beyond their borders and clamp down on the fundamental freedoms of these courageous individuals.
Blog Post Dec 22, 2025 Weaponizing the International System Authoritarian regimes have more tools than ever at their disposal to target dissidents and activists abroad.
Blog Post Dec 22, 2025 Violence Beyond Borders Transnational repression has become a common tactic for authoritarian regimes seeking suppression of dissent beyond their borders. With the rapid spread of technology, globalization, and unprecedented ease of global mobility, it is easier than ever for regimes to reach their opponents, even from thousands of miles away.
Human Rights Dispatch Dec 18, 2025 Governments Call for Jimmy Lai’s Release, Belarusian Political Prisoners Released. HRF celebrates the freedom of those released and honors their resilience. Until every political prisoner is free and Belarusians can live without repression, the struggle for democracy in Belarus must continue.
Human Rights Dispatch Dec 17, 2025 Cuba Expels Mexican Priest, Investigating Nicaraguan Journalists Dissapearance, Tibetans Arrested for Protest and more. HRF and @RSF_en urge the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances to call on the Nicaraguan regime to conduct a thorough and independent investigation into Fabiola Tercero Castro’s disappearance and ensure an immediate end to the ongoing efforts to control, intimidate, and surveil her.
Press Release Dec 15, 2025 HRF Succeeds at the UN: Vietnam Called to Release Blogger Nguyen Chi Tuyến The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) has received a favorable opinion from the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD), finding that prominent Vietnamese activist and blogger Nguyễn Chí Tuyến, widely known as Anh Chí, is arbitrarily detained by the Vietnamese regime, in clear violation of international human rights law.
Human Rights Dispatch Dec 12, 2025 Hong Kong Election Arrests, Hong Kong Weaponizes AI, Burma Sham Elections, and more. HRF condemns the arrest of 11 Hong Kongers — three now prosecuted — for allegedly encouraging election boycotts.
Human Rights Dispatch Dec 11, 2025 DRC–Rwanda Deal, Torture of Venezuelan activists, China continues censorship. Last Thursday, Democratic Republic of Congo’s Félix Tshisekedi and Rwanda’s Paul Kagame met in Washington to ratify a U.S.-brokered deal meant to end decades of conflict in eastern Congo.
Publication Dec 10, 2025 Joint NGO World Human Rights Day Statement: Hong Kong Should Immediately Release Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan We, the undersigned legal and civil society organisations, urgently call upon the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government to release Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan without delay, to withdraw all outstanding criminal charges against them, and to quash their previous convictions.
Human Rights Dispatch Dec 8, 2025 Research on Chinese-backed AI labs, Cambodia detains five activists HRF expresses grave concern over the partnerships between leading Western universities and research institutions and China’s state-backed AI labs tied to surveillance, repression, and human rights violations, as revealed in a new joint report with @StrategyRisks .
Press Release Dec 8, 2025 HRF-Sponsored Research Reveals Western Funding Ties to China’s State-Backed AI Labs A report released today by Strategy Risks, in partnership with the Human Rights Foundation, reveals that leading Western universities — including MIT, Stanford, and Oxford — have collaborated extensively with Chinese AI laboratories embedded in the country’s surveillance apparatus, with U.S. and UK government funding repeatedly acknowledged in the research.
Human Rights Dispatch Nov 26, 2025 Detention of Rwandan opposition leader and Chinese Zion Church leaders HRF calls on the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) to investigate Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire’s case,
Human Rights Dispatch Nov 18, 2025 HRF at Art Basel, Angolan President Meets Lionel Messi, El Salvador’s Soft Power Move, Chinese Journalist Sentenced With no Due Process. The struggle for human rights is a global movement, and you are a vital part of it. From defending political prisoners to supporting dissidents in exile, HRF’s work is fueled by a community that refuses to look away.
Blog Post Nov 20, 2025 The three-body problem How much does North Korea depend on China and Russia for its future? Rachel Minyoung Lee on nuclear weapons, technology transfers, and a newly emboldened Kim Jong Un.
Op-Ed Nov 14, 2025 Vietnam’s Trade Boom Shouldn’t Excuse Its Human Rights Crackdown There are real opportunities for Vietnam’s trading partners to insist that it honor its obligations under international human rights law.
Human Rights Dispatch Nov 6, 2025 Thailand arrests Montagnard refugees, CCP supports Burmese junta, U.S. and South Korea halt North Korea broadcasts. HRF expresses deep concern over Thailand’s arrest of approximately 70 Vietnamese indigenous Montagnard refugees, including some under UNHCR protection.
Human Rights Dispatch Nov 5, 2025 Uyghur Forced-Labor Research Blocked HRF condemns Beijing’s pressure on UK-based Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) to halt Professor @LauraTMurphy ‘s work on Uyghur forced labor and supply chains in China.
Blog Post Nov 3, 2025 Inside the prison state What’s it like to live in North Korea? Yumi Kim on heavy repression, secret phone calls, and virtual private networks.
