Press Release Feb 3, 2021 HRF to Biden Administration: Focus on Worst Human Rights Offenders NEW YORK (February 3, 2021) – Following the inauguration of President Joseph Biden in the United States on January 20, 2021
Press Release Feb 1, 2021 Military Coup Returns Burma to Full Dictatorship NEW YORK (February 1, 2021) – The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is gravely concerned about the events unfolding in Burma
Blog Post Jan 29, 2021 What’s Happening in Xinjiang? Q&A With Uyghur Activist Jewher Ilham China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, also known as the Uyghur Region or East Turkestan, is home to millions of Uyghur Muslims and other ethnic and religious minorities.
Press Release Jan 6, 2021 Hong Kong Arrests Dozens of Pro-Democracy Figures in a Mass Raid NEW YORK (January 6, 2021) – The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the Hong Kong government’s mass arrests of 53 opposition activists and politicians in a single day
Blog Post Dec 23, 2020 What’s Happening in Hong Kong? Q&A With HK Activist Johnson Yeung 2020 has been an especially difficult year for Hongkongers tirelessly fighting against the authoritarian Chinese regime.
Op-Ed Dec 20, 2022 HRF Op-Ed: The Plight of Political Dissident Jimmy Lai Hong Kong businessman and political dissident Jimmy Lai told me over dinner at his Taiwan home in 2019 that he knew speaking out for truth, justice and freedom in the region could come at great personal cost. He is now behind bars for this supposed crime, so I’m speaking out for him.
Press Release Dec 14, 2020 South Korean Government Criminalizes North Korean Human Rights Activism NEW YORK (December 14, 2020) – Today, the South Korean National Assembly passed a controversial bill proposed by the Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee
Press Release Dec 3, 2020 Crackdown on Hong Kong’s Pro-Democracy Activists Accelerates with New Charges and Sentencing NEW YORK (December 3, 2020) – A Hong Kong magistrates’ court sentenced pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow, and Ivan Lam
Announcement Dec 1, 2020 State-Sponsored Hacking: Russia, Saudi Arabia, and North Korea At the 2020 Oslo Freedom Forum, the Human Rights Foundation hosted a panel discussion about how dictatorships employ cyber attacks at home and abroad.
Press Release Nov 25, 2020 Hong Kong: HRF Sends UN Urgent Appeal to Condemn National Security Law NEW YORK (November 25, 2020) – The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) has submitted an Urgent Appeal to three Special Rapporteurs of the United Nations Human Rights Council
Report Jun 1, 2020 Corporate Intimidation and Censorship in China Since China’s rise as a global trade giant, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has leveraged its position in the global economy to intimidate foreign companies into becoming indirect messengers of its political ideology. Since the 1990s, the Chinese government has exerted pressure…
Blog Post Mar 12, 2020 Using fashion as silent protest in North Korea From wearing lipstick to putting on a pair of jeans, fashion has become a political statement for North Koreans.
Press Release Apr 1, 2019 Statement on Syariah Penal Code in Brunei This Wednesday, on April 3, Brunei plans on fully implementing Syariah Penal Code, which will increase the number of offenses — including homosexuality — punishable by death and corporal punishment, and which…
Announcement Apr 1, 2019 HRF to Exhibit Dissident Art at 2019 Oslo Freedom Forum The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is excited to announce that internationally acclaimed Chinese dissident artists, the Gao Brothers, will be joining the 2019 Oslo Freedom Forum as part of our Art in Protest program.
Press Release Mar 1, 2025 HRF’s statement on North Korea and Otto Warmbier NEW YORK (March 1, 2019) — Earlier this week, the second summit between North Korea and the United States was held in Hanoi, Vietnam. At this time, we believe…
Press Release Feb 27, 2019 HRF to UN Special Rapporteur: Defend the Free Speech of North Korean Defectors and Human Rights Activists in South Korea NEW YORK (February 27, 2019) — In a joint letter addressed to the U.N. special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the…
Press Release Feb 13, 2019 TIME Person of the Year Maria Ressa Arrested in the Philippines NEW YORK (February 13, 2019) — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the arbitrary arrest of Maria Ressa, renowned journalist and vocal critic of President Duterte, and calls on the Philippines government…
Press Release Sep 25, 2018 Maldives: Opposition Candidate Wins Election, Ending Yameen’s Authoritarian Rule NEW YORK (September 25, 2018) — On Sunday, in a surprising turn of events, the Maldives’ authoritarian President Abdulla Yameen Gayoom lost a bid to secure a second term, despite…
Press Release Sep 11, 2018 Cambodia: opposition leader Kem Sokha released from prison The leader of Cambodia’s main opposition partyhas been released on bail, one year after he was jailed on politically motivated treason charges. The sudden arrest last September of Kem Sokha…
Press Release Sep 6, 2018 North Korea Denounces Flash Drives for Freedom NEW YORK (September 6, 2018) — Yesterday, the North Korean dictatorship denounced HRF‘s Flash Drives for Freedom program in its state-run newspaper, Minju Choson. Unlike the DPRK‘s Rodung Sinmun —…
