Report Aug 1, 2021 100 Years of Suppression 2021 marks the centenary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the sole ruling party of China. In the past several decades, the Chinese government has perpetrated some of the worst human rights abuses the world has ever witnessed.
Report Aug 1, 2021 HRF Report: CCP 100 Years of Suppression 2021 marks the centenary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the sole ruling party of China.
Op-Ed Jul 1, 2021 Behind China’s grand façade lies deep insecurity July 1 marks the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) founding. Leading up to this centenary, the CCP hosted lavish celebrations, shimmering firework displays, futuristic light shows and all-star performances. Sites such as the Museum of the Communist Party of China and Shuangqing Villa, where the late Mao Zedong once lived (locations and tour routes aptly referred to it as “red tourism”), have seen a boost in visitors. Flags and banners adorning patriotic messages lined the streets as the country prepared for the highly-anticipated grand ceremony taking place today.
Press Release Apr 19, 2021 Join HRF’s Event at Harvard: “Genocide in the 21st Century: The Uyghur Crisis” NEW YORK (April 17, 2021) – The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is co-hosting Genocide in the 21st Century: The Uyghur Crisis, on Thursday, April 22, and Tuesday, April 27.
Op-Ed Apr 18, 2021 China’s intimidation and endless pursuit of ideological compliance From H&M to Nike, from global airlines to hotel chains, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has long leveraged its burgeoning position in the global economy to pressure foreign companies into becoming messengers of its authoritarian ideology.
Press Release Apr 15, 2021 Chinese Communist Party: Stop Coercing Family of Uyghur Journalist Gulchehra Hoja NEW YORK (April 15, 2021) – The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) strongly condemns the Chinese government’s forced testimony of the family members of Uyghur-American journalist
Op-Ed Mar 18, 2021 The last blow to Hong Kong’s faltering democracy Two Fridays ago, the annual National People’s Congress convened in Beijing to rubber-stamp the Chinese Communist Party’s policies. Unfortunately for Hong Kong, restructuring the city’s electoral process topped the agenda.
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
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 Dec 3, 2020 Crackdown on Hong Kong’s Pro-Democracy Activists Accelerates with New Charges and Sentencing A Hong Kong magistrates’ court sentenced pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow, and Ivan Lam to prison yesterday for their involvement in promoting a protest in late June of 2019, at the height of the leaderless anti-extradition law movement in Hong Kong.
Press Release Sep 22, 2020 HRF signs a joint letter to call on Chinese President Xi Jinping to pardon journalist at risk of dying in prison The Human Rights Foundation along with the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and a coalition of nine human rights NGOs call on Chinese President Xi Jinping to pardon journalist and two-time RSF Press Freedom Prize laureate, Huang Qi, who may die in prison if not freed immediately.
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…
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 Aug 23, 2018 China Denies Visa to Reporter and OFF Speaker Megha Rajagopalan NEW YORK (August 23, 2018) — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the Chinese government’s decision to deny a journalist visa to BuzzFeed reporter and Oslo Freedom Forum speaker Megha Rajagopalan. Rajagopalan, who…
Media Aug 1, 2018 Google Plans to Launch Censored Search Engine in China, Leaked Documents Reveal Google is planning to launch a censored version of its search engine in China that will blacklist websites and search terms about human rights, democracy, religion, and peaceful protest, The…
Press Release Jul 10, 2018 Liu Xia, Detained Widow of Nobel Peace Laureate, Leaves China BEIJING — The ailing widow of Liu Xiaobo, the Chinese democracy advocate and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who died of cancer last year under police guard, left China for Europe…
Blog Post Jul 2, 2018 The great firewall of China: Xi Jinping’s internet shutdown In December 2015, thousands of tech entrepreneurs and analysts, along with a few international heads of state, gathered in Wuzhen, in southern China, for the country’s second World Internet Conference. At…
Publication Jun 21, 2018 John Oliver, Having Mocked Chinese Censorship, Is Censored in China HONG KONG — In a 20-minute segment about China that aired Sunday on the satirical news show “Last Week Tonight,” the host John Oliver brought up President Xi Jinping’s resemblance…
Media Jun 14, 2018 In China’s Far West, Companies Cash in on Surveillance Program In the far western region of Xinjiang, China has created one of the world’s most sophisticated and intrusive state surveillance systems to target the predominantly Muslim Uighur ethnic minority. Part…
Publication May 2, 2018 ‘Easier to die than live’: Liu Xia, widow of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo By Liao Yiwu, Chinese writer in exile On April 30, 2018, at 4:00 p.m. in Germany, I spoke to Liu Xia at her home in Beijing. She said: “Now, I’ve…
