Video Series Jul 22, 2022 Hong Kong Today This episode discusses the deterioration of freedoms in Hong Kong since the implementation of the national security law, and highlights the Chinese government’s aggression.
Announcement Jul 15, 2022 Celebrating Our Impact: Mid-Year Update on HRF’s Programs As we’ve rounded out the halfway mark of 2022, I’d like to take a moment to reflect on the progress and impact of HRF’s work thus far.
Press Release Jun 2, 2022 HRF Condemns UN Human Rights Commissioner Michelle Bachelet’s Complicity The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) expresses deep disappointment in UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet’s failure to denounce the Chinese government’s grave human rights abuses, including the ongoing genocide of the Uyghur people.
Publication Apr 25, 2022 Joint letter: Urging presidents and governing boards of all 50 United States flagship public universities to divest from entities complicit in the genocide of Uyghurs The People’s Republic of China is engaged in a global campaign to exterminate the culture, religion, and language of the Uyghur people.
Events Feb 4, 2022 HRF Co-Hosts Rally in Washington DC to Condemn the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics NEW YORK (February 4, 2022) — As the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics kick off today, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) remains strongly committed to condemning the Chinese dictatorship’s attempt to whitewash its dismal human rights record, including the ongoing genocide of the Uyghur population.
Blog Post Jan 21, 2022 The Ignorance and Reluctance of the Rich and the Famous In a recent episode of the podcast “All-In,” Chamath Palihapitiya, billionaire venture capitalist, stakeholder of the Golden State Warriors, and Chairman of Virgin Galactic, commented that “nobody cares about what’s happening to the Uyghurs… Of all the things that I care about, it is below my line.”
Press Release Jan 4, 2022 HRF & Lantos to Democracies: Leave Your Olympic Box Seats Empty in Protest With the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics one month away, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) and the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights & Justice (Lantos Foundation) call on democratic governments to commit to a diplomatic boycott of the Games, and refuse to send official representation.
Publication Dec 7, 2021 How China Uses Economic Coercion to Silence Critics and Achieve its Political Aims Globally Chair MERKLEY. Good morning. Today’s hearing of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China entitled ‘‘How China Uses Economic Coercion to Silence Critics and Achieve Its Political Aims Globally’’ will come to order.
Publication Sep 17, 2021 Joint letter: Urging Xi Jinping to immediately release Zhang Zhan, a Chinese journalist who covered the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic On September 17th, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and a coalition of 44 human rights NGOs urged Chinese President Xi Jinping to exonerate and release Covid-19 reporter Zhang Zhan, who has been on hunger strike since May 2020, for which she was forced-fed.
Press Release Aug 6, 2021 New HRF Report: The CCP’s 100 Years of Suppression NEW YORK (August 6, 2021) — Last month, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) marked its 100-year anniversary with fireworks and extravagant displays to distract the world from its appalling human rights abuses.
Blog Post Aug 4, 2021 Unraveling China’s Attempts to Hinder Academic Freedom: Confucius Institutes As the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) enters its 100th year, it continues to actively spearhead extensive propaganda, censorship, and repression campaigns within and outside of China’s borders.
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.
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.
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.
Events Sep 4, 2020 HRF and Stanford University’s Hoover Institution Launch Event Series The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is co-hosting The Rise of Digital Authoritarianism: China, AI, & Human Rights
Media Jun 13, 2020 Op-Ed: Corporate America stands against injustices — except those ‘Made in China’ This op-ed was published by The Hill on June 13, 2020. By Jenny Wang, HRF’s Strategic Advisor The killing of George Floyd has ignited a civil society deeply disturbed by…
