Announcement Oct 3, 2025 Join HRFтАЩs live webinar: The Impact of the War on Ukrainian Children Join the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) for the live webinar, тАЬThe Impact of the War on Ukrainian Children,тАЭ on Thursday, Oct. 9, at 11:00 a.m. EST, on the devastating effects of the war in Ukraine on the countryтАЩs…
Press Release Sep 17, 2025 HRF calls for justice in wake of confirmation Alexei Navalny was poisoned The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns Vladimir PutinтАЩs regime for the assassination of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, whose death at Penal Colony No. 3 (тАЬPolar WolfтАЭ) in the Russian Arctic has now…
Press Release Jul 9, 2025 HRF Highlights Human Rights Abuses in Georgia and Rwanda at UN Review Last week, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) submitted formal contributions to the United Nations Human Rights Council for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Georgia and Rwanda, bringing urgent attention to deteriorating human rights conditions in both countries.
Press Release Apr 8, 2025 HRF succeeds in Uzbekistan case: UN calls for immediate release of Dauletmurat Tazhimuratov The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) received a favorable opinion from the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD), which found that UzbekistanтАЩs detention of Karakalpak activist and lawyer, Dauletmurat Tazhimuratov, is arbitrary and violates fundamental international human rights law.
Op-Ed May 6, 2025 How Years of American Policy Bumbling Boosted Putin Alexander Vindman argues that U.S. missteps and na├пvet├й created the conditions for Russian imperialismтАЩs return.
Press Release Feb 25, 2025 HRF celebrates the release of Belarusian dissident Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) celebrates the release of Belarusian dissident Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk, who was released on Feb. 2, after spending 1,491 days in arbitrary detention.
Blog Post Dec 19, 2024 Legitimizing Aggression in Russia’s 2024 Vote Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia entered a period of profound political and economic change.
Blog Post Dec 19, 2024 Elections In Georgia: At the Crossroads between Russia and Europe Countries that once were democratic continued the descent into authoritarianism.
Blog Post Nov 6, 2024 Exposing AliyevтАЩs Masquerade: The Illusion of Democracy Behind COP29 Next week, roughly 70,000 foreign guests are expected to flood into Baku for the most important climate forum of the year: COP29, the United Nations Climate Change Conference.
Press Release Oct 23, 2024 HRF Chair Yulia Navalnaya appeared on ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ ulia Navalnaya, Chair of the Human Rights Foundation (HRF), appeared on тАЬThe Late Show with Stephen ColbertтАЭ on Monday to discuss the release of тАЬPatriot,тАЭ a memoir written by her late husband, Alexei Navalny.
Press Release Oct 17, 2024 HRF Brings UN Attention to Rights Abuses in Two Countries Last week, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) submitted contributions to the United Nations (UN) Human Rights CouncilтАЩs Universal Periodic Review (UPR) regarding Laos and T├╝rkiye.
Blog Post Sep 4, 2024 The Survival of Kurdish Identity in Turkey The Kurds make up the worldтАЩs largest stateless population, with more than 30 million living in Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey; they make up a fifth of TurkeyтАЩs population. Like other indigenous populations in the post-World War I era in the Middle East, European diplomats decided the KurdsтАЩ fate.
Publication Aug 30, 2024 Author ‘honoured’ to be blacklisted by Vladimir Putin An American author has been placed on Russian President Vladimir PutinтАЩs тАЬblacklistтАЭ a day after the formerтАЩs new book was published.
Press Release Aug 29, 2024 HRFтАЩs Casey Michel Sanctioned by Russian Regime On Wednesday, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs sanctioned the Human Rights FoundationтАЩs (HRF) Casey Michel, as well as other American academics, journalists, and industry leaders.
Blog Post Aug 14, 2024 How the Dictators of Azerbaijan and Turkey Undermine Armenian Democracy In November 2024, Azerbaijan will host the 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29), one of the largest conferences in the world dedicated to fighting climate change.
Press Release Aug 1, 2024 HRF Welcomes the Release of Vladimir Kara-Murza The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) welcomes the release of prominent Russian opposition leader and pro-democracy advocate Vladimir Kara-Murza, along with other prisoners of conscience in Russia.
Op-Ed Jul 19, 2024 Authoritarian Qatar puts 2,000 cops and armoured cars on the streets of Paris Two weeks before the Olympic Games are set to kick off in Paris, Qatari security forces, equipped with armoured vehicles and urban camouflage livery, arrived in the French capital to help тАЬsecureтАЭ the global event.
Press Release Jul 10, 2024 HRF Condemns RussiaтАЩs Arrest Warrant for HRF Chair Yulia Navalnaya Vladimir PutinтАЩs regime on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant for Yulia Navalnaya, chair of the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) and widow of opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Navalnaya is accused of тАЬparticipating in an extremist community.тАЭ
Press Release Jun 24, 2024 HRF submits joint petition to UNWGAD for Belarusian activist Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk In late May, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) and the Human Rights Center Viasna (Viasna) submitted a joint petition to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) on behalf of well-known Belarusian pro-democracy activist Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk.
Press Release Jun 17, 2024 HRF submits joint petition to the United Nations on behalf of Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza On June 3, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) submitted an individual complaint to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) in the case of Russian opposition leader and pro-democracy advocate Vladimir Kara-Murza, along with the Centre de la Protection Internationale (CPI), Freedom House, Free Russia Foundation (FRF), Global Justice Advisors, McCain Institute, and the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights (RWCHR).
