Press Release Jun 3, 2022 Turkey: HRF Denounces Erdoğan’s Threats to Enes Kanter Freedom The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) denounces the Turkish government’s newly-announced investigation into professional basketball player and 2022 Havel Prize Laureate Enes Kanter Freedom (formerly Enes Kanter) under accusations of the crime of “insulting the president” — which has led to calls from regime supporters to “find… and kill [Kanter] on the spot.”
Publication May 24, 2022 Rally for Belarus Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is a former presidential candidate and the leader of the national democratic movement in Belarus. According to unofficial results, she received the most votes in Belarus’ presidential election in August 2020.
Publication May 24, 2022 On the Frontlines of Freedom Oleksandra Matviichuk is a human rights defender who works on issues in Ukraine and the OSCE region.
Blog Post May 10, 2022 Refugees, Human Trafficking, and Authoritarianism Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, shook the world as the first invasion of a sovereign European nation since World War II.
Press Release Mar 12, 2022 HRF Launches Ukraine Solidarity Fund NEW YORK (March 12, 2022) — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is announcing the Ukraine Solidarity Fund, in partnership with Operation Sunflower, a coalition of American and Ukrainian organizations delivering aid to Ukrainians affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Press Release Feb 27, 2022 How To Support Ukrainians On Thursday, February 24th, Vladimir Putin declared war on Ukraine. Over the past several days, Russian forces have launched missile strikes on Ukrainian cities, shelled Ukrainian military positions, and advanced across the border.
Press Release Feb 24, 2022 Russia Invades Ukraine. Democratic Nations Should Make Putin Pay. NEW YORK (February 24, 2022) — At 4AM local time, Russian troops invaded and launched a full-scale assault on Ukraine.
Blog Post Feb 18, 2022 Kazakhstan in Context: Cult of Personality In early January, tens of thousands of people across Kazakhstan protested after a sharp rise in the price of gas.
Blog Post Feb 18, 2022 Kazakhstan in Context: A Repressive State In early January, tens of thousands of people across Kazakhstan protested after a sharp rise in the price of gas.
Blog Post Feb 18, 2022 Kazakhstan in Context: Corrupt to the Core In early January, tens of thousands of people across Kazakhstan protested after a sharp rise in the price of gas.
Press Release Jan 21, 2022 HRF Succeeds in UN Petition — Russia and Tajikistan Condemned for Kidnapping, Unlawful Detention of Sharofiddin Gadoev The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) welcomes the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention’s (UNWGAD) determination that the February 2019 kidnapping and subsequent unlawful detention of Sharofiddin Gadoev in Russia and Tajikistan, respectively, were arbitrary and in violation of international law.
Press Release Jan 6, 2022 HRF Condemns Deadly Government Violence in Kazakhstan The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) strongly condemns all violence against demonstrators in the wake of protests against the rise in price of consumer goods that have spread and escalated across Kazakhstan.
Press Release Dec 14, 2024 HRF Announces New Partnership to Support Independent Media in Belarus FIRST LOOK INSTITUTE’S PRESS FREEDOM DEFENSE FUND AND HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION PARTNER TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT BELARUSIAN JOURNALISTS
Publication Nov 16, 2021 A Free Belarus on the Horizon A conversation between Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and HRF Chairman Garry Kasparov about how dictator Alexander Lukashenko stole the 2020 presidential election, how Belarus rose up, and how she has been advocating around the world for the release of political prisoners, an end to political violence, and free and fair elections in Belarus.
Blog Post Jun 24, 2021 Cult of Personality in Turkmenistan Cults of personality are some of the most notable features of any dictatorship.
Blog Post Mar 25, 2021 Is The End Near For Viktor Orbán? For more than 10 years, Viktor Orbán and his cronies have ruled Hungary.
Blog Post Feb 22, 2021 Dictatorship Sows Division in Nagorno-Karabakh From September to November of 2020, Armenia and Azerbaijan fought a bloody war over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh and its surroundings.
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 Feb 3, 2021 After Navalny’s Conviction, It’s Time for the Biden Administration to Act On February 2, following a sham trial in Moscow, Putin critic Alexey Navalny was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison under the pretense of having violated his parole by seeking emergency treatment in Germany, following an assassination attempt by Russia’s secret police, the FSB.
Press Release Jan 15, 2021 HRF to International Ice Hockey Federation Council: Don’t Legitimize Dictatorship in Belarus NEW YORK (January 15, 2021) – Today, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) sent a letter to René Fasel, the president of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF)
