Events Apr 3, 2020 Announcing COVIDCon: April 13-14, 2020 On April 13-14, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) will host COVIDCon, a virtual Oslo Freedom Forum event focused on how tyranny sparked and is exploiting the novel coronavirus pandemic to…
Events College Freedom Forum returns to Guatemala The College Freedom Forum is a series of one-day events on university campuses designed to connect students directly with activists promoting democracy and fundamental rights around the world.
Events Feb 10, 2020 Bringing human rights to center stage at South by Southwest Each year, the Human Rights Foundation travels to Austin, Texas in the middle of March to take part in the largest interactive conference in the world – South by Southwest (SXSW).
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 14, 2019 HRF entregó primer Premio Rómulo Betancourt a la Diplomacia Democrática CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (14 de marzo de 2019) — Human Rights Foundation (HRF) realizó la entrega del Premio Rómulo Betancourt a la Diplomacia Democrática en la cena inaugural del Oslo Freedom Forum en México…
Press Release Jun 4, 2018 Vietnam Censors Havel Prize Laureate Mai Khoi On May 30, Vietnamese musician and dissident Mai Khoi was awarded the Václav Havel International Prize for Creative Dissent at a ceremony in Oslo, Norway, during the Oslo Freedom Forum.
Press Release May 29, 2018 PutinCon Speaker Arkady Babchenko Falsely Reported Assassinated in Kiev Update: The Ukrainian secret police has reported that Arkady is alive and this was part of an operation to uncover a web of agents operating sub rosa in Ukraine. Even…
Events Mar 20, 2018 Inside PutinCon, the first conference to focus on the Russian dictator Join HRF for a brief look inside PutinCon, the world’s first conference dedicated to exposing Vladimir Putin’s crimes. Hear from experts like Garry Kasparov, Bill Browder, Amy Knight, Preet Bharara,…
Events Mar 14, 2018 PutinCon this Friday NEW YORK (March 14, 2018) – This Friday, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is hosting the world’s first Putin Conference (PutinCon) amid chilling developments, including the poisoning of a former…
Events Mar 1, 2018 Join HRF at SXSW: Tech, Creativity, and Fashion for Freedom From March 11 to March 14, HRF will participate in the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas to engage the creatives in one of the world’s largest communities with the struggle…
Events Jan 3, 2018 PutinCon: First 360 View on Vladimir Putin in NYC on Mar. 16 NEW YORK (January 3, 2018) — On March 16, the Human Rights Foundation will host the world’s first Putin Conference (PutinCon) in the Hell’s Kitchen area of New York City just days before the Russian presidential election.
Press Release Mar 28, 2017 HRF to launch Free Speech Unlimited at RightsCon Brussels The panel, “Free Speech Unlimited,” features U.N. Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression David Kaye; Bahraini free speech activist Maryam Al-Khawaja; Eritrean journalist Meron Estefanos; and two members of HRF’s legal team, Joy Park and Celine Assaf Boustani.
News Mar 15, 2017 Reason TV deems HRF the most disruptive at SXSW Reason TV published a video and article featuring HRF’s panel, “The Real Information Revolution,” at this year’s SXSW, an annual interactive festival held in Austin, TX.
News Mar 15, 2017 VOA live interview with Celine Assaf Boustani HRF attended SXSW to promote Flash Drives for Freedom and to host a panel, “The Real Information Revolution,” with activists who use technology to promote freedom in closed societies.
News Mar 13, 2017 CNN en Marcha interviews Rosa María Payá Rosa María attended SXSW to join HRF’s panel, “The Real Information Revolution,” with other activists who use technology to promote freedom in closed societies.
News Mar 13, 2017 CNN en Marcha interviews Thor Halvorssen at SXSW Thor attended SXSW to moderate HRF’s panel, “The Real Information Revolution,” featuring activists who use technology to promote freedom in closed societies.
News Mar 10, 2017 Curul85 interviews nonviolence expert Jamila Raquib during CFF at UFM Jamila Raqib, directora ejecutiva del Instituto Albert Einstein, que promueve la libertad y la democracia a través de acciones pacíficas, fue una de las ponentes durante la pasada edición del College Freedom Forum at UFM.
Events Jan 19, 2017 HRF Tech Panel at SXSW Festival in March 2016 HRF’s session “How to Free North Korea with Technology” will feature North Korean author Yeonmi Park, Yodok concentration camp survivor Jung Kwang-il, Silicon Valley executive Peter Hirshberg, and HRF president Thor Halvorssen.
Announcement May 25, 2016 OFF, the Arab Spring, and Digital Technology It seems a long time ago. Four years back, when human-rights campaigners, brave dissidents and their supporters assembled for an annual get-together in Oslo, there was a giddy optimism in the air.
News Mar 20, 2016 USA Today visits Flash Drives for Freedom at SXSW SXSW is all about FOMO. Between the festival’s events being scattered across the city and a designed-for-dismay schedule that can schedule dozens panels on top of each other, this annual gathering is guaranteed to inflict Fear Of Missing Out.
