Press Release Dec 23, 2024 HRF hosts inaugural NK Insider Forum in Seoul, South Korea On Dec. 19, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) hosted the inaugural NK Insider Forum, a unique conference addressing critical issues related to North Korean human rights.
Blog Post Apr 22, 2024 Beyond Borders: China’s Attempts to Censor Global Academia The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is dedicated to perfecting its global narrative, employing a combination of coercion and co-optation tactics to shape public discourse both within China and abroad.
Announcement Apr 17, 2024 2024 Oslo Freedom Forum Speaker Spotlight: Carlos Chamorro Meet Carlos Chamorro, a renowned Nicaraguan journalist and 2024 Oslo Freedom Forum speaker.
Announcement Mar 19, 2024 Defying Despair: Journalism’s Bold Stand Against Pessimistic Headlines On March 5, the Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) hosted a panel, “Defying Despair: Journalism’s Bold Stand Against Pessimistic Headlines,” at the Conduit in Oslo, Norway.
Announcement Dec 14, 2023 Jailed in Iran: A Story of Hope and Activism On Dec. 6, the Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) hosted “Jailed in Iran: A Story of Hope and Activism,” a conversation with author and former Iranian hostage Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, and moderated by Hanne Skartveit, VG’s political editor.
Blog Post Jul 31, 2023 Threats Against Journalists in Latin America: Harassment, Prison, and Forced Exile A free and independent press is essential to the functioning of a democratic society. It allows citizens to access information and hold their leaders accountable.
Blog Post Apr 10, 2023 Red-Tagging in the Philippines: A License to Kill February 2023 marked three years in prison for Frenchie Mae Cumpio, a 24-year-old Philippine community journalist and executive director of the independent news website, Eastern Vista. In 2020, the Philippine government accused her of illegally possessing firearms and explosives; Cumpio was reportedly denied “the right to present evidence and prove the utter falsehoods against her.”
Blog Post Dec 2, 2022 Press Freedom: A Right, Yet Democratic Luxury To write freely and openly is a luxury. Around the world, in authoritarian regimes, the luxury of writing — to report on what you see, hear, and think — is virtually nonexistent. The thirst for truth and knowledge, and to write on it, is there. But dictatorships won’t allow such a luxury.
Announcement Jan 5, 2021 Khashoggi doc, too explosive for streaming, debuts on-demand (AP) NEW YORK (AP) — Even before “The Dissident” made its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival
Op-Ed Dec 20, 2022 HRF Op-Ed: The Plight of Political Dissident Jimmy Lai Hong Kong businessman and political dissident Jimmy Lai told me over dinner at his Taiwan home in 2019 that he knew speaking out for truth, justice and freedom in the region could come at great personal cost. He is now behind bars for this supposed crime, so I’m speaking out for him.
Press Release Feb 13, 2019 TIME Person of the Year Maria Ressa Arrested in the Philippines NEW YORK (February 13, 2019) — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the arbitrary arrest of Maria Ressa, renowned journalist and vocal critic of President Duterte, and calls on the Philippines government…
Press Release Aug 13, 2018 HRF Calls on Ecuador to Reform Draconian Communications Law NEW YORK (August 13, 2018) — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) has joined efforts to restore press freedom to Ecuador by submitting two legal briefs to Ecuador’s legislative body exposing…
Press Release Aug 8, 2018 Belarus Detains 18 Journalists in Raids at Independent Outlets MOSCOW — The authorities in Belarus have detained at least 18 journalists, accusing them of unlawfully obtaining information from a state news agency, local news reports said on Wednesday, raising…
Media Jul 17, 2018 Jailed Reporter in Myanmar Challenges Prosecution’s Version of His Arrest HONG KONG — A Reuters reporter jailed for months by Myanmar’s government has challenged the prosecution’s account of how he and a colleague were arrested, the latest twist in a…
Media Jul 9, 2018 Myanmar judge charges two Reuters journalists with violating secrets act A Myanmar judge on Monday charged two Reuters journalists with violating the country’s colonial-era secrets act over their coverage…
Media May 17, 2018 Hong Kong Journalist Is Roughed Up and Detained by Police in Beijing HONG KONG — A cameraman from a Hong Kong news station was roughed up and detained by the police in Beijing while trying to cover a human rights lawyer’s disciplinary…
Media Apr 30, 2018 Danish Man Is First Person Sentenced Under Malaysia’s Anti-Fake-News Law A Danish citizen in Malaysia has pleaded guilty to maliciously publishing fake news by posting a YouTube video critical of police, making him the first person punished under the country’s…
Media Apr 27, 2018 Myanmar Jails Two Reporters for Exposing a Massacre Last month, Chit Su Win sat on a bench outside a courtroom in Yangon, after visiting her husband, Kyaw Soe Oo, a reporter who was spending his hundredth day in…
Media Apr 27, 2018 Malaysian news company seeks to have anti-fake news law revoked (Reuters) – A Malaysian media company on Friday filed a suit seeking to declare unconstitutional a new law against fake news, which critics say is aimed at curbing dissent and…
Media Apr 26, 2018 Turkish court sentences journalists to years in prison for ‘terrorism’ charges (CNN) – A Turkish court has sentenced 14 employees of a newspaper that has been critical of President Tayyip Recep Erdogan’s government to prison, convicting them on ‘terrorism’ charges. The…
