Press Release May 24, 2021 HRF Joins Coalition Calling on President Biden to Help Facilitate Lifting the Travel Ban on Loujain al-Hathloul NEW YORK (May 24, 2021) — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) recently signed a joint letter with a coalition of 12 other organizations calling on President Joseph Biden
Press Release Mar 15, 2021 HRF and CPJ Host Event on Press Freedom and Spyware NEW YORK (March 15, 2021) – On Thursday, March 18th at 12PM ET, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the Human Rights Foundation (HRF), which produced THE DISSIDENT
Blog Post Feb 18, 2021 Protest Runway: The Use of Color & Fashion in Global Pro-Democracy Movements It’s New York Fashion Week — while many people have their eyes on the runway, street protests are giving glamorous fashion shows some serious competition.
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.
Blog Post Jan 31, 2021 The Last Internet Shutdowns On January 13, 2021, the regime of Ugandan dictator Yoweri Museveni ordered internet service providers to suspend all but essential government communications, plunging the country into a complete internet blackout the day before the presidential elections.
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.
Press Release Jan 21, 2021 HRF Welcomes Biden Administration’s Commitment to Releasing Khashoggi Report NEW YORK (January 21, 2021) – On the eve of the inauguration of President Biden, incoming Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines confirmed that the new administration plans to release
Press Release Jan 13, 2021 In Pursuit of Freedom: A Year of Global Protest Art HRF is proud to present “In Pursuit of Freedom,” a digital art exhibit featuring 15 protest movements from around the globe.
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
Blog Post Jan 4, 2021 Challenges & Triumphs of 2020: Women-Led Protest Movements Advance The past year has brought remarkable changes in the way we live our everyday lives.
Blog Post Dec 31, 2020 Challenges & Triumphs of 2020: Challenging Tyranny Through Creativity The past year has brought remarkable changes in the way we live our everyday lives.
Blog Post Dec 29, 2020 Challenges & Triumphs of 2020: Technology Emerges As A Tool for Tyrants (and Dissidents) The past year has brought remarkable changes in the way we live our everyday lives. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic
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 Dec 17, 2020 HRF to UN: Investigate the Arbitrary Detention of Lao Activist Houayheung Xayabouly NEW YORK (December 17, 2020) – The Human Rights Foundation (HRF), Manushya Foundation, and Humanity Beyond Borders have jointly submitted an individual complaint to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD)
Press Release Dec 3, 2020 Cuba: Stop Criminalizing Freedom of Speech and Artistic Expression NEW YORK (December 2, 2020) — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) calls on the Cuban dictatorship to free all imprisoned artists
Press Release Nov 25, 2020 Hong Kong: HRF Sends UN Urgent Appeal to Condemn National Security Law NEW YORK (November 25, 2020) – The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) has submitted an Urgent Appeal to three Special Rapporteurs of the United Nations Human Rights Council
Press Release May 6, 2020 LGBT Community Under Increasing Pressure in Morocco In his talk at the 2015 Oslo Freedom Forum, the first openly gay Moroccan filmmaker and writer, Abdellah Taia, said that he had always thought he “was the only gay…
Blog Post Mar 12, 2020 Using fashion as silent protest in North Korea From wearing lipstick to putting on a pair of jeans, fashion has become a political statement for North Koreans.
