Media Jun 13, 2020 Op-Ed: Corporate America stands against injustices — except those ‘Made in China’ This op-ed was published by The Hill on June 13, 2020. By Jenny Wang, HRF’s Strategic Advisor The killing of George Floyd has ignited a civil society deeply disturbed by…
Blog Post Jun 13, 2020 Activism In A Time of Pandemic The most important part of activism has always been connecting citizens and building support.
Press Release Jun 12, 2020 HRF Urges South Korean Government to Respect Freedom of Expression The government of South Korea has announced that it will file official complaints against, and revoke the incorporation registrations of, two North Korean defector organizations whose mission is to send information to North Koreans suffering under the Kim regime.
Press Release May 27, 2020 Remembering Shady Habash: A Victim of Egypt’s Horrific Prison Conditions On May 1, 2020, Egyptian photographer and filmmaker Shady Habash, died in Egypt’s Tora Prison, at age 24. He had spent more than two years illegally detained for producing Egyptian…
Press Release May 13, 2020 Cameroon Pressures University To Fire Anglophone-Rights Advocate and Lecturer NEW YORK (May 12, 2020) — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the regime of Cameroon’s dictator Paul Biya for orchestrating last week’s dismissal of human rights lawyer Felix Agbor…
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…
Press Release Apr 24, 2020 Hong Kong’s government must end arbitrary arrests NEW YORK – Rule of law in Hong Kong is under attack, and citizens are being arbitrarily arrested for peacefully protesting, or even just passing by protest sites.
Press Release Apr 23, 2020 Vietnamese Activist Tran Duc Thach Arrested, Beaten, and Detained for Facebook Post NEW YORK – Human rights activist Tran Duc Thach has been arrested at his home in Vietnam on a trumped-up political charge of “activities against the people’s government,” which can…
Press Release Apr 22, 2020 Release Iran’s Imprisoned Women Leaders In this COVID-19 pandemic, Iran is suffering one of the most damaging and deadliest outbreaks of any country in the world.
Blog Post Apr 20, 2020 Hong Kong Government Targets Pro-Democracy Activists Amid COVID-19 Over the weekend, news that the Hong Kong government conducted a mass arrest of 15 pro-democracy politicians and activists swept across social media.
Press Release Apr 8, 2020 The Pandemic is No Excuse For Authoritarian Crackdowns NEW YORK – The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the abuse of emergency laws by authoritarian regimes around the world as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Press Release Apr 6, 2020 Free Prisoners of Conscience Before It’s Too Late NEW YORK – As the coronavirus pandemic unfolds, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) urges the immediate release of prisoners of conscience in countries around the world ruled by authoritarian regimes, including Venezuela, Egypt, Syria, and Bahrain.
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.
Press Release Feb 28, 2020 Burma: Release arbitrarily detained performers Freedom of expression in Burma is under attack, and recent victims of the regime’s crackdown on speech include members of the Peacock Generation satire troupe, who have been arrested and issued steep jail sentences for their performances.
Blog Post Feb 13, 2020 Authoritarian regimes are ill-equipped for public health emergencies When the Wuhan coronavirus rose to international attention in mid-January, we saw many well-reported articles detailing the ways that Chinese authorities suppressed information about the epidemic in its early stages.
Blog Post Dec 30, 2019 Street protests vs. authoritarianism: from 2019 to the decade ahead Is 2019 the year of the street protester?
Press Release Oct 8, 2019 Iraq: Stop The Violence Against Protesters NEW YORK – HRF strongly condemns the extrajudicial killings, arrests, and violence against peaceful protesters by Iraqi security forces and militias.
News Jul 30, 2019 Human Trafficking Has a Hidden Cause — and It’s on the Rise Worldwide Tuesday is the U.N.’s World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. After nearly two decades of international commitment to end modern slavery, one thing is clear: States are simply not doing enough.
Press Release Apr 1, 2019 Statement on Syariah Penal Code in Brunei This Wednesday, on April 3, Brunei plans on fully implementing Syariah Penal Code, which will increase the number of offenses — including homosexuality — punishable by death and corporal punishment, and which…
