Blog Post Sep 18, 2025 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #90 In Thailand, the central bank froze more than 3 million Thai bank accounts and imposed daily transfer limits in a bid to reduce online scams. The heavy-handed approach offers a glimpse into how broad state financial measures can unintentionally lead…
Announcement May 9, 2023 HRF Bitcoin Development Fund Grants $455,000 to 12 Projects Worldwide The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is pleased to announce its latest round of gifts from the Bitcoin Development Fund.
Blog Post Sep 11, 2025 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #89 In Russia, the Kremlin is increasing efforts to push citizens onto its new state-run messenger app, Max. Voice calls on WhatsApp and Telegram have been disabled, and new legislation requires all new phones to come with Max pre-installed. But the…
Blog Post Sep 4, 2025 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #88 In Georgia, a Tbilisi court froze the bank accounts of seven major Georgian NGOs, accusing them of тАЬsabotageтАЭ and тАЬfinancingтАЭ protests under charges made possible by the countryтАЩs recently enacted…
Press Release Aug 28, 2025 HRF Financial Freedom program named finalist for Templeton Freedom Award The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is honored to announce that its Financial Freedom program has been selected as a finalist for the prestigious Templeton Freedom Award, presented annually by Atlas Network.
Blog Post Aug 28, 2025 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #87 In Russia, Vladimir Putin signed a new law allowing police to freeze citizensтАЩ bank accounts for up to 10 days without a court order. While framed as an anti-fraud measure, the law gives police a fast and…
Blog Post Aug 21, 2025 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #86 In Cuba, the pesoтАЩs parallel market rate increased to 400 pesos per US dollar, a record low reflecting a 94% devaluation in just a few years. High inflation, stagnant wages
Press Release Aug 19, 2025 HRF secures UN opinion condemning VietnamтАЩs detention of Khmer Krom activists The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) found that VietnamтАЩs detention of To Hoang Chuong and Thach Cuong тАФ activists and members of the Khmer Krom indigenous community тАФ is arbitrary and violates international law.
Blog Post Aug 14, 2025 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #85 In Bolivia, 25% inflation has sent trust in the boliviano falling and pushed more individuals toward Bitcoin for daily transactions and savings. Since unbanning digital assets…
Blog Post Aug 13, 2025 HRFтАЩs AI for Individual Rights Newsletter #3 Welcome back to the Human Rights FoundationтАЩs (HRF) monthly newsletter giving you the low-down on how AI and individual rights converge. This month, weтАЩre continuing to explore…
Blog Post Aug 11, 2025 A тАШknown unknownтАЩ WhereтАЩs all the money coming into American think tanks from? Ben Freeman on the enormous foreign-government тАЬdonationsтАЭ flowing through Washington, D.C.
Blog Post Aug 7, 2025 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #84 Last week, El SalvadorтАЩs Congress approved constitutional changes allowing unlimited presidential reelections that would allow for President Nayib Bukele to run indefinitely….
Announcement Aug 5, 2025 Vote to Bring HRF to SXSW 2026! Each year, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) brings the global struggle for freedom to the forefront at South by Southwest (SXSW)
Blog Post Jul 31, 2025 Tracking CBDCs before they track you Nicholas Anthony Policymakers around the world have become consumed with the idea of launching central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs. Prior to 2019, only a small handful of central banks were exploring this idea. Yet, today,…
Blog Post Jul 31, 2025 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #83 A Russian court sentenced Dmitry Marsov, a father of five, to three years in prison for donating merely $20 to Alexei NavalnyтАЩs Anti-Corruption Foundation, an act now considered terrorism…
Blog Post Jul 24, 2025 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #82 The Hungarian government has enacted one of the most repressive digital asset laws in Europe. As of July 1, trading Bitcoin on an unauthorized platform could…
Blog Post Jul 17, 2025 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #81 In Venezuela, the bol├нvar is depreciating by 13% each month, rapidly eroding the wages and savings of Venezuelans
Announcement Jul 17, 2025 HRF AI program in Business Insider In just eight minutes, Twitter and Square founder Jack Dorsey and HRF technical lead Justin Moon vibe coded a cutting-edge website for a human rights organization using only voice commands.
Blog Post Jul 10, 2025 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #80 In the wake of the latest conflict with Israel, Iran has orchestrated a domestic crackdown, detaining more than 1,000 people, killing dozens, and targeting minority communities and activists.
Press Release Jul 9, 2025 HRF Highlights Human Rights Abuses in Georgia and Rwanda at UN Review Last week, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) submitted formal contributions to the United Nations Human Rights Council for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Georgia and Rwanda, bringing urgent attention to deteriorating human rights conditions in both countries.
