External Source Freedom Tech track at OFF 2026 This explores how new technologies are weaponized by authoritarian regimes and how tools like Bitcoin, offline messaging like Bitchat, decentralized communication protocols like Nostr, and open-source AI are helping human rights defenders on the front lines transact, communicate, and organize where they otherwise could not.
Newsletter Jul 23, 2026 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #130 In Russia, lawmakers approved new amendments expanding financial surveillance under the country’s “foreign agents” law.
Announcement Jul 22, 2026 How AI Agents Are Empowering Human-Rights Defenders Just two years ago, AI seemed like an inevitable upgrade for dictators and a downgrade for dissidents.
Announcement Jul 20, 2026 HRF’s Alex Gladstein Discusses AI and the Future of Human Rights with Cutting-Edge AI Researcher Artificial intelligence (AI) is the fastest-spreading technology in human history. But the crucial question is whether or not it will serve human freedom.
Newsletter Jul 16, 2026 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #129 In Burma, officials froze the bank accounts of more than 100 companies, including firms involved in car imports, fuel, agriculture, gemstones, and import-export businesses.
Newsletter Jul 9, 2026 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #128 Last week, Kenyan police detained hundreds as families of those killed in the 2024 Finance Bill protests marched to Parliament.
Newsletter Jul 2, 2026 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #127 In Gaza, Palestinians report that they are unable to access their own money after the Bank of Palestine froze accounts without warning.
Newsletter Jul 1, 2026 HRF’s AI for Individual Rights Newsletter #11 Today, we cover a report revealing potential advances in North Korea’s AI capabilities that enable dangerous surveillance use cases despite an apparent lack of ability to acquire advanced AI chips.
Announcement Jun 25, 2026 Nomination of Rwandan pro-democracy leader Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza for the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize 2026, one year after her arbitrary detention Freedom Now, the Human Rights Foundation, and the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights & Justice are proud to announce their nomination of Ms. Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) 2026 Václav Havel Human Rights Prize.
Newsletter Jun 25, 2026 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #126 Cuba’s communist regime approved more than 175 economic reforms touting liberalization, but real financial freedom remains out of reach for everyday people.
Report Jun 24, 2026 Football in Equatorial Guinea’s dynastic family dictatorship Equatorial Guinea, a tiny central African nation which gained its independence from Spain in 1968, has been under the rule of a dynastic family dictatorship for nearly six decades.
Newsletter Jun 18, 2026 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #125 In Burma, the military junta proposed a new law that would allow officials to monitor financial activity, freeze accounts, and target alternative payment networks used by dissidents and civil society.
Announcement Jun 18, 2026 Power Plays: All Episodes Out Now Behind your favorite sport, there is always something else at play.
Report Jun 16, 2026 Open Letter to Will Smith Dear Will Smith, The Human Rights Foundation has taken note of your active efforts to promote Angola as a tourist destination in the film and sports industries, including through endorsement of the government-backed “Visit Angola” campaign, via your E1 team, Westbrook Racing.
Newsletter Jun 15, 2026 HRF’s AI for Individual Rights Newsletter #10 We start in China, where AI-powered tools are censoring teachers in universities.
Newsletter Jun 11, 2026 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #124 In Kenya, the government is proposing a new marketplace to sell datasets collected through state-run platforms like eCitizen, the country’s main portal for digital government services.
Publication Jun 9, 2026 Burmese artist Sai Redacted wins prize for creative dissent At the 2026 Oslo Freedom Forum, Burmese artist Sai Redacted was one of the recipients of the Vaclav Havel International Prize for Creative Dissent.
Publication Jun 4, 2026 How Freedom Tech Is Pushing Back Against Digital Authoritarianism Around the world, governments and corporations are expanding tools of digital control, from facial recognition and biometric surveillance to mandatory digital IDs and debanking.
Newsletter May 28, 2026 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #123 In Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, Meta has restricted the accounts of human rights activists and organizations at the request of local officials.
Announcement May 21, 2026 Season 1 of Power Plays is Out Now Behind your favorite sport, there is always something else at play
