Newsletter Mar 28, 2024 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #17 In Hong Kong, lawmakers have passed a new national security law aimed at suppressing dissent among citizens. Meanwhile, the ruling Indian government has frozen the bank accounts of the Indian National Congress, the largest political opposition group in the country, further raising concerns over the erosion of freedom and democracy.
Newsletter Mar 21, 2024 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #16 We’re thrilled to announce that this week HRF granted $500,000 to 14 projects worldwide as part of its Bitcoin Development Fund.
Announcement Mar 19, 2024 HRF Grants $500,000 to 14 Projects Worldwide The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is pleased to announce its Q1 2024 round of gifts from its Bitcoin Development Fund.
Publication Mar 17, 2024 Empowering Human Rights Through Bitcoin And Open Source Software To many, bitcoin is simply a deflationary store of value, an investment, or a “digital gold.”
Op-Ed Mar 16, 2024 5 Scenarios for Russia After Putin’s Next Term This weekend, Vladimir Putin will win another election as Russia’s president.
Op-Ed Mar 15, 2024 How Viktor Orbán Conquered the Heritage Foundation Last week, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán made waves by flying to the United States to meet with Donald Trump—but not with sitting president Joe Biden.
Publication Mar 15, 2024 Ousmane Sonko and Bassirou Diomaye Faye: Senegal opposition leaders freed days before election Senegal’s opposition leader Ousmane Sonko and the presidential candidate he is backing in this month’s delayed election, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, have been released from prison.
Newsletter Mar 14, 2024 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #15 This past week, BRICS — an intergovernmental organization led by the Russian and Chinese dictatorships — explored the development of an independent payment system that aims to use digital currencies and potentially central bank digital currencies.
Newsletter Mar 7, 2024 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #14 This week’s news focuses on the growing interest in central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) from governments. Turkey concluded its initial research phase, while Ghana revealed ambitious plans to launch its own CBDC.
Press Release Mar 6, 2024 HRF asks UNWGAD to rule on Senegal’s arbitrary detention of Aliou Sané and Bassirou Diomaye Faye Last week, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) submitted a petition to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) on behalf of Bassirou Diomaye Diakahar Faye and Aliou Sané.
Announcement Mar 1, 2024 HRF Workshop Recap: Uyghur Youth Mobilization Last month, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) hosted the online workshop “Uyghur Youth Mobilization” to provide the next generation of activists with the skills necessary to strengthen their advocacy.
Newsletter Feb 29, 2024 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #13 This week, we witnessed a rise in state-level censorship in finance and communications. Honduran regulators banned the country’s financial institutions from trading in cryptocurrency; Nigerian officials restricted access to global cryptocurrency exchanges in a desperate attempt to stabilize its currency, the Naira; and Pakistan blocked access to the X platform for eight days straight amid political unrest.
Announcement Feb 27, 2024 HRF & Fountainhead Announce 2024 Art in Protest Resident Artists The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is proud to announce the third cohort of the HRF Art in Protest Residency program through a new partnership with Fountainhead Arts, a nationally recognized artist residency program based in Miami.
Op-Ed Feb 27, 2024 In America, there is finally good news on the anti-money laundering front For years, the US acted as one of the world’s leading centres for money laundering and offshore finance. Now, that reality is changing fast.
Announcement Feb 23, 2024 HRF Freedom Fellowship Spotlight: Yunier Suárez Meet Yunier Suárez, a Cuban human rights defender, artist, and Human Rights Foundation (HRF) Freedom Fellow.
Newsletter Feb 23, 2024 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #12 Over the last week, we mourned the murder of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny by Vladimir Putin’s regime.
Newsletter Feb 16, 2024 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #11 In the past week, we’ve seen Kosovo’s ban on the Serbian currency, a cross-border CBDC transaction between regimes in the United Arab Emirates and China, Bitcoin claim all-time highs against a variety of different fiat currencies, and a long-awaited breakthrough in the Lightning Network that promises to significantly boost user privacy.
Op-Ed Feb 15, 2024 The American Consulting Firms That Live in Fear of Their Murderous Clients For years, America’s most prominent consulting firms have been competing against one another to service the most heinous regimes on the planet, offering their efforts and advice for tyrants and kleptocrats looking to expand their reach and their repression.
Blog Post Feb 9, 2024 A History of Sports and Dictators, Part 1: From Ramses II to Rome’s Bread & Circuses In the Olympic Games of 416, Athenian statesman and military general Alcibiades fielded seven teams in one of the most prestigious Olympic events, the four-horse chariot race known as the quadriga.
