Press Release Nov 13, 2025 Doors to Freedom: Art Basel Miami Installation to Highlight Persecuted Artists The Human Rights Foundation (HRF), in partnership with Cuban Freedom March, is proud to announce the unveiling of “Doors to Freedom,” an art installation that tells the stories of artists exposing authoritarian regimes, on the sidelines of this year’s Art Basel in Miami.
Blog Post Nov 10, 2025 HRF Freedom Fellowship Spotlight with Shely Andriamihaja Since September 25, the Gen Z movement in Madagascar has launched massive protests, initially sparked by widespread frustration over constant power cuts and water shortages in the capital, Antananarivo. However…
Publication Nov 9, 2025 Equatorial Guinea: Arbitrary Detention of Lawyer and Activist Anacleto Micha Ndong Nlang The International League Against Arbitrary Detention urges the Government of Equatorial Guinea to implement United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Opinion No. 70/2025 concerning Anacleto Micha Ndong Nlang by immediately releasing him and granting him an enforceable right to compensation and other reparations in accordance with international law.
Newsletter Nov 6, 2025 Financial Freedom Report #96 In Cuba, independent media outlet El Toque is again under pressure for publishing data on the informal exchange rates for the Cuban peso. The tool tracks the growing…
Report Oct 31, 2025 The Quantum Threat to Bitcoin Bitcoin is a financial lifeline for dissidents resisting authoritarian regimes. The rise of cryptographically relevant quantum computers (CRQCs) with the ability to crack Bitcoin’s underlying cryptography could threaten the network’s security foundations.
Newsletter Oct 30, 2025 Financial Freedom Report #95 Russia’s Ministry of Finance has proposed granting dictator Vladimir Putin sweeping powers to restrict foreign currency transactions, including limits on individual dollar…
Announcement Oct 30, 2025 Harnessing the Power of AI to Advance Human Rights Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming every aspect of modern life—from work and communication to governance and security.
Publication Oct 30, 2025 Her dad was detained in China for leading a church. She hopes Trump can free him in meeting with Xi When Grace Jin Drexel couldn’t contact her father on October 10, she tried not to panic. She had just heard that one of the pastors of his underground Christian church in China had been detained by authorities; maybe he was busy sorting out the situation.
Press Release Oct 28, 2025 HRF’s Bitcoin Development Fund Supports 20 Projects Worldwide The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is pleased to announce 1 billion satoshis ($1.1 million USD) in grants from its Bitcoin Development Fund (BDF).
Publication Oct 28, 2025 Bitcoin Is Freedom Money—Just Ask Nobel Peace Prize Winner When Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, the global media rightly celebrated her courage in confronting dictatorship.
Video Oct 27, 2025 Bitcoin and the End of Financial Repression Alex Gladstein is the Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation and author of Check Your Financial Privilege and Hidden Repression.
Newsletter Oct 27, 2025 HRF’s AI for Individual Rights Newsletter #4 Welcome to the fourth edition of the Human Rights Foundation’s (HRF) newsletter exploring the intersection of AI and human rights.
Press Release Oct 24, 2025 HRF submits petition to UNWGAD for Owen Chow NEW YORK (Oct. 24, 2025) — Last week, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) submitted an individual complaint to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) in the case of Hong Kong activist Owen Chow.
Newsletter Oct 23, 2025 Financial Freedom Report #94 In Venezuela, opposition leader María Corina Machado received the Nobel Peace Prize for her steadfast defense of democracy and freedom. Despite persecution from Nicolás Maduro’s dictatorship…
Announcement Oct 20, 2025 2026 Art in Protest Resident Announcement We’re thrilled to share that Ugandan visual artist Leilah Babirye has been selected as the 2026 Art in Protest resident artist through our partnership with Fountainhead Arts.
Publication Oct 15, 2025 Calling for the release of Gui Minhai, marking the 10th anniversary of his arbitrary detention We, the undersigned press freedom, journalists’, human rights, international organisations, strongly condemn the Chinese government’s ongoing arbitrary detention of Swedish publisher and writer Gui Minhai on the 10th anniversary of his kidnapping.
Publication Oct 13, 2025 Pastors and staff from underground church are arrested in China A Christian pastor and father of U.S. citizens along with dozens of church staff and members have been arrested in China amid a crackdown, his daughter and the church say.
Newsletter Oct 9, 2025 Financial Freedom Report #93 In China, the central bank has opened a new international operations center for the digital yuan in Shanghai to expand the central bank digital currencies’ (CBDCs) role in global finance
Newsletter Oct 2, 2025 Financial Freedom Report #92 In North Korea, the totalitarian regime launched its first automated banking hotline to support account inquiries as it pushes away from cash and towards…
Announcement Oct 1, 2025 Why Bitcoin is Freedom Money: HRF in the Journal of Democracy The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is pleased to share “Why Bitcoin is Freedom Money,” a new essay by HRF Chief Strategy Officer Alex Gladstein, published in the Journal of Democracy.
