Press Release Feb 1, 2023 HRF Succeeds in Joint UN Petition: Cuba Condemned for Detention of Artists Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara & Hamlet Lavastida The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) issued an opinion concluding that the June 2021 and July 2021 arrests of Cuban artists Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and Hamlet Lavastida, respectively, were arbitrary and violated international law.
Blog Post Jan 11, 2023 Meet HRF Freedom Fellow Volya Vysotskaia Meet HRF Freedom Fellow Volya Vysotskaia, a Belarusian human rights activist who exposes repression and torture by state officials.
Press Release Dec 20, 2022 HRF Bitcoin Development Fund Grants $325,000 to 12 Projects on 5 Continents The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is pleased to announce its latest round of gifts from its Bitcoin Development Fund, focusing on core development, building worldwide communities, improving privacy technology, and global education.
Announcement Dec 13, 2022 Thank you for supporting HRF in 2022! With 2022 coming to a close, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) would like to thank you for continuing to support our efforts to promote and protect human rights worldwide.
Op-Ed Dec 8, 2022 Hollywood Should Stand with Protesters against China’s Oppression For too long, America’s film industry has complied with the Chinese government’s censorship demands. Now is the time to fight back.
Publication Nov 29, 2022 Chinese Banksy hits Miami streets An artist from China launched a five-part collection of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on Tuesday that use the 2022 Winter Olympics as imagery to protest China’s oppression, lack of transparency regarding COVID-19 and the dismantling of democracy in Hong Kong, according to the dedicated site for the collection.
Announcement Nov 5, 2022 Join HRF and Block for a Virtual Event on Financial Freedom this Monday, Nov. 7 On Monday, November 7, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) and Block will be joined by humanitarians, activists, and leaders from around the world at the virtual Currency of Freedom event, a collaboration between HRF and Block to learn how activists worldwide are turning to new tools to secure their financial freedom
Press Release Oct 28, 2022 HRF Submits Joint Petition on Saudi Activist Salma Al-Shehab This week, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF), MENA Rights Group, The Freedom Initiative, and ALQST for Human Rights submitted a joint petition to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) on behalf of the Ph.D. student and women’s rights activist Salma Al-Shehab.
Announcement Sep 14, 2022 HRF Welcomes Flash Drives for Freedom New Program Lead Q&A with Seongmin Lee, HRF’s Flash Drive for Freedom’s New Program Lead
Press Release Sep 6, 2022 HRF Bitcoin Development Fund grants $325,000 to projects worldwide NEW YORK (September 6, 2022) – The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is pleased to announce its latest round of gifts from its Bitcoin Development Fund, focusing on censorship-resistant donations, core development, open-source self-custody, chaumian e-cash, and global education.
Publication Aug 16, 2022 Saudi woman given 34-year prison sentence for using Twitter Salma al-Shehab, a Leeds University student, was charged with following and retweeting dissidents and activists
Blog Post Aug 9, 2022 Why We Must Remember Belarus in 2022 Today marks the 2nd anniversary of the 2020 presidential election in Belarus. During this election, the people of Belarus made it clear that they reject the presidency of Alexander Lukashenko — a brutal dictator who has ruled the country since 1994 — by voting instead for Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and choosing a free and democratic path for their country.
Blog Post Aug 1, 2022 Resident Artist Spotlight: Lilia Kvatsabaya In August 2020, Lilia Kvatsabaya, a Belarusian graphic design student, found herself amid the largest protests in the country’s history.
Blog Post Jul 20, 2022 Belarus’ Lukashenko is Challenging International Norms. We Must Stop Him. Entire cities besieged and razed to the ground, millions of people displaced, hundreds of billions of dollars worth of destruction, and, most tragically, thousands of people killed and grieving lost loved ones — that is a reality for millions of Ukrainians whose country was invaded by Russia’s Vladimir Putin almost five months ago.
Announcement Jul 15, 2022 Celebrating Our Impact: Mid-Year Update on HRF’s Programs As we’ve rounded out the halfway mark of 2022, I’d like to take a moment to reflect on the progress and impact of HRF’s work thus far.
Press Release Jun 28, 2022 HRF Launches Defund Dictators Tool The Human Rights Foundation (HRF), in partnership with Life+Liberty Indexes, is proud to announce the launch of the Defund Dictators Tool.
Announcement Jun 23, 2022 Art in Protest at the 2022 Oslo Freedom Forum Art, creativity, and free expression are some of the greatest threats to authoritarian rule. Through its soft power, art can expose abuses and injustices perpetrated by dictators, and rally civil society around a cause.
Press Release Jun 22, 2022 HRF Wins a Cannes Lions Award The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is thrilled to announce that our organization has won a Bronze Lion in the Outdoor Not-for-Profit/Charity/Government category at the 2022 Cannes Lions Awards for our Uyghur forced labor poster campaign initiated last summer.
Publication Jun 7, 2022 Human rights advocates tell Congress bitcoin is essential in countries with ‘collapsing’ currencies A week after prominent technologists publicly slammed crypto for being too risky and unproven in a letter to Congress, human rights advocates from around the world have sent a rebuttal to U.S. lawmakers defending digital assets for the access they provide to people in countries where “local currencies are collapsing, broken, or cut off from the outside world.”
Press Release Jun 2, 2022 HRF Condemns UN Human Rights Commissioner Michelle Bachelet’s Complicity The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) expresses deep disappointment in UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet’s failure to denounce the Chinese government’s grave human rights abuses, including the ongoing genocide of the Uyghur people.
