Press Release Dec 20, 2024 HRF celebrates the release of Iranian cartoonist Atena Farghadani On December 10, Iranian cartoonist Atena Farghadani was released from Evin Prison
Press Release Dec 19, 2024 HRF grants 700 million satoshis to 20 projects worldwide The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is pleased to announce 700 million satoshis of gifts from its Bitcoin Development Fund.
Press Release Dec 19, 2024 HRF Submits UNWGAD Petition for Equatoguinean Lawyer Anacleto Micha Ndong Nlang This week, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) submitted an individual complaint to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) and an urgent appeal to several UN Special Procedures, including the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (UNWGEID), on behalf of Equatoguinean lawyer and human rights activist Anacleto Micha Ndong Nlang.
Newsletter Dec 19, 2024 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #54 After 53 years of tyranny, the Syrian regime has been overthrown.
Blog Post Dec 18, 2024 Wear Your Values Holiday Gift Guide Wear Your Values aims to raise awareness about the human rights abuses worldwide that occur throughout the fashion industry’s supply chains.
Blog Post Dec 13, 2024 HRF Freedom Fellowship Spotlight: Samady Ou Born and raised in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Samady Ou was profoundly influenced by the experience of growing up under a dictatorship.
Newsletter Dec 12, 2024 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #53 This week, governments and financial institutions around the world advanced policies that amplify the divide between state interests and the daily economic realities of citizens.
Video Series Dec 5, 2024 The Case of Luis Fernando Camacho On December 28, 2022, Bolivian democratic opposition leader and Governor of Santa Cruz, Luis Fernando Camacho, was violently arrested on false “terrorism” charges, and has since been locked up and isolated inside the maximum security prison of Chonchocoro, La Paz, located at 4,000 meters above sea level.
Newsletter Dec 5, 2024 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #52 In Thailand, the government initiated the second phase of its digital cash handout, targeting four million Thai seniors with 10,000 baht ($290) distributed via their state-controlled “Tang Rath” app.
Press Release Dec 2, 2024 HRF celebrates the release of Iranian dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi Iranian dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi was released on Sunday after spending 753 days in arbitrary detention.
Newsletter Nov 28, 2024 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #51 In Turkey, through years of double-digit inflation, the state has eroded the value of the country’s largest banknote, the 200-lira bill, whose purchasing power has plummeted from $140 in 2010 to just $5.80 today.
Press Release Nov 27, 2024 HRF Submits Joint UNWGAD Petition for Thai Pro-Democracy Activist Sopon ‘Get’ Surariddhidhamrong In early November, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) and Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) submitted a joint petition to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) on behalf of Thai pro-democracy activist Sopon “Get” Surariddhidhamrong, who is serving a total prison term of eight years and six months for criticizing the Thai monarchy.
Video Series Nov 22, 2022 Gao Zhen: Arbitrarily Detained Just for Creating Art Chinese artist Gao Zhen was arrested for creating art that confronts the dark truths of China’s Cultural Revolution. He remains in jail to this day.
Newsletter Nov 21, 2024 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #50 This week, we celebrate a special milestone: the 50th edition of our newsletter and the 1-year anniversary of the Financial Freedom Report.
Press Release Nov 19, 2024 HRF’s CBDC Tracker wins two Anthem Awards The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is proud to announce that its CBDC Tracker has been honored with a 2024 Silver Anthem Award and the Anthem Community Voice Award for “Best Use of Data” in the Human & Civil Rights category.
Newsletter Nov 14, 2024 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #49 Last week, Pakistan’s military-backed government proposed amendments to the State Bank of Pakistan Act (SBP) to open the door for a state-controlled central bank digital currency (CBDC).
Newsletter Nov 7, 2024 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #48 Indian regulators are contemplating a ban on digital assets like Bitcoin to position their central bank digital currency (CBDC), the Digital Rupee, as the country’s dominant option.
Press Release Nov 4, 2024 Letter Demanding Gao Zhen’s Release The Human Rights Foundation (HRF), along with partners dedicated to artistic freedom, expresses deep concern over the arrest and arbitrary detention of Gao Zhen, a prominent contemporary Chinese artist and a member of the well-known Gao Brothers, a collaborative artist duo. In a letter to the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in New York and other embassies, we call for his unconditional release
Publication Nov 1, 2026 Press inquiry from Gulchehra on International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists The United Nations has published a special article on the occasion of the International Day to End Violence against Journalists, November 2.
Newsletter Oct 31, 2024 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #47 In Nigeria, the state anti-corruption agency dropped money laundering charges against Tigran Gambaryan, a Binance employee detained by the regime since February.
