Publication Jun 13, 2023 Russians speak out against Putin’s invasion Russian chess master Garry Kasparov and Evgenia Kara-Murza, wife of jailed opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza, talk to CNN Chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour about Vladimir Putin’s tight grip on Russian society.
Announcement May 9, 2023 HRF Bitcoin Development Fund Grants $455,000 to 12 Projects Worldwide The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is pleased to announce its latest round of gifts from the Bitcoin Development Fund.
Op-Ed May 28, 2023 Now the UK is finally tackling ‘Londongrad’, it’s time the US upped its game A year ago, with a new administration rising in Washington, it was clear that the US had taken the lead in the transatlantic fight against kleptocracy.
Op-Ed May 28, 2023 HRF Op-Ed: Make Russia Pay For months, the West has fretted over the prospect of paying for Ukraine’s reconstruction. Russia’s war has inflicted an estimated $400 billion in rebuilding costs, a tally that rises every day. Western leaders, already alarmed by inflation and the threat of recession, have understandably blanched over the bill.
Announcement Apr 28, 2023 HRF Welcomes Combating Kleptocracy Program Head Casey Michel HRF is pleased to announce we recently welcomed Casey Michel as the new head of the Combating Kleptocracy Program at the Human Rights Foundation (HRF).
Op-Ed Apr 28, 2023 Russia has stifled another Putin opponent. Here’s how the West might help him Some 70 US lawmakers wrote to Secretary of State Antony Blinken last week, urging the Biden administration to press Russia for the release of imprisoned dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza.
Blog Post Apr 13, 2023 What’s Happening In China’s Concentration Camps? Q&A with Uyghur Camp Survivors As Muslims globally celebrate the holy month of Ramadan with their families, the Uyghur people — many of whom practice Islam — are suffering genocide at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (“Uyghur Region”).
Announcement Apr 11, 2023 Meet HRF Freedom Fellow Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal Meet Buddhist monk and Thai human rights activist Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal (@NetiwitC).
Announcement Mar 24, 2023 Meet Freedom Fellow Vanessa Tsehaye Meet Eritrean human rights activist Vanessa Tsehaye. In 2001, Vanessa’s photojournalist uncle, Seyoum Tsehaye, and his colleagues were imprisoned for demanding democracy in Eritrea. At 16, she launched One Day Seyoum to advocate for her uncle and other prisoners of conscience.
Press Release Mar 13, 2023 HRF Brings Discounted Lives Installation to SXSW The annual South by Southwest (SXSW) conference is underway in Austin, Texas, celebrating the latest in tech, film, music, education, and culture. The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) and Le Truc, a creative collective within Publicis Groupe, are there to bring human rights to the forefront of discussions.
Press Release Mar 2, 2023 HRF in Times Square: End Uyghur Forced Labor in the Fashion Industry On Monday, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) launched a new ad campaign in the heart of Times Square, bringing awareness to the prevalence of Uyghur forced labor within the fashion industry.
Blog Post Feb 24, 2023 February 24, One Year Later: Hope on the Humanitarian Front On Feb. 24, the Russian army, on the orders of Vladimir Putin, began a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a sovereign nation of just over 43 million people. The attack —preceded by the annexation of Crimea, an armed conflict in the Donbas region, and never-ending propaganda on Russian TV —has upended world order and undermined the international security system that has been forming since the end of World War II.
Press Release Feb 22, 2023 HRF Announces New Grants for North Korean Human Rights The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is pleased to announce five grants to help strengthen the work of civil society organizations in South Korea focused on improving North Korean human rights, education, and resettlement.
Announcement Feb 21, 2023 HRF Bitcoin Development Fund grants 2 billion satoshis to 10 projects worldwide The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is pleased to announce its latest round of gifts from the Bitcoin Development Fund, focusing on censorship-resistant communication, Bitcoin education in authoritarian regimes, core development, and building local community and education. Areas of focus include Africa and Southeast Asia. The grants total $475,000, or approximately 2 billion satoshis.
Announcement Feb 8, 2023 Meet HRF Freedom Fellow Pema Doma Human Rights Foundation Freedom Fellow Pema Doma is a Tibetan human rights and climate campaigner who was a key organizer in #NoBeijing2022, a global campaign against China’s hosting of the Winter Olympic Games.
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.
