Announcement Jul 22, 2026 How AI Agents Are Empowering Human-Rights Defenders Just two years ago, AI seemed like an inevitable upgrade for dictators and a downgrade for dissidents.
Announcement Jul 20, 2026 HRF’s Alex Gladstein Discusses AI and the Future of Human Rights with Cutting-Edge AI Researcher Artificial intelligence (AI) is the fastest-spreading technology in human history. But the crucial question is whether or not it will serve human freedom.
Newsletter Jul 16, 2026 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #129 In Burma, officials froze the bank accounts of more than 100 companies, including firms involved in car imports, fuel, agriculture, gemstones, and import-export businesses.
Newsletter Jul 9, 2026 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #128 Last week, Kenyan police detained hundreds as families of those killed in the 2024 Finance Bill protests marched to Parliament.
Newsletter Jul 2, 2026 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #127 In Gaza, Palestinians report that they are unable to access their own money after the Bank of Palestine froze accounts without warning.
Newsletter Jul 1, 2026 HRF’s AI for Individual Rights Newsletter #11 Today, we cover a report revealing potential advances in North Korea’s AI capabilities that enable dangerous surveillance use cases despite an apparent lack of ability to acquire advanced AI chips.
Announcement Jun 25, 2026 Nomination of Rwandan pro-democracy leader Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza for the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize 2026, one year after her arbitrary detention Freedom Now, the Human Rights Foundation, and the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights & Justice are proud to announce their nomination of Ms. Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) 2026 Václav Havel Human Rights Prize.
Newsletter Jun 25, 2026 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #126 Cuba’s communist regime approved more than 175 economic reforms touting liberalization, but real financial freedom remains out of reach for everyday people.
Report Jun 24, 2026 Football in Equatorial Guinea’s dynastic family dictatorship Equatorial Guinea, a tiny central African nation which gained its independence from Spain in 1968, has been under the rule of a dynastic family dictatorship for nearly six decades.
Newsletter Jun 18, 2026 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #125 In Burma, the military junta proposed a new law that would allow officials to monitor financial activity, freeze accounts, and target alternative payment networks used by dissidents and civil society.
Announcement Jun 18, 2026 Power Plays: All Episodes Out Now Behind your favorite sport, there is always something else at play.
Report Jun 16, 2026 Open Letter to Will Smith Dear Will Smith, The Human Rights Foundation has taken note of your active efforts to promote Angola as a tourist destination in the film and sports industries, including through endorsement of the government-backed “Visit Angola” campaign, via your E1 team, Westbrook Racing.
Publication Jun 16, 2026 High Court rejects Ingabire’s objections, orders trial to proceed The High Court in Kigali on Tuesday, June 16 ruled that the trial of Victoire Umuhoza Ingabire proceed, dismissing objections she had raised on Monday that she was not ready to stand trial on charges related to forming a criminal organisation.
Newsletter Jun 15, 2026 HRF’s AI for Individual Rights Newsletter #10 We start in China, where AI-powered tools are censoring teachers in universities.
Publication Jun 15, 2026 Rwanda opposition leader Ingabire says she’s physically unfit for trial KIGALI, Rwands (AP) — The trial of Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire on charges of plotting unrest against the government was postponed Monday for one day after she told the court she was physically and mentally unprepared for the proceedings after a year in detention.
Publication Jun 14, 2026 Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam file fresh bail pleas in Delhi court To be sure, the court on January 5 rejected the bail pleas of Khalid and Imam, while granting relief to five co-accused.
Publication Jun 14, 2026 The Guardian view on culture in China: artist Gao Zhen is paying again for the country’s painful history Sixty years ago, Mao Zedong launched the Cultural Revolution – a decade of fanaticism that consumed China.
Publication Jun 13, 2026 Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam file fresh bail pleas in Delhi Riots conspiracy case Activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam have moved fresh bail applications before a Delhi court in the larger conspiracy case linked to the 2020 northeast Delhi riots, arguing that their continued incarceration without commencement of trial violates their fundamental right to liberty.
Publication Jun 13, 2026 Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam move fresh bail pleas after nearly 6 years in jail Activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam have approached a Delhi court with fresh bail applications in the larger case linked to the 2020 northeast Delhi riots, arguing that their continued detention without the commencement of trial infringes upon their fundamental right to personal liberty.
Newsletter Jun 11, 2026 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #124 In Kenya, the government is proposing a new marketplace to sell datasets collected through state-run platforms like eCitizen, the country’s main portal for digital government services.
