Press Release Sep 20, 2023 HRF brings Uyghur forced labor projections to London Fashion Week On Tuesday, as London Fashion Week came to an end, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) projected images depicting the human costs of the industry on iconic landmarks across London.
Announcement Sep 17, 2023 HRF invites you to Silenced Voices: Artists Defying Repression On Sept. 18 and 19, while the representatives of Latin America’s most brutal dictatorships meet at the UN General Assembly, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF), in partnership with Freedom House and other organizations,
Publication Sep 15, 2023 Dramatic projections beamed onto buildings during New York Fashion Week shame clothing industry for using Uyghur forced labor A top nonprofit has beamed striking images onto buildings during New York Fashion week to shame the clothing industry for using Uyghur labor.
Op-Ed Sep 15, 2023 Dramatic projections beamed buildings New York Fashion Week shame clothing industry using Uyghur forced labor
Publication Sep 14, 2023 Toufah Jallow: The woman who inspired Gambia’s #Metoo moment It’s been over six years since the start of the #metoo movement, which saw women denounce misogyny worldwide.
Announcement Sep 13, 2023 HRF Projects the Human Costs of the Fashion Industry Across New York City On Tuesday, as New York Fashion Week (NYFW) comes to a close, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) projected images depicting the human costs of the industry on iconic landmarks and billboards across New York City.
Op-Ed Sep 8, 2023 Your Favorite Fashion Brand Is Using Slave Labor. Wake Up! In August, Bloomberg reported what we at the Human Rights Foundation already knew: The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was sending in bots to attack our award-winning Uyghur Forced Labor Checker to deter you from downloading it and discovering the truth behind where your clothes are made and, more importantly, who makes them.
Report Aug 30, 2023 New Arabic Edition of “Framing Justice in Syria” Today, on the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) and The Syria Campaign (TSC) published the Arabic edition of the report, “Framing Justice in Syria: The Road Toward Comprehensive Justice,” which provides a comprehensive overview of domestic and international judicial avenues to prosecute the crimes against humanity that have been committed in Syria.
Publication Aug 24, 2023 Google Axes Bad Reviews of Tracker Exposing Uyghur Forced Labor Alphabet Inc.’s Google has removed hundreds of negative reviews for a tracker
Op-Ed Aug 21, 2023 Grassroots organizations must provide humanitarian aid in Ukraine The town of Chasiv Yar is 3 miles from Bakhmut, the frontline city where Ukrainians are slowly repelling the invading Russian army. Chasiv Yar once had a population of over 10,000. Today, virtually every building has been hit by artillery or missiles. Rooftops are caved in, and exteriors are charred. There’s no running water, no electricity.
Announcement Aug 18, 2023 Meet the New Class of HRF Freedom Fellows The Human Rights Foundation’s (HRF) Freedom Fellowship is a unique one-year program in partnership with CANVAS that gives human rights advocates, social entrepreneurs, and nonprofit leaders from authoritarian regimes the opportunity to increase the impact of their work.
Blog Post Aug 9, 2023 Honoring the Voices of the 2020 Belarusian Protests Today marks three years since the Belarusian people overwhelmingly voted against Alexander Lukashenko’s authoritarian rule and in favor of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the main opposition candidate, only to have Lukashenko impose himself by way of fraud and crush the ensuing protests.
Blog Post Jul 19, 2023 HRF Brings UN Attention to Rights Abuses in Congo, Malaysia, and Senegal Last week, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) submitted contributions to the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) regarding the Republic of the Congo, Malaysia, and Senegal.
Publication Jul 15, 2023 Miami-based clothing company has a mission that goes beyond fashion During his 2018 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Dr. Denis Mukwege described some of his first days at Panzi Hospital in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic Congo.
Blog Post Jul 13, 2023 All Fabricated: Shein’s Influencer Trip to a Guangzhou Factory In June, the global fast-fashion retailer Shein treated a group of social media influencers to an all-expenses paid trip to Guangzhou, a city in southeast China. Glamorous at the onset, Shein took these “brand ambassadors” — individuals paid to endorse the company’s products — on tours of the company’s “aboveboard” factories. Soon after, the individuals shared raving reviews of the working conditions, suggesting no signs of maltreatment or forced labor.
Press Release Jul 10, 2023 UN Calls For Release Of Saudi Women’s Rights Activists Last Friday, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) released a decision on the cases of Salma al-Shehab and Nourah al-Qahtani. It finds their detention to be arbitrary and calls for their immediate release.
Blog Post Jul 7, 2023 What’s Happening in Hong Kong? Q&A with HK Activist Sunny Cheung As further proof that the Chinese Communist Party isn’t letting up on infringing on Hong Kong’s autonomy and the freedom of its citizens, police on Monday issued arrest warrants for eight overseas Hong Kong activists for offenses such as foreign collusion and incitement to secession under the national security law.
Publication Jun 18, 2023 Designer and activist Louise Xin urges us to ‘wear our values’ with her latest fashion show Two years after the designer’s first show and Vogue Scandinavia debut, we catch up with Louise Xin as she continues to change the world one dress at a time
Publication Jun 16, 2023 We Want to Live! The Voice of Ukrainian Women… Lisa Yasko is a member of Ukraine’s Parliament, the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Interparliamentary Cooperation, and the Ukrainian Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
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.
