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.
Press Release Sep 28, 2022 HRF Urges Congress to Impose Sanctions on Hong Kong Individuals Involved in Apple Daily Raids NEW YORK (September 28, 2022) — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF), in collaboration with the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong (CFHK), sent a joint letter to Congress urging them to impose sanctions upon Hong Kong individuals and Chinese government officials involved in the raids and closure of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy newspaper, Apple Daily.
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.
Video Series Aug 26, 2022 Youth Mobilizing in Exile: Standing Up Against the CCP Over the past several decades, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has relentlessly attacked human rights in order to advance its political goals.
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
Publication Aug 10, 2022 Joint letter: Urging US to Sanction Chinese Officials Implicated by Xinjiang Police Files Below is a joint letter, on behalf of 55 organizations, urging the Department of the Treasury and Department of State to impose Magnitsky sanctions against Chinese Communist Party officials responsible for genocide against Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples.
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.
Video Series Jul 22, 2022 Hong Kong Today This episode discusses the deterioration of freedoms in Hong Kong since the implementation of the national security law, and highlights the Chinese government’s aggression.
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.
Publication May 24, 2022 Rally for Belarus Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is a former presidential candidate and the leader of the national democratic movement in Belarus. According to unofficial results, she received the most votes in Belarus’ presidential election in August 2020.
Publication May 24, 2022 On the Frontlines of Freedom Oleksandra Matviichuk is a human rights defender who works on issues in Ukraine and the OSCE region.
