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.
Press Release May 5, 2022 Art in Protest Residency: Transmuting Borders The Art in Protest Artist Residency, launched in 2021 in collaboration with the Gray Area Foundation for the Arts, allows for artists-in-residence to develop projects that use art and technology to create social and civic impact.
Announcement Apr 27, 2022 HRF Wins Two Webby Awards The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is pleased to announce that the organization’s Uyghur Forced Labor Checker has won The Webby People’s Voice Award in the Public Service & Activism: Advertising, Media & PR category and The Webby Award in the Web Services & Applications: Websites and Mobile Sites category in the 26th annual Webby Awards.
Events Apr 26, 2022 HRF Bitcoin Development Fund grants 500 million satoshis to projects worldwide NEW YORK (April 26, 2022) – The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is pleased to announce its latest round of gifts from its Bitcoin Development Fund, focusing on software development, community development, design, censorship monitoring, and translation.
Publication Apr 25, 2022 Joint letter: Urging presidents and governing boards of all 50 United States flagship public universities to divest from entities complicit in the genocide of Uyghurs The People’s Republic of China is engaged in a global campaign to exterminate the culture, religion, and language of the Uyghur people.
Publication Apr 15, 2022 Who Burned Down the Sculpture of Xi Jinping at a California Park? Federal prosecutors say Weiming Chen’s ‘CCP Virus’ was destroyed by men working for China.
Announcement Apr 6, 2022 HRF’s Yeonmi Park and Alex Gladstein to Speak on the BTC2022 Mainstage Tomorrow on Thursday, April 7 at 2PM ET, the Human Rights Foundation’s (HRF) Chief Strategy Officer Alex Gladstein will moderate a panel at the Bitcoin 2022 Conference in Miami, Florida with Togolese human rights defender, writer, and Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) former speaker Farida Nabourema; North Korean defector, human rights activist, and HRF board member Yeonmi Park; and Palestinian anti-corruption advocate, Fadi Elsalameen.
Publication Mar 15, 2022 Video shows anti-war Russian protester expressing fear about speaking up before arrest A video showing Russian police arresting two women during a protest on March 13 has gone viral.
Announcement Mar 14, 2022 HRF’s Alex Gladstein Publishes New Book HRF Chief Strategy Officer Alex Gladstein has published a new book called “Check Your Financial Privilege
Announcement Mar 14, 2022 Aker’s Seetee to partner with the Oslo Freedom Forum OSLO, NORWAY (March, 2022) — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is delighted to announce that the Norwegian industrial investment company Aker will sponsor programming at the 14th annual Oslo Freedom Forum through its company Seetee.
Press Release Mar 12, 2022 HRF Launches Ukraine Solidarity Fund NEW YORK (March 12, 2022) — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is announcing the Ukraine Solidarity Fund, in partnership with Operation Sunflower, a coalition of American and Ukrainian organizations delivering aid to Ukrainians affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Publication Feb 25, 2022 Ukraine’s Defense—and Hacktivists—Have Raised Over $4M in Cryptocurrency Cryptocurrency may never have fulfilled its promise as the quotidian currency for buying a cup of coffee.
Publication Feb 9, 2022 Why Are People Boycotting the 2022 Winter Olympics? The U.S. and nine other countries are carrying out a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics. It’s a symbolic gesture, but what obligation do regular people have to boycott by not tuning in?
Op-Ed Feb 7, 2022 Tough US actions challenge Britain to step up the fight against kleptocracy Late last year, amid the broader rhetoric and pledges of the US-led Summit for Democracy, the Biden administration turned to tackling an issue that’s spiked in prominence in the past few years: kleptocracy.
Events Feb 4, 2022 HRF Co-Hosts Rally in Washington DC to Condemn the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics NEW YORK (February 4, 2022) — As the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics kick off today, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) remains strongly committed to condemning the Chinese dictatorship’s attempt to whitewash its dismal human rights record, including the ongoing genocide of the Uyghur population.
Publication Feb 1, 2022 Chinese Artist Wields Digital Olympic Imagery to Protest Own Country Badiucao’s wild poster campaign focuses on country’s human rights violations
Announcement Jan 26, 2022 HRF Announces Tammam Azzam and Khalid Albaih as Art in Protest Artists-in-Residence NEW YORK (January 20, 2022) — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) and Gray Area Foundation for the Arts proudly welcome Syrian contemporary artist Tammam Azzam and Sudanese political cartoonist Khalid Albaih to the second cohort of the Art in Protest artists-in-residence.
