Blog Post Nov 21, 2024 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #50 This week, we celebrate a special milestone: the 50th edition of our newsletter and the 1-year anniversary of the Financial Freedom Report.
Press Release Nov 19, 2024 HRF’s CBDC Tracker wins two Anthem Awards The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is proud to announce that its CBDC Tracker has been honored with a 2024 Silver Anthem Award and the Anthem Community Voice Award for “Best Use of Data” in the Human & Civil Rights category.
Blog Post Nov 14, 2024 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #49 Last week, Pakistan’s military-backed government proposed amendments to the State Bank of Pakistan Act (SBP) to open the door for a state-controlled central bank digital currency (CBDC).
Blog Post Nov 7, 2024 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #48 Indian regulators are contemplating a ban on digital assets like Bitcoin to position their central bank digital currency (CBDC), the Digital Rupee, as the country’s dominant option.
Blog Post Oct 31, 2024 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #47 In Nigeria, the state anti-corruption agency dropped money laundering charges against Tigran Gambaryan, a Binance employee detained by the regime since February.
Announcement Oct 25, 2024 Vote for HRF’s CBDC Tracker in the 2024 Anthem Awards The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is excited to announce that the HRF CBDC Tracker is a finalist for a 2024 Anthem Award in the Human & Civil Rights category.
Blog Post Oct 24, 2024 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #46 We are excited to share that HRF’s CBDC Tracker is a finalist in this year’s Anthem Awards, which honor social impact work across various fields.
Blog Post Oct 18, 2024 A History of Sports & Dictators, Part 4: Soviet Sports propaganda When Tsar Peter I — better known as Peter the Great — visited England in 1689, he arranged what has been called the “first international boxing match” in the garden of the nobleman’s home.
Blog Post Oct 17, 2024 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #45 In North Korea, citizens face a devalued currency and strict control over foreign currency as the regime tries to trap people in the collapsing North Korean won.
Press Release Oct 17, 2024 HRF Brings UN Attention to Rights Abuses in Two Countries Last week, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) submitted contributions to the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) regarding Laos and Türkiye.
Blog Post Oct 10, 2024 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #44 Last week, HRF hosted the second annual Global Bitcoin Summit, bringing together more than 125 human rights defenders, Bitcoin developers, social entrepreneurs, and UI/UX designers from more than 60 countries at the beautiful Bitcoin Park in Nashville, Tenn.
Announcement Oct 8, 2024 Register Now for the Human Rights Foundation’s Online Activist Academy The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is thrilled to invite you to register to participate in our Online Activist Academy, a self-paced course tailored for activists and civil society leaders who defend human rights and promote democracy within authoritarian regimes.
Blog Post Oct 3, 2024 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #43 In Kuwait, the government is escalating surveillance by mandating biometric fingerprint data for all citizens and threatening to restrict their financial accounts, assets, and government services if they fail to comply.
Op-Ed Sep 30, 2024 America’s Adversaries Are Targeting Its Cities and States Last week, federal prosecutors launched a bombshell indictment against sitting New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
Op-Ed Sep 28, 2024 The Indictment of Eric Adams Shouldn’t Surprise Us The new, unsealed indictment against Eric Adams, accusing him of a range of crimes over nearly a decade, is significant for any number of reasons
Blog Post Sep 26, 2024 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #42 In Zimbabwe, the regime’s new ZiG currency is rapidly losing value, depreciating by up to 80% on the parallel market as citizens lose confidence in the state’s latest monetary experiment. Despite government interventions — including creating artificial scarcity, freezing bank accounts, and arresting currency traders — Zimbabwe is on the brink of yet another currency failure.
Blog Post Sep 19, 2024 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #41 This week, authoritarian regimes continued to use financial repression tactics to target dissidents and opposition movements. In Nicaragua, the National Assembly unanimously approved a reform allowing the regime to prosecute and seize the assets of exiled citizens.
Announcement Sep 17, 2024 HRF Bitcoin Development Fund Grants 1 Billion Satoshis to 20 Projects Worldwide The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is pleased to announce 1 billion satoshis of gifts from its Bitcoin Development Fund.
Press Release Sep 13, 2024 HRF calls for the unconditional release of Indian human rights activist Umar Khalid On the fourth anniversary of his arrest and at the beginning of his highly anticipated trial, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) calls on the Indian government to immediately release activist Umar Khalid from his excessively long and arbitrary pretrial detention.
Blog Post Sep 12, 2024 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #40 This week, Bitcoin took center stage in Venezuela’s struggle for financial freedom. After the Maduro regime brazenly stole the country’s presidential election, opposition leader Maria Corina Machado spoke in an exclusive interview with the Human Rights Foundation (HRF), where she called Bitcoin a “lifeline” and a “vital means for resistance” for Venezuelans suffering under repression and hyperinflation.
