Press Release Nov 8, 2024 HRF Condemns Second Assassination Plot Against Iranian Activist Masih Alinejad The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the assassination plot, made public today by the U.S. Department of Justice, against Iranian journalist, women’s rights activist, and former Oslo Freedom Forum speaker Masih Alinejad. This is the third attempt on her life in the last three years orchestrated by the Iranian regime.
Blog Post Nov 8, 2024 Election Watch Tunisia: Tunisia’s Democratic Dismantling Tunisian President Kais Saied won yet another election on Oct. 6, securing an overwhelming 90.7% of the vote, up from 73% since his previous win in 2019. His win, however, is anything but surprising, considering that he’s dismantled nearly all forms of democratic checks to his power.
Blog Post Nov 6, 2024 Exposing Aliyev’s Masquerade: The Illusion of Democracy Behind COP29 Next week, roughly 70,000 foreign guests are expected to flood into Baku for the most important climate forum of the year: COP29, the United Nations Climate Change Conference.
Press Release Nov 5, 2024 HRF protests Gustavo Dudamel, Maduro’s unofficial ambassador On Oct. 25-27 and Nov. 1-3, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) held peaceful protests in front of the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Calif., where Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel was leading a concert series.
Press Release Nov 4, 2024 HRF calls on the Chinese government to immediately release artist Gao Zhen The Human Rights Foundation (HRF), along with our Chinese partners dedicated to artistic freedom, expresses deep concern over the arrest and arbitrary detention of Gao Zhen, a prominent contemporary Chinese artist and a member of the well-known Gao Brothers, a collaborative artist duo.
Press Release Oct 23, 2024 HRF Chair Yulia Navalnaya appeared on ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ ulia Navalnaya, Chair of the Human Rights Foundation (HRF), appeared on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on Monday to discuss the release of “Patriot,” a memoir written by her late husband, Alexei Navalny.
Press Release Oct 22, 2024 HRF submits the case of two Khmer Krom detainees in Vietnam to the UNWGAD The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) and the Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation (KKF) submitted a joint petition to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) on behalf of indigenous activists To Hoang Chuong and Thach Cuong.
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.
Press Release Oct 3, 2024 HRF Announces New Grants for North Korean Human Rights The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is pleased to announce a new set of grants to help strengthen the work of civil society organizations in South Korea focused on improving North Korean human rights, education, and resettlement.
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 9, 2024 El Salvador: The False Tradeoffs Between Security and Democracy El Salvador’s gang problem has long plagued its citizens, with violent territorial control by gangs leading to a reign of terror characterized by rampant extortion, high homicide rates, and destructive turf wars.
Press Release Sep 5, 2024 HRF interviews Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado on financial repression and freedom On Thursday, Bitcoin Magazine published a video of the Human Rights Foundation’s (HRF) chief strategy officer, Alex Gladstein, interviewing María Corina Machado, leader of Venezuela’s democratic opposition, about the destruction the Chavismo have caused to Venezuela’s monetary system and how many Venezuelans use Bitcoin to escape or find their financial freedom.
Blog Post Sep 4, 2024 The Survival of Kurdish Identity in Turkey The Kurds make up the world’s largest stateless population, with more than 30 million living in Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey; they make up a fifth of Turkey’s population. Like other indigenous populations in the post-World War I era in the Middle East, European diplomats decided the Kurds’ fate.
Press Release Aug 29, 2024 HRF’s Casey Michel Sanctioned by Russian Regime On Wednesday, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs sanctioned the Human Rights Foundation’s (HRF) Casey Michel, as well as other American academics, journalists, and industry leaders.
Press Release Aug 28, 2024 HRF Submits UNWGAD Petition for Two Former Swazi Lawmakers On Monday, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) submitted a petition to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) on behalf of former Swazi lawmakers Mduduzi Bacede Mabuza and Mthandeni Dube, who were sentenced to heavy prison terms for their pro-democracy advocacy.
Press Release Aug 20, 2024 HRF Succeeds in UN Petition: Rwanda Condemned for Unlawful Detention of Nine Dissidents The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) welcomes the decision of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) deeming the 2021 arrest and imprisonment of nine Rwandan dissidents arbitrary and in violation of international law.
Blog Post Aug 19, 2024 The Role of Freedom Tech in Venezuela Venezuela grapples with fraudulent presidential elections, economic and financial collapse, widespread repression, and severe human rights abuses under dictator Nicolás Maduro, its brave activists continue searching for uncensorable solutions to combat systemic repression.
Blog Post Aug 14, 2024 Election Watch: Bangladesh Took One More Step Toward Authoritarianism When the people of Bangladesh went to the polls on Jan. 7, they did so knowing the outcome was already predetermined: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the ruling Awami League won a fourth consecutive term, pushing the country further toward authoritarianism.
Blog Post Aug 14, 2024 How the Dictators of Azerbaijan and Turkey Undermine Armenian Democracy In November 2024, Azerbaijan will host the 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29), one of the largest conferences in the world dedicated to fighting climate change.
