Publication May 7, 2026 Political Prisoner Spotlight: The Struggle for Pastor Ezra Jin’s Freedom in China Days before President Donald Trump met with General Secretary Xi Jinping in Beijing, Freedom House hosted leading experts and human rights defenders to discuss the Chinese government’s escalating crackdown on religious freedom.
Blog Post May 6, 2026 Reflections On HRF’s “Beyond Borders: Youth Resilience Against the CCP” Conference The following reflection was authored by Norpell Wilberforce, a London-based Tibetan activist, who attended HRF’s Beyond Borders activist workshop. The piece has been edited for clarity and condensed.
Op-Ed May 6, 2026 My Brother’s 16-Year Sentence Was Not Enough for Uzbekistan. Now They Want Him to Disappear. Dauletmurat Tajimuratov was sentenced to 16 years in prison in 2023. Last week 2.5 years were added to his sentence.
Publication May 6, 2026 La ONU declara arbitraria la detención de Anacleto Micha y pide su liberación inmediata En noviembre de 2025, el Grupo de Trabajo de las Naciones Unidas sobre la Detención Arbitraria adoptó la Opinión núm. 70/2025 relativa al abogado y defensor de derechos humanos Anacleto Micha Ndong Nlang, cuya versión oficial ha sido publicada recientemente, el 16 de febrero de 2026, pidiendo su liberación inmediata.
Publication May 6, 2026 La ONU exige la liberación inmediata de Anacleto Micha Ndong Nlang La Human Rights Foundation ha anunciado una decisión importante para el abogado y defensor de derechos humanos Anacleto Micha Ndong Nlang.
Publication May 6, 2026 Chinese artist Gao Zhen and his family stuck in repressive legal limbo over his Mao sculptures The verdict is imminent, and Zhao Yaliang can no longer bear the wait. As calm as she is determined, the 48-year-old is finally about to learn the fate of her husband, artist Gao Zhen, who has already been detained for a year and a half.
Announcement May 4, 2026 HRF Secures Victory at the UN: Working Group Orders Equatoguinean Lawyer Anacleto Micha Ndong Nlang’s Immediate Release NEW YORK (May 4, 2026) — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) celebrates a significant victory in the path to justice for unjustly detained Equatoguinean lawyer and activist Anacleto Micha Ndong Nlang.
Blog Post May 3, 2026 Keeping Uyghur Stories Alive: Q&A with Exiled Uyghur Journalist Tahir Imin Press freedom is under threat globally, as media outlets face mounting challenges that force their closure and a growing number of journalists are thrown behind bars.
Op-Ed Apr 27, 2026 NBA’s Rwanda ties face scrutiny after sanctions-linked BAL withdrawal As the NBA enters its postseason crescendo, its carefully cultivated image as one of the most progressive leagues in sports is once again in the spotlight due to its partnership with Rwanda, which has long been accused of human rights abuses and war crimes.
Op-Ed Apr 23, 2026 What Bolivia Teaches Us About Defeating Authoritarians There are moments in a country’s history, especially in authoritarian countries, when institutions feel like scenery: visible, formal, but hollow.
Announcement Apr 20, 2026 HRF Brings UN Attention to Rights Abuses in Swaziland, Thailand and Hungary NEW YORK (April 20, 2026) — This month, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) submitted formal contributions to the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Swaziland and Thailand, as well as a joint submission for Hungary with the Artistic Freedom Initiative (AFI).
Human Rights Dispatch Apr 17, 2026 Healing Activist Trauma Beyond Borders From the streets of Shanghai to exile in Europe, Rei Xia’s story is a reminder that courage comes at a cost — and resilience is what sustains it.
Human Rights Dispatch Apr 16, 2026 The New Weapons of Transnational Fear Chinese repression is increasingly global. Activists everywhere are facing new forms of intimidation enabled by technology, from surveillance to deepfakes and coordinated digital harassment.
Human Rights Dispatch Mar 23, 2026 Thailand silences dissent, Koet Saray detention ruled arbitrary, Moscow shows limited support to Iran. The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has found that Cambodia’s detention of human rights defender Koet Saray is arbitrary and violates international human rights law.
Publication Apr 3, 2026 Families React After Supreme Court Denies Bail to Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam in Delhi Riots Case Families of activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam expressed disappointment after the Supreme Court of India denied them bail in the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy case.
Announcement Apr 2, 2026 Joint statement calling for the release of Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire The following statement has been issued by the Human Rights Foundation, Freedom Now, and the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice.
Op-Ed Apr 2, 2026 Loud on the Embargo, Silent on the Dungeons On the night of March 21, 2026, Cuba’s electrical grid collapsed for the third time in a month, the result of a fuel shortage triggered by a U.S.-imposed oil embargo, decades of underinvestment in a crumbling gridand, most consequentially, the post–Nicolás Maduro halt of Venezuelan crude, on which Cuba had depended for years to cover roughly a quarter of its oil needs.
Human Rights Dispatch Apr 1, 2026 Rwandan dissident Déogratias Mushayidi imprisoned 16 years, South Korea formally condemning North Korea’s human rights abuses, demanding Gao Zhen’s release, and more. HRF condemns the one day, closed-door trial of Chinese dissident artist, Gao Zhen, for creating works of art that use satire to criticize the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s human rights abuses.
Publication Apr 1, 2026 My year in solitary confinement has not broken me. My peaceful fight for Baloch rights in Pakistan goes on It’s 9pm and I’m sitting alone in my cell in block nine as I write these lines. I’ve been in solitary confinement for a year now. In fact, I turned 30 here.
Press Release Apr 1, 2026 HRF submits UN petition on behalf of Chinese dissident artist Gao Zhen NEW YORK (April 1, 2026) — Today, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) submitted an individual complaint to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) on behalf of Chinese dissident artist Gao Zhen, urging the WGAD to declare his detention arbitrary and in violation of international law.
