Blog Post May 28, 2021 HRF Calls For the Release of Abdulrahman Al-Sadhan on His Birthday Today is the birthday of Saudi humanitarian aid worker Abdulrahman Al-Sadhan. It is the fourth birthday spent behind bars for his peaceful online activism.
Press Release May 25, 2021 HRF to NBA: Don’t Play Ball With Rwanda’s Warmonger NEW YORK (May 25, 2021) – This week, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) sent a letter to the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) Commissioner
Press Release May 24, 2021 Biden and Moon Administrations Must Prioritize North Korean Human Rights NEW YORK (May 24, 2021) — Last Friday, President Joseph Biden held his first summit with South Korean president Moon Jae-in.
Press Release May 24, 2021 HRF Joins Coalition Calling on President Biden to Help Facilitate Lifting the Travel Ban on Loujain al-Hathloul NEW YORK (May 24, 2021) — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) recently signed a joint letter with a coalition of 12 other organizations calling on President Joseph Biden
Publication May 11, 2021 Akon’s Romance with Dictatorship Another chapter was recently written in the ongoing romance between celebrities and dictators. This time the dictator seeking to launder his reputation and distract from his crimes was Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni.
Blog Post Apr 30, 2021 The Real Reformers of Saudi Arabia Seven years ago, human rights lawyer Waleed Abulkhair was arrested in Saudi Arabia.
Press Release Apr 19, 2021 Join HRF’s Event at Harvard: “Genocide in the 21st Century: The Uyghur Crisis” NEW YORK (April 17, 2021) – The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is co-hosting Genocide in the 21st Century: The Uyghur Crisis, on Thursday, April 22, and Tuesday, April 27.
Press Release Apr 15, 2021 Chinese Communist Party: Stop Coercing Family of Uyghur Journalist Gulchehra Hoja NEW YORK (April 15, 2021) – The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) strongly condemns the Chinese government’s forced testimony of the family members of Uyghur-American journalist
Press Release Apr 13, 2021 HRF & Vanguard Africa to Akon: Invest in Ugandans, Not Museveni’s Dictatorship NEW YORK & WASHINGTON, DC: (April 13, 2021) — Yesterday, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) and Vanguard Africa sent a joint letter to multi-platinum selling artist, producer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Akon
Blog Post Mar 25, 2021 Is The End Near For Viktor Orbán? For more than 10 years, Viktor Orbán and his cronies have ruled Hungary.
Events Feb 19, 2021 Report: The Impact of Foreign Investment on Human Rights in Laos NEW YORK — Just days before Laos’ national elections on February 21, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) has released a report detailing how international development investment in Laos
Op-Ed Mar 18, 2021 The last blow to Hong Kong’s faltering democracy Two Fridays ago, the annual National People’s Congress convened in Beijing to rubber-stamp the Chinese Communist Party’s policies. Unfortunately for Hong Kong, restructuring the city’s electoral process topped the agenda.
Press Release Mar 18, 2021 Tanzania’s President John Magufuli Has Died, Leaves Legacy of Repression NEW YORK (March 18, 2021) — Tanzania’s president, John Magufuli, died yesterday in Dar es Salaam, the country’s former capital.
Press Release Mar 10, 2021 HRF to Pentathlon Championships: Don’t Run With el-Sisi’s Brutal Regime NEW YORK (March 10, 2021) – On Monday, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) sent a letter to the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM)
Press Release Mar 9, 2021 Maduro’s Responsibility for Venezuelan Crisis Needs to Be Unequivocally Acknowledged, Not Whitewashed, by UN Special Rapporteur NEW YORK (March 9, 2021) – The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) urges Alena Douhan, UN Special Rapporteur on the Negative Impact of the Unilateral Coercive Measures on the Enjoyment of Human Rights
Press Release Feb 26, 2021 HRF Commends Release of Jamal Khashoggi Murder Report; MBS Must Be Held Accountable New York (February 26, 2021) – The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) commends the Biden Administration’s release of a declassified intelligence report on the murder of Saudi journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.
Blog Post Feb 22, 2021 Dictatorship Sows Division in Nagorno-Karabakh From September to November of 2020, Armenia and Azerbaijan fought a bloody war over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh and its surroundings.
Press Release Feb 9, 2021 HRF to MTV Africa: Don’t Partner with Uganda’s Murderous Regime NEW YORK (February 8, 2021) – The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) welcomes the indefinite postponement of the MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMAs) 2021 in Uganda
Press Release Feb 3, 2021 HRF to Biden Administration: Focus on Worst Human Rights Offenders NEW YORK (February 3, 2021) – Following the inauguration of President Joseph Biden in the United States on January 20, 2021
Blog Post Feb 3, 2021 After Navalny’s Conviction, It’s Time for the Biden Administration to Act On February 2, following a sham trial in Moscow, Putin critic Alexey Navalny was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison under the pretense of having violated his parole by seeking emergency treatment in Germany, following an assassination attempt by Russia’s secret police, the FSB.
