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.
Press Release Feb 1, 2021 Military Coup Returns Burma to Full Dictatorship NEW YORK (February 1, 2021) – The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is gravely concerned about the events unfolding in Burma
Blog Post Jan 29, 2021 What’s Happening in Xinjiang? Q&A With Uyghur Activist Jewher Ilham China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, also known as the Uyghur Region or East Turkestan, is home to millions of Uyghur Muslims and other ethnic and religious minorities.
Press Release Jan 21, 2021 HRF Welcomes Biden Administration’s Commitment to Releasing Khashoggi Report NEW YORK (January 21, 2021) – On the eve of the inauguration of President Biden, incoming Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines confirmed that the new administration plans to release
Press Release Jan 15, 2021 HRF to International Ice Hockey Federation Council: Don’t Legitimize Dictatorship in Belarus NEW YORK (January 15, 2021) – Today, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) sent a letter to René Fasel, the president of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF)
Blog Post Jan 14, 2021 Is Saudi Arabia’s Kafala System Truly Reformed? In early November 2020, Saudi Arabia’s deputy minister for human resources announced that Saudi Arabia would be easing “foreign workers’ contractual restrictions”
Press Release Jan 6, 2021 Hong Kong Arrests Dozens of Pro-Democracy Figures in a Mass Raid NEW YORK (January 6, 2021) – The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the Hong Kong government’s mass arrests of 53 opposition activists and politicians in a single day
Announcement Jan 5, 2021 Khashoggi doc, too explosive for streaming, debuts on-demand (AP) NEW YORK (AP) — Even before “The Dissident” made its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival
Press Release Dec 23, 2020 In memory of Raed Fares, 1972-2018 Today, we honor Raed Fares, a brave Syrian activist and member of the Human Rights Foundation family who lost his life two years ago today.
Blog Post Dec 23, 2020 What’s Happening in Hong Kong? Q&A With HK Activist Johnson Yeung 2020 has been an especially difficult year for Hongkongers tirelessly fighting against the authoritarian Chinese regime.
Op-Ed Dec 20, 2022 HRF Op-Ed: The Plight of Political Dissident Jimmy Lai Hong Kong businessman and political dissident Jimmy Lai told me over dinner at his Taiwan home in 2019 that he knew speaking out for truth, justice and freedom in the region could come at great personal cost. He is now behind bars for this supposed crime, so I’m speaking out for him.
Press Release Dec 17, 2020 ICC Releases New Report Regarding Maduro Regime’s Crimes Against Humanity NEW YORK (December 17, 2020) – The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) welcomes the report by the Office of the International Criminal Court’s Prosecutor released on Monday, December 14
Press Release Dec 14, 2020 South Korean Government Criminalizes North Korean Human Rights Activism NEW YORK (December 14, 2020) – Today, the South Korean National Assembly passed a controversial bill proposed by the Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee
Announcement Dec 9, 2020 HRF Film “The Dissident” Is Coming To A Screen Near You NEW YORK (December 9, 2020) – THE DISSIDENT, a new feature film directed by Academy Award-winning director Bryan Fogel and produced by the Human Rights Foundation (HRF)
Press Release Dec 3, 2020 Cuba: Stop Criminalizing Freedom of Speech and Artistic Expression NEW YORK (December 2, 2020) — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) calls on the Cuban dictatorship to free all imprisoned artists
Press Release Dec 3, 2020 Crackdown on Hong Kong’s Pro-Democracy Activists Accelerates with New Charges and Sentencing NEW YORK (December 3, 2020) – A Hong Kong magistrates’ court sentenced pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow, and Ivan Lam
Reports Dec 3, 2020 New HRF Report: The State of Activism in the Arab World In 2019, the Arab World was rocked by countrywide protests demanding representative governance and respect for fundamental rights. In November of that year
Announcement Dec 1, 2020 State-Sponsored Hacking: Russia, Saudi Arabia, and North Korea At the 2020 Oslo Freedom Forum, the Human Rights Foundation hosted a panel discussion about how dictatorships employ cyber attacks at home and abroad.
Press Release Nov 25, 2020 Hong Kong: HRF Sends UN Urgent Appeal to Condemn National Security Law NEW YORK (November 25, 2020) – The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) has submitted an Urgent Appeal to three Special Rapporteurs of the United Nations Human Rights Council
Press Release Nov 12, 2020 HRF Submits Joint Petition to UN on Maduro’s Persecution of Judge Afiuni NEW YORK (November 12, 2020) – Today, the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights (RWCHR), the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI)
