Report Oct 22, 2025 Mozambique UPR NGO Submission The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that promotes and protects human rights globally, with a focus on closed societies. HRF unites people in the common cause of defending human rights and promoting liberal democracy.
Human Rights Dispatch Oct 22, 2025 Art as activism, anniversary of Nigerian #EndSARS protest. When music meets activism, change takes the stage. On Sept. 24, Roskilde Festival and the Human Rights Foundation hosted a powerful conversation on music festivals…
Human Rights Dispatch Oct 20, 2025 Global coalition demands Swedish publisher Gui Minhai’s immediate release HRF joins 90+ NGOs and press freedom organizations in standing up against the arbitrary detention of Swedish publisher Gui Minhai…
Announcement Oct 16, 2025 The Oslo Freedom Forum Returns June 1–3, 2026 Mark your calendar: the Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) is back! Join us from June 1-3, 2026, in Oslo, Norway, for the 18th edition of the world’s most unique conference
Human Rights Dispatch Oct 15, 2025 Hostage taking panel, detention of Chinese pastor. This briefing highlights key developments and shares HRF’s stance on urgent human rights struggles unfolding around the world.
Publication Oct 15, 2025 Calling for the release of Gui Minhai, marking the 10th anniversary of his arbitrary detention We, the undersigned press freedom, journalists’, human rights, international organisations, strongly condemn the Chinese government’s ongoing arbitrary detention of Swedish publisher and writer Gui Minhai on the 10th anniversary of his kidnapping.
Human Rights Dispatch Oct 14, 2025 Venezuela closes Norway embassy, Cuba persecution of dissidents, Navalny lawyers trial. This briefing highlights key developments and shares HRF’s stance on urgent human rights struggles unfolding around the world.
Press Release Oct 10, 2025 HRF celebra que el Premio Nobel de la Paz haya sido otorgado a María Corina Machado La Human Rights Foundation (HRF) celebra el anuncio de hoy de que la líder opositora venezolana María Corina Machado ha sido galardonada con el Premio Nobel de la Paz por su compromiso de décadas con la libertad, la democracia y la dignidad humana en Venezuela.
Press Release Oct 10, 2025 HRF Celebrates Award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuela’s María Corina Machado The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) celebrates today’s announcement that Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her decades-long commitment to freedom, democracy, and human dignity in Venezuela.
Human Rights Dispatch Oct 9, 2025 Russia’s war on Ukraine’s youth, forcible disappearance of Tanzanian regime critic, Hong Kong’s crackdown on free expression, and more. HRF condemns the abduction and forcible disappearance since Oct. 6 of Tanzanian regime critic Humphrey Polepole, amid ongoing repression against critics of President Samia Suluhu Hassan ahead of Oct. 29 elections.
Blog Post Oct 6, 2025 The Riyadh job Fifty comedians playing in Saudi Arabia, millions of dollars, and one head-scratcher: Why are they doing this?
Announcement Oct 3, 2025 Join HRF’s live webinar: The Impact of the War on Ukrainian Children Join the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) for the live webinar, “The Impact of the War on Ukrainian Children,” on Thursday, Oct. 9, at 11:00 a.m. EST, on the devastating effects of the war in Ukraine on the country’s…
Press Release Sep 30, 2025 HRF statement on Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Comedy Festival The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) calls on the comedians scheduled to perform at the Riyadh Comedy Festival either to cancel their participation or to use the festival as a platform to denounce the human rights situation in Saudi Arabia.
Publication Sep 30, 2025 Calling for action on systemic abuse and political control in Hong Kong prison As a coalition of 52 civil society organizations committed to human rights and the rule of law, we write collectively to urgently raise serious concerns regarding the systemic abuses occurring inside Hong Kong’s prisons, as detailed in the recent report by the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong (CFHK) Foundation, “We Were Made to Suffer: Systemic Abuse and Political Control Inside Hong Kong’s Prisons” (September 2025).
Announcement Sep 23, 2025 Voices of Dissent: October 6 at Rowan University The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is thrilled to bring the College Freedom Forum (CFF) to Rowan University on October 6, 2025, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. EST.
Press Release Sep 17, 2025 HRF calls for justice in wake of confirmation Alexei Navalny was poisoned The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns Vladimir Putin’s regime for the assassination of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, whose death at Penal Colony No. 3 (“Polar Wolf”) in the Russian Arctic has now…
Press Release Aug 29, 2025 HRF celebra la liberación del gobernador boliviano Luis Fernando Camacho y pide la liberación de todos los presos políticos y la restauración de la independencia judicial Human Rights Foundation (HRF) celebra la liberación esta tarde del prisionero de conciencia boliviano Luis Fernando Camacho, tras dos años y ocho meses de detención arbitraria….
Press Release Aug 29, 2025 HRF celebrates the release of Governor Luis Fernando Camacho in Bolivia The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) welcomes this afternoon’s release of Bolivian prisoner of conscience Luis Fernando Camacho after two years and eight months of arbitrary imprisonment in the notorious Chonchocoro maximum security prison.
Blog Post Aug 26, 2025 The Sculptor Xi Jinping Wants You to Forget For 68-year-old Gao Zhen, last Aug. 26 wasn’t just any other day — it was the day of his arrest.
Press Release Aug 26, 2025 Joint statement on the first anniversary of Gao Zhen’s detention, demanding his urgent release We, the undersigned organizations, express our grave concern at the ongoing detention of artist Gao Zhen (高兟), a 69-year-old US permanent resident and prominent figure in China’s contemporary art scene, who has now been imprisoned for a year without trial.
