Publication Jun 25, 2025 Statement to the 59th Session of the UN Human Rights Council marking the 10th anniversary of “709 Crackdown“ This statement is co-sponsored by five NGOs. We thank the Special Rapporteur for her communications regarding Chinese human rights lawyers subject to repression.
Publication Jun 24, 2025 Calling for UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to meet with Sebastien Lai, the son of British publisher Jimmy Lai In a joint letter coordinated by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), 33 organisations around the globe have written to UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer asking him to meet Sebastien Lai, the son of British publisher Jimmy Lai who has been arbitrarily jailed in Hong Kong since December 2020.
Op-Ed Jun 4, 2025 When even remembering is a crime: China’s Tiananmen Square massacre, 36 years on While the streets of Hong Kong may now fall silent on June 4, Tiananmen’s memory has not vanished — it has gone global.
Video Series May 26, 2025 Nyrola Elimä | Endless Exodus Nyrola Elimä is an independent journalist and researcher specializing in human rights and supply chains.
Publication May 14, 2025 Calling for the release of Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan, marking the 5th anniversary of his arbitrary arrest We, the undersigned press freedom and human rights organisations, strongly condemn the Chinese government’s ongoing arbitrary detention of journalist, human rights defender and former lawyer Zhang Zhan, on the 5th anniversary of her arrest.
Publication May 7, 2025 Condemning the Hong Kong government’s escalating repression of activists in exile and their family members in Hong Kong We, the undersigned civil society and human rights organizations, strongly condemn the Hong Kong government’s escalating repression of activists in exile and their family members in Hong Kong.
Publication Apr 11, 2025 Hong Kong: Solidarity with artist Badiucao as he faces legal harassment The undersigned organisations condemn the harassment of artist, political cartoonist, and activist Badiucao, which has taken place via email, in the media, and on social media in the last week.
Video Series Nov 22, 2022 Gao Zhen: Arbitrarily Detained Just for Creating Art Chinese artist Gao Zhen was arrested for creating art that confronts the dark truths of China’s Cultural Revolution. He remains in jail to this day.
Video Series Sep 6, 2024 The Uyghur Region | The Struggle for Freedom, Explained In this episode of “The Struggle for Freedom, Explained” Jewher Ilham, renowned Uyghur advocate and daughter of Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti, and Peter Irwin, Associate Director of the Uyghur Human Rights Project, explain the Chinese regime’s targeted human rights abuses of the Uyghur people, and how China is exploiting Uyghurs for its economic goals. Watch the episode to learn more.
Video Series Jun 4, 2024 Sebastien Lai | A 76-Year Quest for Freedom Sebastien Lai is leading the international campaign to free his father, Jimmy Lai, a freedom of speech champion, media entrepreneur, and owner of the now-shuttered newspaper Apple Daily.
Blog Post Apr 22, 2024 Beyond Borders: China’s Attempts to Censor Global Academia The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is dedicated to perfecting its global narrative, employing a combination of coercion and co-optation tactics to shape public discourse both within China and abroad.
Blog Post Mar 27, 2024 Beyond Borders: China’s Grip on Global Media Controlling the public narrative is the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) modus operandi. It relies on narrative and revisionist storytelling to coerce its subjects into ideological adherence.
Announcement Mar 1, 2024 HRF Workshop Recap: Uyghur Youth Mobilization Last month, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) hosted the online workshop “Uyghur Youth Mobilization” to provide the next generation of activists with the skills necessary to strengthen their advocacy.
Op-Ed Jan 16, 2024 Taiwan’s ruling party needs to double down on democracy Taiwan’s incumbent ruling party, the Democratic People’s Party (DPP), may have been able to clinch a victory in a tight presidential race on Saturday, but it’s much too early to bask in the win.
Blog Post Jan 15, 2024 Beyond Borders: China’s Transnational Repression of Uyghurs In March, Turkish police raided a bookstore in Istanbul, accusing it of selling copies of Uyghur books banned by the Chinese regime without proper copyright.
Video Series Dec 4, 2023 Chemi Lhamo || All for the Land of Snow: A Story of Tibetan Resilience At the 2023 Oslo Freedom Forum in Taiwan, Tibetan activist and community organizer Chemi Lhamo took the stage to expose the Chinese government’s tactics to repress the Tibetan people and called upon the international community to join in solidarity to fight against these abuses.
Video Series Dec 4, 2024 Joey Siu || From Hong Kong to the World: Uniting in Solidarity Hong Kong activist and HRF Freedom Fellow, Joey Siu, took to the 2023 Oslo Freedom Forum in Taiwan stage to call for international advocacy efforts for democracy and freedom in Hong Kong.
Blog Post Jul 7, 2023 What’s Happening in Hong Kong? Q&A with HK Activist Sunny Cheung As further proof that the Chinese Communist Party isn’t letting up on infringing on Hong Kong’s autonomy and the freedom of its citizens, police on Monday issued arrest warrants for eight overseas Hong Kong activists for offenses such as foreign collusion and incitement to secession under the national security law.
Blog Post Apr 13, 2023 What’s Happening In China’s Concentration Camps? Q&A with Uyghur Camp Survivors As Muslims globally celebrate the holy month of Ramadan with their families, the Uyghur people — many of whom practice Islam — are suffering genocide at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (“Uyghur Region”).
Op-Ed Dec 8, 2022 Hollywood Should Stand with Protesters against China’s Oppression For too long, America’s film industry has complied with the Chinese government’s censorship demands. Now is the time to fight back.
