Announcement Apr 19, 2024 HRF Launches the Finney Freedom Prize On this fourth halving day, April 19, 2024, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is proud to announce the launch of the Finney Freedom Prize, an award designed in Hal Finney’s memory to celebrate global achievements in the area of Bitcoin and human rights.
Announcement Mar 28, 2024 HRF Launches Webinar to Help Nonprofits Integrate Bitcoin The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is delighted to announce a free quarterly webinar to teach nonprofits, particularly human rights organizations, how to integrate Bitcoin into their work to challenge state censorship and confiscation.
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.
Publication Mar 17, 2024 Empowering Human Rights Through Bitcoin And Open Source Software To many, bitcoin is simply a deflationary store of value, an investment, or a “digital gold.”
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.
Blog Post Feb 9, 2024 A History of Sports and Dictators, Part 1: From Ramses II to Rome’s Bread & Circuses In the Olympic Games of 416, Athenian statesman and military general Alcibiades fielded seven teams in one of the most prestigious Olympic events, the four-horse chariot race known as the quadriga.
Publication Jan 24, 2024 STRANDED: HOW BITCOIN IS SAVING WASTED ENERGY AND EXPANDING FINANCIAL FREEDOM IN AFRICA Hundreds of millions of Africans face two problems holding them back from progress: 600 million lack electricity, while virtually all 1.4 billion people on the continent lack high-quality currency.
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.
Blog Post Jan 12, 2024 Fueling Ambition: Aramco’s pivotal role in Saudi Arabia’s sports expansion In November 2023, news broke that Aramco—Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil and energy giant—was set to complete a “significant sponsorship” deal with FIFA that would make it the football governing body’s biggest sponsor over the coming decade.
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.
Video Series Oct 17, 2023 The Case of Salma Al-Shehab On Aug. 9, 2022, a Saudi court sentenced Salma al-Shehab to 34 years in prison to be followed by a travel ban of the same length under a range of charges under the counter-terrorism law in connection to tweets in support of women’s rights in Saudi Arabia. Salma was later re-sentenced to 27 years.
Publication Sep 15, 2023 Dramatic projections beamed onto buildings during New York Fashion Week shame clothing industry for using Uyghur forced labor A top nonprofit has beamed striking images onto buildings during New York Fashion week to shame the clothing industry for using Uyghur labor.
Publication Sep 14, 2023 Toufah Jallow: The woman who inspired Gambia’s #Metoo moment It’s been over six years since the start of the #metoo movement, which saw women denounce misogyny worldwide.
Op-Ed Sep 8, 2023 Your Favorite Fashion Brand Is Using Slave Labor. Wake Up! In August, Bloomberg reported what we at the Human Rights Foundation already knew: The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was sending in bots to attack our award-winning Uyghur Forced Labor Checker to deter you from downloading it and discovering the truth behind where your clothes are made and, more importantly, who makes them.
Publication Aug 24, 2023 Google Axes Bad Reviews of Tracker Exposing Uyghur Forced Labor Alphabet Inc.’s Google has removed hundreds of negative reviews for a tracker
Op-Ed Aug 21, 2023 Grassroots organizations must provide humanitarian aid in Ukraine The town of Chasiv Yar is 3 miles from Bakhmut, the frontline city where Ukrainians are slowly repelling the invading Russian army. Chasiv Yar once had a population of over 10,000. Today, virtually every building has been hit by artillery or missiles. Rooftops are caved in, and exteriors are charred. There’s no running water, no electricity.
Publication Jul 15, 2023 Miami-based clothing company has a mission that goes beyond fashion During his 2018 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Dr. Denis Mukwege described some of his first days at Panzi Hospital in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic Congo.
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.
