Blog Post Feb 18, 2022 Kazakhstan in Context: Cult of Personality In early January, tens of thousands of people across Kazakhstan protested after a sharp rise in the price of gas.
Blog Post Feb 18, 2022 Kazakhstan in Context: A Repressive State In early January, tens of thousands of people across Kazakhstan protested after a sharp rise in the price of gas.
Blog Post Feb 18, 2022 Kazakhstan in Context: Corrupt to the Core In early January, tens of thousands of people across Kazakhstan protested after a sharp rise in the price of gas.
Blog Post Jan 21, 2022 The Ignorance and Reluctance of the Rich and the Famous In a recent episode of the podcast “All-In,” Chamath Palihapitiya, billionaire venture capitalist, stakeholder of the Golden State Warriors, and Chairman of Virgin Galactic, commented that “nobody cares about what’s happening to the Uyghurs… Of all the things that I care about, it is below my line.”
Blog Post Dec 17, 2021 Igniting the Truth on Corruption It is no secret that over the past several years, respect for democratic institutions and human rights has deteriorated around the world.
Blog Post Dec 17, 2021 Igniting the Truth Against Authoritarian Sportswashing It is no secret that over the past several years, respect for democratic institutions and human rights has deteriorated around the world.
Blog Post Dec 17, 2021 Igniting the Truth on Transnational Repression It is no secret that over the past several years, respect for democratic institutions and human rights has deteriorated around the world.
Blog Post Dec 16, 2021 HRF Launches New Tool to Raise Awareness About Brands Linked to Uyghur Forced Labor NEW YORK (December 15, 2021) — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is excited to announce the launch of the “Uyghur Forced Labor Checker,” a Google Chrome extension plug-in that informs consumers on whether the apparel brands they are buying from might be relying on Uyghur forced labor.
Blog Post Aug 4, 2021 Unraveling China’s Attempts to Hinder Academic Freedom: Confucius Institutes As the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) enters its 100th year, it continues to actively spearhead extensive propaganda, censorship, and repression campaigns within and outside of China’s borders.
Blog Post Jun 24, 2021 Cult of Personality in Turkmenistan Cults of personality are some of the most notable features of any dictatorship.
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.
Blog Post Apr 30, 2021 The Real Reformers of Saudi Arabia Seven years ago, human rights lawyer Waleed Abulkhair was arrested in Saudi Arabia.
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.
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.
Blog Post Feb 18, 2021 Protest Runway: The Use of Color & Fashion in Global Pro-Democracy Movements It’s New York Fashion Week — while many people have their eyes on the runway, street protests are giving glamorous fashion shows some serious competition.
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.
Blog Post Jan 31, 2021 The Last Internet Shutdowns On January 13, 2021, the regime of Ugandan dictator Yoweri Museveni ordered internet service providers to suspend all but essential government communications, plunging the country into a complete internet blackout the day before the presidential elections.
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.
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”
Blog Post Jan 4, 2021 Challenges & Triumphs of 2020: Women-Led Protest Movements Advance The past year has brought remarkable changes in the way we live our everyday lives.
