Blog Post Aug 1, 2022 Resident Artist Spotlight: Lilia Kvatsabaya In August 2020, Lilia Kvatsabaya, a Belarusian graphic design student, found herself amid the largest protests in the country’s history.
Blog Post Jul 30, 2022 Authoritarianism Lies at the Heart of Human Trafficking On this World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, there are over 24.9 million people subject to human trafficking, or modern slavery.
Blog Post Jul 20, 2022 Belarus’ Lukashenko is Challenging International Norms. We Must Stop Him. Entire cities besieged and razed to the ground, millions of people displaced, hundreds of billions of dollars worth of destruction, and, most tragically, thousands of people killed and grieving lost loved ones — that is a reality for millions of Ukrainians whose country was invaded by Russia’s Vladimir Putin almost five months ago.
Blog Post Jul 11, 2022 One Year Anniversary of the 2021 Protests: Repression and Hope in Cuba One year ago today, the Cuban people took to the streets in a brave and rare act of defiance of the dictatorship that has ruled the island with an iron fist for over six decades.
Blog Post Jun 24, 2022 Key Takeaways from HRF at the 2022 RightsCon The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) hosted two sessions at the 2022 RightsCon, which took place online from June 6-10.
Blog Post Mar 12, 2022 HRF Welcomes Release of Saudi Writer and Activist Raif Badawi NEW YORK (March 11, 2022) — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) welcomes the release of Raif Badawi, a Saudi writer and creator of the website Free Saudi Liberals.
Blog Post May 10, 2022 Refugees, Human Trafficking, and Authoritarianism Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, shook the world as the first invasion of a sovereign European nation since World War II.
Blog Post Mar 12, 2022 Four Years Since the Arbitrary Detention of Abdulrahman Al-Sadhan Today marks the four-year anniversary of the arbitrary detention and forced disappearance of Saudi humanitarian aid worker and online activist Abdulrahman al-Sadhan.
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.
