Press Release Mar 13, 2023 HRF Brings Discounted Lives Installation to SXSW The annual South by Southwest (SXSW) conference is underway in Austin, Texas, celebrating the latest in tech, film, music, education, and culture. The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) and Le Truc, a creative collective within Publicis Groupe, are there to bring human rights to the forefront of discussions.
Press Release Mar 2, 2023 HRF in Times Square: End Uyghur Forced Labor in the Fashion Industry On Monday, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) launched a new ad campaign in the heart of Times Square, bringing awareness to the prevalence of Uyghur forced labor within the fashion industry.
Press Release Feb 22, 2023 HRF Announces New Grants for North Korean Human Rights The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is pleased to announce five grants to help strengthen the work of civil society organizations in South Korea focused on improving North Korean human rights, education, and resettlement.
Press Release Feb 1, 2023 HRF Succeeds in Joint UN Petition: Cuba Condemned for Detention of Artists Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara & Hamlet Lavastida The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) issued an opinion concluding that the June 2021 and July 2021 arrests of Cuban artists Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and Hamlet Lavastida, respectively, were arbitrary and violated international law.
Press Release Jan 23, 2023 HRF Condemns the Assassination of Thulani Maseko in Eswatini The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) mourns the death of renowned Swazi human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko and calls for a credible, independent investigation into his assassination on Jan. 21, 2023.
Press Release Dec 20, 2022 HRF Bitcoin Development Fund Grants $325,000 to 12 Projects on 5 Continents The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is pleased to announce its latest round of gifts from its Bitcoin Development Fund, focusing on core development, building worldwide communities, improving privacy technology, and global education.
Press Release Nov 3, 2022 Ahead of COP27 Climate Summit, HRF Condemns Pakistan’s Catastrophic Response to Latest Natural Disaster The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) strongly condemns Pakistan’s ineffective response to the severe floods that have left more than a third of the country underwater.
Press Release Oct 28, 2022 HRF Submits Joint Petition on Saudi Activist Salma Al-Shehab This week, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF), MENA Rights Group, The Freedom Initiative, and ALQST for Human Rights submitted a joint petition to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) on behalf of the Ph.D. student and women’s rights activist Salma Al-Shehab.
Press Release Oct 12, 2022 HRF Applauds Rejection of Venezuela’s Regime from UN Human Rights Council Yesterday, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) rejected Venezuela’s government in its election to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
Press Release Sep 28, 2022 HRF Urges Congress to Impose Sanctions on Hong Kong Individuals Involved in Apple Daily Raids NEW YORK (September 28, 2022) — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF), in collaboration with the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong (CFHK), sent a joint letter to Congress urging them to impose sanctions upon Hong Kong individuals and Chinese government officials involved in the raids and closure of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy newspaper, Apple Daily.
Press Release Sep 6, 2022 HRF Bitcoin Development Fund grants $325,000 to projects worldwide NEW YORK (September 6, 2022) – The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is pleased to announce its latest round of gifts from its Bitcoin Development Fund, focusing on censorship-resistant donations, core development, open-source self-custody, chaumian e-cash, and global education.
Press Release Aug 24, 2022 HRF to Saudi Arabia: Let American Mother & Daughter Return Home The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) calls on Saudi Arabia to repeal its oppressive male guardianship laws and to allow women to exercise basic civil rights without the permission of their male guardians.
Press Release Aug 22, 2022 HRF Report: Human Trafficking in Cuba’s Medical Missions The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) has published a new report addressing Cuba’s state-sponsored human trafficking scheme, run through a decades-long program of international medical missions.
Press Release Aug 18, 2022 HRF Condemns the Exploitation of War-Torn Syria for Film The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) denounces the use of war-torn Syrian cities as locations for films sponsored by the Assad regime and its authoritarian allies.
Press Release Aug 1, 2022 HRF Condemns the Attempted Assassination of Iranian Activist Masih Alinejad The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the apparent assassination attempt against Iranian women’s rights activist and former Oslo Freedom Forum speaker Masih Alinejad.
Press Release Jul 27, 2022 Carine Kanimba & John Scott-Railton to Testify Before U.S. Congress Today, Oslo Freedom Forum community members Carine Kanimba, daughter of jailed Hotel Rwanda hero Paul Rusesabagina, and John Scott-Railton, a renowned cybersecurity expert and Senior Researcher at The Citizen Lab, will be testifying in an public hearing before the U.S. House Intelligence Committee.
Press Release Jul 19, 2022 Angola’s Dos Santos Died, Leaves Legacy of Kleptocracy NEW YORK (July 19, 2022) — José Eduardo dos Santos, Angola’s former dictator, died on July 8 in a Barcelona hospital after a long illness.
Press Release Jul 18, 2022 HRF Expresses Concern Over the Arrest of Journalist and Activist Marina Ovsyannikova The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) expresses grave concern over the arrest of Ukrainian-born Russian journalist and activist Marina Ovsyannikova.
Press Release Jun 28, 2022 HRF Launches Defund Dictators Tool The Human Rights Foundation (HRF), in partnership with Life+Liberty Indexes, is proud to announce the launch of the Defund Dictators Tool.
