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.
Publication Jun 18, 2023 Designer and activist Louise Xin urges us to ‘wear our values’ with her latest fashion show Two years after the designer’s first show and Vogue Scandinavia debut, we catch up with Louise Xin as she continues to change the world one dress at a time
Publication Jun 16, 2023 We Want to Live! The Voice of Ukrainian Women… Lisa Yasko is a member of Ukraine’s Parliament, the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Interparliamentary Cooperation, and the Ukrainian Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
Publication Jun 13, 2023 The Long Game – HRF x The Signal For 17 years, democracy has been in decline globally. According to Freedom House, a Washington-based research organization founded in 1941, not only has the number of democracies dropped; the democratic health of many countries that remain democracies—including the biggest among them, the United States and India—has deteriorated as well.
Publication Jun 13, 2023 Russians speak out against Putin’s invasion Russian chess master Garry Kasparov and Evgenia Kara-Murza, wife of jailed opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza, talk to CNN Chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour about Vladimir Putin’s tight grip on Russian society.
Publication Jun 8, 2023 Rattle and Hum – HRF x The Signal After the 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died in custody, following her arrest by Iran’s Guidance Patrol—the morality police—for “improperly” wearing her hijab head covering, fierce protests spread across the country.
Publication Nov 29, 2022 ‘Chinese Banksy’ hits Miami streets An artist from China launched a five-part collection of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on Tuesday that use the 2022 Winter Olympics as imagery to protest China’s oppression, lack of transparency regarding COVID-19 and the dismantling of democracy in Hong Kong, according to the dedicated site for the collection.
Publication Aug 16, 2022 Saudi woman given 34-year prison sentence for using Twitter Salma al-Shehab, a Leeds University student, was charged with following and retweeting dissidents and activists
Publication Jun 7, 2022 Human rights advocates tell Congress bitcoin is essential in countries with ‘collapsing’ currencies A week after prominent technologists publicly slammed crypto for being too risky and unproven in a letter to Congress, human rights advocates from around the world have sent a rebuttal to U.S. lawmakers defending digital assets for the access they provide to people in countries where “local currencies are collapsing, broken, or cut off from the outside world.”
Publication May 24, 2022 Rally for Belarus Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is a former presidential candidate and the leader of the national democratic movement in Belarus. According to unofficial results, she received the most votes in Belarus’ presidential election in August 2020.
Publication May 24, 2022 On the Frontlines of Freedom Oleksandra Matviichuk is a human rights defender who works on issues in Ukraine and the OSCE region.
Publication Apr 15, 2022 Who Burned Down the Sculpture of Xi Jinping at a California Park? Federal prosecutors say Weiming Chen’s ‘CCP Virus’ was destroyed by men working for China.
Publication Mar 15, 2022 Video shows anti-war Russian protester expressing fear about speaking up before arrest A video showing Russian police arresting two women during a protest on March 13 has gone viral.
Publication Feb 25, 2022 Ukraine’s Defense—and Hacktivists—Have Raised Over $4M in Cryptocurrency Cryptocurrency may never have fulfilled its promise as the quotidian currency for buying a cup of coffee.
Publication Feb 9, 2022 Why Are People Boycotting the 2022 Winter Olympics? The U.S. and nine other countries are carrying out a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics. It’s a symbolic gesture, but what obligation do regular people have to boycott by not tuning in?
Publication Feb 1, 2022 Chinese Artist Wields Digital Olympic Imagery to Protest Own Country Badiucao’s wild poster campaign focuses on country’s human rights violations
Publication Nov 23, 2021 American Kleptocracy: How the U.S. Created the World’s Greatest Money Laundering Scheme in History How the U.S. Created the World’s Greatest Money Laundering Scheme in History
Publication Nov 16, 2021 A Free Belarus on the Horizon A conversation between Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and HRF Chairman Garry Kasparov about how dictator Alexander Lukashenko stole the 2020 presidential election, how Belarus rose up, and how she has been advocating around the world for the release of political prisoners, an end to political violence, and free and fair elections in Belarus.
Publication Nov 9, 2021 Justin Bieber Slammed by Human Rights Activists Ahead of Saudi Arabia Concert Justin Bieber is being accused by a human rights organization chaired by former chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov of becoming a “pawn” of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman if he performs in Saudi Arabia next month.
Publication Jun 10, 2021 Exposición digital de artistas del Movimiento San Isidro reivindica el arte como forma de resistencia Bajo el título “Arte en resistencia”, el Centro para la Apertura y el Desarrollo de América Latina (CADAL), en conjunto con el programa Art in Protest (Arte en Protesta) de Human Rights Foundation (Fundación para los Derechos Humanos), inauguró este 3 de octubre una exposición digital que reúne obras de diversos artistas integrantes del Movimiento San Isidro (MSI) y las presenta mediante una experiencia virtual en 3D.
