Blog Post Nov 28, 2024 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #51 In Turkey, through years of double-digit inflation, the state has eroded the value of the country’s largest banknote, the 200-lira bill, whose purchasing power has plummeted from $140 in 2010 to just $5.80 today.
Press Release Nov 27, 2024 HRF Submits Joint UNWGAD Petition for Thai Pro-Democracy Activist Sopon ‘Get’ Surariddhidhamrong In early November, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) and Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) submitted a joint petition to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) on behalf of Thai pro-democracy activist Sopon “Get” Surariddhidhamrong, who is serving a total prison term of eight years and six months for criticizing the Thai monarchy.
Publication Jul 26, 2024 How the NBA got into business with an African dictator In the summer of 2018, inside a national arena that felt more like a small-college gym, the NBA commissioner shot free throws with the president of Rwanda.
Publication Jul 10, 2024 26 million tons of clothing end up in China’s landfills each year, propelled by fast fashion At a factory in Zhejiang province on China’s eastern coast, two mounds of discarded cotton clothing and bed linens, loosely separated into dark and light colors, pile up on a workroom floor.
Publication Jun 12, 2024 #EndSARS human rights defender exiled after police brutality protests takes up fight against disinformation Raphael Adebayo left Nigeria under an alias after he was targeted for being one of the coordinators of the #EndSARS and #ReformPoliceNG movement now, he is tackling disinformation with a new voter education drive.
