Announcement Sep 14, 2026 HRF Co-sponsors AI Hack for Freedom III in Washington, D.C., Sept. 24–25 WASHINGTON D.C. (September 14, 2026) — The Human Rights Foundation will co-sponsor the AI Hack for Freedom III in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 24 and 25. This AI-powered hackathon, the third of its kind this year, is designed to put world-leading human rights activists as captains of teams of engineers to build powerful new tools to scale the work of the people and movements challenging authoritarianism worldwide.
Announcement Sep 10, 2026 HRF-Sponsored Report Exposes Venezuela’s Chinese AI Surveillance Deal NEW YORK (Sept. 10, 2026) — With support from the Human Rights Foundation (HRF), the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) has released a landmark research report detailing how Venezuela is poised to quickly acquire Chinese AI-enabled surveillance tools and integrate them into its systems of state control.
Press Release Sep 9, 2026 HRF Condemns WP Engine for Blocking the Tyranny Tracker in Russia at the Kremlin’s Behest NEW YORK (Sept. 9, 2026) — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the decision by Austin-based WP Engine to block access from Russia to tyrannytracker.org, the website of HRF’s Tyranny Tracker, at the demand of Roskomnadzor, the Russian Federation’s censorship agency.
Announcement Sep 8, 2026 New WSJ essay from HRF’s Alex Gladstein In a new essay for The Wall Street Journal, HRF Chief Strategy Officer Alex Gladstein examines what happens when people cannot rely on their governments or financial systems to protect their savings, access their money, or transact freely.
Blog Post Aug 31, 2026 The Evolution of Youth-led Movements in East and Southeast Asia: What’s Next? In August 2025, HRF published “Youthquake: Youth-led Movements Shaking Up East and Southeast Asia,” which examined how youth movements in Hong Kong, Burma, Thailand, the Uyghur Region, Tibet, and diaspora communities mobilized from 2019 to 2023 to demand democracy, justice, and freedom.
Blog Post Aug 25, 2026 Gao Zhen: The Long Making of Dissent In detention, Gao Zhen made pictures from paper he tore by hand: portraits of his son, the family dog, memories of New York, and biblical figures.
Announcement Aug 20, 2026 Gulf dictatorships have moved billions into global football. Now what? Shadow Play is a limited-run print magazine about football and dictators from The Signal and Human Rights Foundation (HRF).
Press Release Aug 18, 2026 HRF and Perseus Strategies Petition UN on behalf of El Salvador Lawyers Ruth López and Enrique Anaya NEW YORK (Aug. 18, 2026) — Last week, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) and Perseus Strategies submitted a complaint to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on behalf of Salvadoran lawyers Ruth López and Enrique Anaya, urging the body to declare their detention arbitrary and in violation of international law.
Announcement Aug 17, 2026 Vote to Bring HRF to SXSW 2027! Each year, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) brings the global struggle for freedom to South by Southwest (SXSW), one of the world’s largest gatherings of innovators, creators, technologists, and thought leaders in Austin, Texas.
Press Release Aug 6, 2026 Russia designates HRF as “undesirable” in response to Tyranny Tracker’s “fully authoritarian” assessment NEW YORK (Aug. 6, 2026) — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the decision by the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation to officially designate HRF and its work as “undesirable.”
Press Release Aug 5, 2026 HRF Petitions UN in Case of Dr. Mahrang Baloch NEW YORK (Aug. 5, 2026) — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF), Freedom House, and Hindus for Human Rights (HfHR) filed a petition with the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) on behalf of renowned Baloch human rights defender, Dr. Mahrang Baloch, who is serving a life sentence in Pakistan.
Blog Post Aug 4, 2026 Don’t Be Fooled: How To Vet Ethical Brands Understanding whether a brand is truly ethical and focused on impact, especially when it comes to avoiding forced labor and exploitative labor practices, is not easy.
Srdja Popović Expert in nonviolent resistance and founder of the Center for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies (CANVAS)
