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Announcing the 2023 Havel Prize Laureates

Cuban Art Exhibition at the Oslo Freedom Forum

Oslo Freedom Forum Program Now Available!

Meet Oslo Freedom Forum Speaker Abraham Jiménez Enoa

Belarus Art Exhibit at the 2023 Oslo Freedom Forum

Meet Oslo Freedom Forum Speaker Víctor Navarro

Why Russia’s War is Genocide in Plain Sight

Zara Larsson to Perform at the 2023 Oslo Freedom Forum

Meet Oslo Freedom Forum Speaker Mzwandile Masuku

Taken – HRF x The Signal

Meet Oslo Freedom Forum Speaker Hanna Liubakova

Authoritarian Alliances: Russian Influence in Latin America

Authoritarian Alliances: Chinese Influence in Latin America

HRF Bitcoin Development Fund Grants $455,000 to 12 Projects Worldwide

Thailand Election: A New Beginning or Political Déjà Vu?

Meet HRF Freedom Fellow Manasseh Mathiang

Horror Behind Enemy Lines: Ukrainians in Russian-Occupied Territories

World Press Freedom Day

Meet Oslo Freedom Forum Speaker Malcolm Bidali

How Alexander Lukashenko Targets the Women of Belarus

HRF Welcomes Combating Kleptocracy Program Head Casey Michel

Meet Oslo Freedom Forum Speaker Pastor Kim

What’s Happening In China’s Concentration Camps? Q&A with Uyghur Camp Survivors

Meet HRF Freedom Fellow Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal

Red-Tagging in the Philippines: A License to Kill

Like, Tweet, & Torment: Activists Push Back

Like, Tweet, & Torment: Exposing Atrocities on Social Media

Like, Tweet, & Torment: Repression by Proxy

Like, Tweet, & Torment: Authoritarian Troll Farms

Like, Tweet, & Torment Transnational Repression in the Digital Age

Freedom in Focus: HRF Spring Newsletter

HRF’s 2023 Q1 Media Highlights

Women at the Forefront of Democracy: Mobilizing Women and Youth in Madagascar

Women at the Forefront of Democracy: Combatting Oppressive Laws in Saudi Arabia

Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine – What’s a Court in the Hague Got to Do With It?

Meet Freedom Fellow Vanessa Tsehaye

Women at the Forefront of Democracy: Strength in Eastern Europe

World Water Day: Water Insecurity in the MENA Region

Women at the Forefront of Democracy: Promoting Freedom in Latin America

Women at the Forefront of Democracy: Tackling the Military Regime in Thailand

HRF Brings Discounted Lives Installation to SXSW

Standing Against Digital Dictatorships

HRF in Times Square: End Uyghur Forced Labor in the Fashion Industry

February 24, One Year Later: Hope on the Humanitarian Front

February 24, One Year Later: Repression in Russia

February 24, One Year Later: Putin’s Playbook

HRF Announces New Grants for North Korean Human Rights

HRF Bitcoin Development Fund grants 2 billion satoshis to 10 projects worldwide

This World Day of Social Justice, Stand with Activists Standing Up to Authoritarianism

One Month Until HRF Returns to South by Southwest (SXSW)

Crises Compounded in a Forgotten Dictatorship

HRF Op-Ed: ‘Women, life, freedom’: Chants of protest in Iran

Meet HRF Freedom Fellow Pema Doma

Two Years After the Coup, Burma’s Struggle for Democracy Continues

HRF Succeeds in Joint UN Petition: Cuba Condemned for Detention of Artists Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara & Hamlet Lavastida

Introducing HRF’s 2022 Annual Report

Champion of Solidarity: African Democracy Defenders Standing With Ukraine

HRF Condemns the Assassination of Thulani Maseko in Eswatini

International Day of Education: An Afghan Woman’s Crime to Learn

HRF Op-Ed: Bolivia’s Jailing Opposition Leaders on Absurd ‘Terrorism’ Charges

HRF’s Recommended Reads for 2023

Trials in Absentia: Lukashenko’s Latest Act of Repression

Meet HRF Freedom Fellow Volya Vysotskaia

HRF Op-Ed: From Egypt, Sisi’s Long Arm of Repression Targets Americans Too

HRF Report: Authoritarianism and Human Trafficking

Celebrating an Impactful 2022

Champion of the Forgotten: The Overlooked Dictatorships of Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos

Champion of Democracy: Combatting Authoritarianism in Latin America

Champion of Courage: How Ukraine is Fighting For its Future

Champion of Freedom: The Fearless Women of Iran & Afghanistan

HRF Bitcoin Development Fund Grants $325,000 to 12 Projects on 5 Continents

HRF Op-Ed: The Plight of Political Dissident Jimmy Lai

Thank you for supporting HRF in 2022!

At HRF, Every Day is International Human Rights Day

HRF Op-Ed: Hollywood Should Stand with Protesters against China’s Oppression

Join HRF at SXSW 2023

2022 Media Highlights Booklet

Press Freedom: A Right, Yet Democratic Luxury

A Recap of the 2022 Oslo Freedom Forum in Taiwan

Enforced Disappearances: The Silenced Truths of Burma

The Cost of Defending the Environment in Latin America

Join HRF and Block for a Virtual Event on Financial Freedom this Monday, Nov. 7

Ahead of COP27 Climate Summit, HRF Condemns Pakistan’s Catastrophic Response to Latest Natural Disaster

HRF Submits Joint Petition on Saudi Activist Salma Al-Shehab

HRF Applauds Rejection of Venezuela’s Regime from UN Human Rights Council

OFF Speakers Oleksandra Matviichuk & Ales Bialiatski Awarded Nobel Peace Prize

HRF’s 2022 Q3 Media Highlights Booklet

HRF Urges Congress to Impose Sanctions on Hong Kong Individuals Involved in Apple Daily Raids

El Creciente Autoritarismo de Bukele en El Salvador

The Time for Democracy is Now

HRF Welcomes Flash Drives for Freedom New Program Lead

HRF Bitcoin Development Fund grants $325,000 to projects worldwide

No Girl Left Behind: A Year of HRF’s Commitment to the People of Afghanistan

Enforced Disappearances: A Crime Without a Trace

HRF to Saudi Arabia: Let American Mother & Daughter Return Home

Bukele’s Authoritarian Path in El Salvador

HRF Report: Human Trafficking in Cuba’s Medical Missions

HRF Condemns the Exploitation of War-Torn Syria for Film

Vote for HRF Panels at SXSW!

Why We Must Remember Belarus in 2022

Resident Artist Spotlight: Lilia Kvatsabaya

HRF Condemns the Attempted Assassination of Iranian Activist Masih Alinejad

Authoritarianism Lies at the Heart of Human Trafficking

HRF Speaks at the Commonwealth Club

Announcing The 2022 Oslo Freedom Forum In New York

Carine Kanimba & John Scott-Railton to Testify Before U.S. Congress

The 10th Anniversary of Oswaldo Payá’s Death

Belarus’ Lukashenko is Challenging International Norms. We Must Stop Him.

Angola’s Dos Santos Died, Leaves Legacy of Kleptocracy

Celebrating Our Impact: Mid-Year Update on HRF’s Programs

President Biden to Meet with Saudi Dictator Tomorrow

One Year Anniversary of the 2021 Protests: Repression and Hope in Cuba

HRF’s 2022 Q2 Media Highlights Booklet

HRF Launches Defund Dictators Tool

Key Takeaways from HRF at the 2022 RightsCon

Looking back at the 2022 Oslo Freedom Forum

Art in Protest at the 2022 Oslo Freedom Forum

HRF Wins a Cannes Lions Award

Turkey: HRF Denounces Erdoğan’s Threats to Enes Kanter Freedom

HRF Condemns UN Human Rights Commissioner Michelle Bachelet’s Complicity

Check Out HRF at the 2022 RightsCon Online!

HRF condemns sham trials against Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and Maykel ‘Osorbo’ Castillo

Art in Protest Residency: Transmuting Borders

Presenting Art & Film at the 2022 Oslo Freedom Forum

Hong Kong: HRF Condemns Arbitrary Arrest of Denise Ho and Colleagues

Refugees, Human Trafficking, and Authoritarianism

HRF Announces the 2022 Havel Prize Laureates

HRF Wins Two Webby Awards

HRF Bitcoin Development Fund grants 500 million satoshis to projects worldwide

New Report: Framing Justice in Syria

U.S. Government Should Maintain Targeted Sanctions Against Venezuelan Dictator Nicolás Maduro and His Cronies

New OFF 2022 Speakers Announced

HRF Mourns the Passing of Ghanaian Economist and Freedom Champion George Ayittey

HRF at SXSW 2022 Recap

HRF’s Yeonmi Park and Alex Gladstein to Speak on the BTC2022 Mainstage

HRF and Seetee Present the Financial Freedom Track at OFF 2022

Introducing the 2022 Oslo Freedom Forum Interactive Programming

HRF’s 2022 Q1 Media Highlights Booklet

Presenting the Human Rights Foundation’s 2021 Annual Report

OFF 2022: New Speakers Announced

HRF Condemns Sham Trials of Opposition Figures in Nicaragua

Announcing the 2022 Oslo Freedom Forum Theme: Champion of Change

Aker’s Seetee to partner with the Oslo Freedom Forum

HRF’s Alex Gladstein Publishes New Book

Four Years Since the Arbitrary Detention of Abdulrahman Al-Sadhan

HRF Launches Ukraine Solidarity Fund

HRF Welcomes Release of Saudi Writer and Activist Raif Badawi

Meet the 2022 Oslo Freedom Forum Speakers

HRF Urges the United States to Stand for Democracy and Not Betray the People of Venezuela

A PutinCon Retrospective

Announcing PutinCon Live: Join Garry Kasparov, Yulia Marushevska, and Anne Applebaum for Inaugural Conversation

How To Support Ukrainians

Russia Invades Ukraine. Democratic Nations Should Make Putin Pay.

HRF Announces 2022 Oslo Freedom Forum Hackathon

Kazakhstan in Context: Cult of Personality

Kazakhstan in Context: A Repressive State

Kazakhstan in Context: Corrupt to the Core

This Fashion Week, Uyghur Forced Labor is En Vogue

Celebrated Human Rights Activist Hervé Mombo Kinga Dies in Gabon

HRF Co-Hosts Rally in Washington DC to Condemn the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

Join HRF at the 2022 South by Southwest (SXSW)!

HRF Announces Tammam Azzam and Khalid Albaih as Art in Protest Artists-in-Residence

The Ignorance and Reluctance of the Rich and the Famous

HRF Succeeds in UN Petition — Russia and Tajikistan Condemned for Kidnapping, Unlawful Detention of Sharofiddin Gadoev

HRF Condemns Deadly Government Violence in Kazakhstan

HRF announces 425 million satoshis of new Bitcoin Development Fund gifts

HRF & Lantos to Democracies: Leave Your Olympic Box Seats Empty in Protest

HRF to the Hong Kong Government: Immediately Release Activist Denise Ho

‘60 Minutes’ Tonight: HRF Havel Prize Laureate Badiucao

Strike x HRF: Lightning Bounty Challenge

Igniting the Truth on Transnational Repression

Igniting the Truth Against Authoritarian Sportswashing

Igniting the Truth on Corruption

HRF Launches New Tool to Raise Awareness About Brands Linked to Uyghur Forced Labor

HRF Announces New Partnership to Support Independent Media in Belarus

Save the Date: 2022 Oslo Freedom Forum!

HRF Applauds Biden Administration’s Diplomatic Boycott of 2022 Beijing Olympics

Watch the 2021 Oslo Freedom Forum Speaker Talks

Badiucao x Human Rights Foundation Takes Over Art Basel in Miami Beach

HRF’s 2021 Media Highlights

HRF to Justin Bieber: Cancel Performance in Saudi Arabia

HRF Havel Prize Laureate Badiucao Makes Headlines

Looking Back at the 2021 Oslo Freedom Forum

HRF Condemns Military Coup, Crackdown, and Internet Shutdown in Sudan

OFF 2021 In the News

HRF’s Bitcoin Development Fund announces 375 million satoshis across 10 Q3 Gifts

HRF Succeeds in UN Petition against Tanzania

HRF Succeeds in UN Petition Against Cuba

Announcing a Speech by Alexey Navalny at the 2021 Oslo Freedom Forum

New HRF Report: The CCP’s 100 Years of Suppression

Unraveling China’s Attempts to Hinder Academic Freedom: Confucius Institutes

HRF to Samantha Bee: Do Not Whitewash Rwanda’s Crimes Against Refugees

HRF Brings UN Attention to Rights Abuses in Venezuela, Uganda, and Zimbabwe

HRF Supports Cubans’ Demand for Freedom, Condemns Regime’s Call for Violence

HRF Announces the Art in Protest Residency Program

Cult of Personality in Turkmenistan

HRF Succeeds in UN Petition — Laos Condemned for Detention of Houayheung “Muay” Xayabouly

HRF Campaign: Don’t Buy Clothes Made With Violence

HRF Calls on the OAS to Apply Democracy Clause to Ortega’s Nicaragua

HRF Urges G7 to Address Human Rights Violations in North Korea During Cornwall Summit

Announcing the 2021 Oslo Freedom Forum on October 4-5!

Alex Gladstein Interviews Square and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey

HRF Bitcoin Development Fund makes $210,000 in gifts

HRF Calls For the Release of Abdulrahman Al-Sadhan on His Birthday

HRF & Lantos to Olympics: Don’t Invite Dictators to the Opening Ceremonies

HRF to NBA: Don’t Play Ball With Rwanda’s Warmonger

HRF Joins Coalition Calling on President Biden to Help Facilitate Lifting the Travel Ban on Loujain al-Hathloul

Biden and Moon Administrations Must Prioritize North Korean Human Rights

HRF Joins Coalition Calling For the Release of Abdulrahman Al-Sadhan

The Real Reformers of Saudi Arabia

Join HRF’s Event at Harvard: “Genocide in the 21st Century: The Uyghur Crisis”

Chinese Communist Party: Stop Coercing Family of Uyghur Journalist Gulchehra Hoja

HRF & Vanguard Africa to Akon: Invest in Ugandans, Not Museveni’s Dictatorship

HRF Raises $500,000 to Support Democracy in Belarus

Is The End Near For Viktor Orbán?

Tanzania’s President John Magufuli Has Died, Leaves Legacy of Repression

HRF Is Heading To South by Southwest Today

HRF and CPJ Host Event on Press Freedom and Spyware

HRF to Pentathlon Championships: Don’t Run With el-Sisi’s Brutal Regime

Maduro’s Responsibility for Venezuelan Crisis Needs to Be Unequivocally Acknowledged, Not Whitewashed, by UN Special Rapporteur

New HRF gifts to support Bitcoin development, open source wallets, privacy education, and internships

HRF Commends Release of Jamal Khashoggi Murder Report; MBS Must Be Held Accountable

HRF Mourns the Passing of Norwegian Human Rights Advocate Ivar Amundsen

HRF Featured On The GREAT Podcast

Presenting HRF’s 2020 Annual Report

Dictatorship Sows Division in Nagorno-Karabakh

Report: The Impact of Foreign Investment on Human Rights in Laos

Protest Runway: The Use of Color & Fashion in Global Pro-Democracy Movements

HRF to MTV Africa: Don’t Partner with Uganda’s Murderous Regime

After Navalny’s Conviction, It’s Time for the Biden Administration to Act

HRF to Biden Administration: Focus on Worst Human Rights Offenders

Military Coup Returns Burma to Full Dictatorship

The Last Internet Shutdowns

What’s Happening in Xinjiang? Q&A With Uyghur Activist Jewher Ilham

HRF In The News: 2021 Media Highlights

HRF Welcomes Biden Administration’s Commitment to Releasing Khashoggi Report

HRF to International Ice Hockey Federation Council: Don’t Legitimize Dictatorship in Belarus

Is Saudi Arabia’s Kafala System Truly Reformed?

In Pursuit of Freedom: A Year of Global Protest Art

HRF Announces New Recipients of Gemini-Backed Bitcoin Development Fund

HRF Film THE DISSIDENT Available Now on VOD

Hong Kong Arrests Dozens of Pro-Democracy Figures in a Mass Raid

Khashoggi doc, too explosive for streaming, debuts on-demand (AP)

Challenges & Triumphs of 2020: Women-Led Protest Movements Advance

Challenges & Triumphs of 2020: Whitewashing Enables Dictators, Fans Fight Back

Challenges & Triumphs of 2020: Challenging Tyranny Through Creativity

Challenges & Triumphs of 2020: Technology Emerges As A Tool for Tyrants (and Dissidents)

Challenges & Triumphs of 2020: Authoritarians Weaponize COVID-19

What’s Happening in Hong Kong? Q&A With HK Activist Johnson Yeung

HRF to UN: Investigate the Arbitrary Detention of Lao Activist Houayheung Xayabouly

ICC Releases New Report Regarding Maduro Regime’s Crimes Against Humanity

South Korean Government Criminalizes North Korean Human Rights Activism

HRF Film “The Dissident” Is Coming To A Screen Near You

Data Collection & Censorship in the Coronavirus Outbreak

New HRF Report: The State of Activism in the Arab World

Crackdown on Hong Kong’s Pro-Democracy Activists Accelerates with New Charges and Sentencing

Cuba: Stop Criminalizing Freedom of Speech and Artistic Expression

HRF announces two Bitcoin Development Fund updates: new gift to Gloria Zhao and partnership with Gemini

State-Sponsored Hacking: Russia, Saudi Arabia, and North Korea

Hong Kong: HRF Sends UN Urgent Appeal to Condemn National Security Law

In memory of Raed Fares, 1972-2018

HRF Submits Joint Petition to UN on Maduro’s Persecution of Judge Afiuni

HRF Urges Participants to Withdraw from Saudi-Sponsored Summit

Key Takeaways from HRF’s Event Series on China, AI, and Human Rights

Protecting and Advancing LGBTQI Rights Globally

HRF to Ladies European Tour: Cancel Tournament in Saudi Arabia

Thailand: HRF Condemns State Violence Against Peaceful Protesters

The Telegram Revolution in Belarus

Malawi: Against Background of Global Declines, Democracy Scores A Win

Looking Back at the 2020 Oslo Freedom Forum

HRF Program Wins W3 Design Award

Oppose Russia’s Election to the UN Human Rights Council

HRF Opposes Election of Authoritarian Regimes to UN’s Top Human Rights Body

HRF Welcomes Sudan’s Release of Artists Jailed for Mixed-Gender Theater Workshop

2020 Havel Prize Laureates from China, Saudi Arabia, and Rwanda Announced

Authoritarianism Rising on International Day of Democracy

HRF to Disney: Speak Out About Chinese Oppression and Donate Mulan Profits

HRF and Stanford University’s Hoover Institution Launch Event Series

HRF Film THE DISSIDENT Set For Theatrical and VOD Release

Tanzania Must Free Theodory Giyan

Cuba Must Free Prisoner of Conscience Keilylli de la Mora

HRF Condemns Poisoning of Russian Opposition’s Alexei Navalny

HRF Launches Belarus Solidarity Fund

It’s Time to Wear Our Values

HRF Sends Letters to Belarusian Security Officers Accused of Crimes Against Humanity

HRF Urges Canada, U.K., to Join Global Magnitsky Sanctions Against Chinese Officials Responsible for Violating the Rights of Uyghurs

Announcing the 2020 Oslo Freedom Forum

Documentary: Lifelines

Belarus: Rigged Elections Spark Mass Protests and Crackdown on Protesters

Vietnam’s COVID Success Belies Escalating Crackdown on Rights

Hip Hop Artist Tyga Cancels Dictator-Sponsored Concert

Tyga Cancels Belarus Concert Criticized as “Propaganda Stunt” (Hollywood Reporter)

Second Round of Bitcoin DevFund Grants Announced

HRF Urges Hip Hop Artist Tyga to Cancel Dictator-Sponsored Concert in Belarus

The State of Protest: Russia, Egypt, Bolivia, Iraq, Guinea, and Iran

The State of Protest: Sudan, Venezuela, Zimbabwe, Nicaragua, Algeria, and Hong Kong

Uncovering The Links Between Authoritarianism and Human Trafficking

Celebrated Human Rights Activist Dies in Detention in Kyrgyzstan

HRF Petitions The UN Regarding Venezuela’s Use of Torture to Intimidate Judges and Lawyers

HRF at RightsCon: Defending The Defenders

Op-Ed: The Dishonest and Irresponsible Wasp Network

Announcing HRF’s 2019 Annual Report

HRF Submits Urgent Appeal to the U.N. to Free Human Rights Activist Detained in Kyrgyzstan

HRF Wins Arbitrary Detention Case Against Tajikistan and Russia

Hong Kong’s National Security Law: The Nail in the Coffin for One Country, Two Systems

Belarus: Arrests of Opposition Leaders Spark Mass Protests

Introducing HRF’s new podcast: Dissidents and Dictators

Cuba: 60 Years of Revolution, 60 Years of Oppression

Activism In A Time of Pandemic

Op-Ed: Corporate America stands against injustices — except those ‘Made in China’

HRF Urges South Korean Government to Respect Freedom of Expression

Announcing HRF’s Bitcoin Development Fund

Report: Corporate Intimidation & Censorship in China

Op-Ed: In Hong Kong, Remembering Tiananmen Is Now Forbidden

Looking Back On The Tiananmen Massacre: June 4 Live Event

Remembering Shady Habash: A Victim of Egypt’s Horrific Prison Conditions

Op-Ed: The Other Hong Kong — Will China’s Democratic Enclave Become Just Like The Mainland?

Op-Ed: Premier League Cannot Risk Turning A Blind Eye Over Newcastle Takeover

Flash Drives For Freedom Wins Webby Award

Burundi Elections Proceed Despite Coronavirus Outbreak

All COVIDCon Videos Available Now

SXSW Virtual Panel: Protest In The Age of Surveillance

Op-Ed: Pro-Democracy Legislators in Hong Kong Need International Support

Cameroon Pressures University To Fire Anglophone-Rights Advocate and Lecturer

LGBT Community Under Increasing Pressure in Morocco

Flash Drives for Freedom Nominated for Webby Award

Repression and Persecution Under Tajikistan’s Authoritarian Regime

Response to Associated Press from Garry Kasparov

HRF to Premier League: Reject Saudi Takeover of Newcastle United

Vietnamese Activist Tran Duc Thach Arrested, Beaten, and Detained for Facebook Post

Chinese Dissident Dr. Yang Jianli Describes China’s Authoritarian Censorship and Surveillance

8 Questions with Ai Weiwei: Art and Dissent in China

Release Iran’s Imprisoned Women Leaders

Oslo Freedom Forum Speakers Ji Seong-ho and Thae Kumin Elected to South Korea’s National Assembly

Hong Kong Government Targets Pro-Democracy Activists Amid COVID-19

The Pandemic is No Excuse For Authoritarian Crackdowns

Free Prisoners of Conscience Before It’s Too Late

Announcing COVIDCon: April 13-14, 2020

Hong Kong’s government must end arbitrary arrests

Russia’s latest amendments to its Constitution are anything but constitutional

Elections Under Authoritarian Regimes: Azerbaijan and Iran

Using fashion as silent protest in North Korea

Rule of law is under attack in Hong Kong

Dictatorships Are Making the Coronavirus Outbreak Worse (Wired)

The 2020 Oslo Freedom Forum is postponed

Burma: Release arbitrarily detained performers

Announcing the 2020 Oslo Freedom Forum speakers

College Freedom Forum returns to Guatemala

Authoritarian regimes are ill-equipped for public health emergencies

Bringing human rights to center stage at South by Southwest

HRF to Ladies European Tour: Cancel Tournament in Saudi Arabia

HRF Mourns The Passing Of Lina Ben Mhenni

Street protests vs. authoritarianism: from 2019 to the decade ahead

Iran’s Leaders Must be Held Accountable For Killings of Hundreds of Dissidents

In memory of Raed Fares, 1972-2018

Bolivia’s Government Must Exercise Maximum Restraint in the Use of Force, and Call for Elections Immediately

Bolivia’s authoritarian leader resigns after widespread protests triggered by election fraud

Líder autoritario de Bolivia renuncia luego de protestas masivas motivadas por elección fraudulenta

HRF opposes the election of human rights abusers to the UN’s Human Rights Council

Iraq: Stop The Violence Against Protesters

North Korea: Sympathizers of the Dictatorship to Hold Concert in New York City Celebrating the ‘Dear Leader’

Bolivia: HRF Condemns President Morales’ Role in Forest Fires

HRF Mourns the Passing of Suleiman Bakhit

Human Trafficking Has a Hidden Cause — and It’s on the Rise Worldwide

Saudi Arabia Spends Millions to Add Last-Minute Performers Janet Jackson, 50 Cent, and Others to the Jeddah “World Fest”

HRF Urges Liam Payne to Follow Nicki Minaj: Cancel Performance in Saudi Arabia

Nicki Minaj pulls out of concert in Saudi Arabia ‘after better educating myself on the issues’ (Washington Post)

HRF to Nicki Minaj: Cancel Show in Saudi Arabia

Announcing the 2019 Oslo Freedom Forum in Taiwan

How Bitcoin Can Help In The Fight For Human Rights (Forbes)

The Collapse of the Rule of Law and Human Rights in Turkey

HRF Demands Release of Nonviolent Activists in Zimbabwe

HRF announces the Freedom Fellowship

Manal al-Sharif Responds to Invitation from Saudi Embassy

Manal al-Sharif’s “Freedom Drive” #IDrive4Freedom

Statement on Syariah Penal Code in Brunei

HRF to Exhibit Dissident Art at 2019 Oslo Freedom Forum

Whistleblower detained after exposing Mauritanian President’s Ponzi scheme

Announcing Manal al-Sharif’s Freedom Drive Campaign

HRF entregó primer Premio Rómulo Betancourt a la Diplomacia Democrática

Egyptian Photojournalist Shawkan Released After Five Years in Arbitrary Detention

HRF’s statement on North Korea and Otto Warmbier

HRF to UN Special Rapporteur: Defend the Free Speech of North Korean Defectors and Human Rights Activists in South Korea

Maduro Regime Must Refrain from Violence and Allow Humanitarian Aid

HRF anuncia entrega del primer Premio Rómulo Betancourt a la Diplomacia Democrática

TIME Person of the Year Maria Ressa Arrested in the Philippines

HRF Chairman Garry Kasparov Recognizes Juan Guaidó as the Acting President of Venezuela

HRF Urges World-Renowned Artists to Cancel Concert in Saudi Arabia

Venezuela: HRF Welcomes International Recognition of Juan Guaidó as President

Why Bitcoin Matters for Freedom

Enes Kanter: Anyone who speaks out against Erdogan is a target. That includes me.

Jamal Khashoggi’s Oslo Freedom Forum reflections

UN Elects Dictatorships to Human Rights Council Yet Again

Journalist Jamal Khashoggi Allegedly Killed for Criticism of Saudi Prince

HRF Congratulates Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and OFF Speaker Denis Mukwege 

HRF to UN: Investigate Arbitrary Arrests in Cambodia and Iran

#ErdoganOut: HRF ad campaign condemns Erdogan during UNGA

Maldives: Opposition Candidate Wins Election, Ending Yameen’s Authoritarian Rule

HRF Celebrates the International Day of Democracy

Cambodia: opposition leader Kem Sokha released from prison

North Korea Denounces Flash Drives for Freedom

HRF pide a la CIDH promover aplicación de la cláusula democrática a Bolivia

Bolivia: HRF Urges IAHCR to Stop Evo Morales’ Authoritarian Power Grabs

Burundi Sentences Nonviolent Activist to Five Years in Prison

Press Release — China Denies Visa to Reporter and OFF Speaker Megha Rajagopalan

Hong Kong activist decries 'colonial invasion' in defiant speech

Press Release — HRF Calls on Ecuador to Reform Draconian Communications Law

Comunicado — Ecuador: HRF envía informes a Relator Especial y Asamblea Nacional

Belarus Detains 18 Journalists in Raids at Independent Outlets

Photographer charged as police crackdown in Bangladesh intensifies

Saudi Arabia expels Canadian ambassador after arrests of Saudi activists

Comoros leader says wins vote to extend presidential term limits

Taiwan, ‘Still Fighting’ for Democracy, Gets Nod to Host Human Rights Event (NYTimes)

Saudi Arabia Detains More Women’s Rights Activists

Google Plans to Launch Censored Search Engine in China, Leaked Documents Reveal

In Cambodia, Dissenting Voters Find Ways to Say ‘None of the Above’

Elections in Zimbabwe and Cambodia Violate Democratic Standards

Elections in Zimbabwe and Cambodia Violate Democratic Standards – HRF.org

The Taliban Couldn't Quash This Pakistani Squash Champ

Inside Nicaragua’s Protest Movement

Six Years After Oswaldo Payá’s Death, His Family is Still Waiting for Justice

HRF to UN: Investigate Jailing of Iranian Women’s Rights Activist

Jailed Reporter in Myanmar Challenges Prosecution’s Version of His Arrest

HRF Warns UN of Egregious Rights Violations in Eritrea and Vietnam

Zimbabwe opposition marches on electoral agency to demand reforms

Press Release — Nicaragua: HRF Condemns Killings by Ortega’s Regime

Liu Xia, Detained Widow of Nobel Peace Laureate, Leaves China

Myanmar judge charges two Reuters journalists with violating secrets act

Comunicado — Nicaragua: HRF condena asesinatos a cargo del régimen de Ortega

Claims of 'non-stop cycle of torture' involving top officials in Ethiopian jail

Najib Razak, Malaysia’s Ex-Prime Minister, Is Arrested Amid Corruption Inquiry

The great firewall of China: Xi Jinping’s internet shutdown

HRF a Cuba: Dictadura debe liberar al científico ambientalista Ariel Ruiz

Moroccan protest leader's 20-year sentence sets off marches

In Zimbabwe, the dictator is gone — but the machinery of repression is alive

Turkey's Erdogan wins sweeping new powers after election victory

HRF to UN: Investigate Trần Thi Xuân’s Arbitrary Detention in Vietnam

Saudi Arabia Cracks Down on Activists Before Ending the Driving Ban

Turkey's master campaigner, Erdogan faces biggest election challenge

Iran Human Rights Monitor Monthly Report – May 2018

John Oliver, Having Mocked Chinese Censorship, Is Censored in China

Turkey Must Drop Terrorism Charges Against Father of NBA Player Enes Kanter

Who Really Put Saudi Women Behind the Wheel?

Thai government steps up efforts to crack down on fake news

Press Release – Jordan’s Authoritarian Rulers Must Hand Power to the People

In China’s Far West, Companies Cash in on Surveillance Program

Iran's renowned rights lawyer Sotoudeh arrested

Vietnam Tightens Grip on Internet With Data-Storage Law

EU, West urge Maldives to hold credible, transparent presidential poll

Three Hong Kong democracy activists jailed up to seven years for rioting

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