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Dec 17, 2025

HRF and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) petition United Nations on behalf of Nicaraguan journalist Fabiola Tercero Castro

Last month, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) sent a joint submission to the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) on behalf of prominent Nicaraguan journalist and activist Fabiola Tercero Castro.

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Dec 15, 2025

HRF Succeeds at the UN: Vietnam Called to Release Blogger Nguyen Chi Tuyến

The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) has received a favorable opinion from the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD), finding that prominent Vietnamese activist and blogger Nguyễn Chí Tuyến, widely known as Anh Chí, is arbitrarily detained by the Vietnamese regime, in clear violation of international human rights law.

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Dec 12, 2025

Following HRF Petition, UN Experts Condemn Egypt for Arbitrary Detention

The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) received a favorable opinion from the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD), finding Egypt’s detention of human rights defender Ahmed Amasha arbitrary under international human rights law.

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Dec 10, 2025

HRF Celebrates María Corina Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize

The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) celebrates today’s award of the Nobel Peace Prize to María Corina Machado.

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Dec 8, 2025

HRF-Sponsored Research Reveals Western Funding Ties to China’s State-Backed AI Labs

A report released today by Strategy Risks, in partnership with the Human Rights Foundation, reveals that leading Western universities — including MIT, Stanford, and Oxford — have collaborated extensively with Chinese AI laboratories embedded in the country’s surveillance apparatus, with U.S. and UK government funding repeatedly acknowledged in the research.

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Dec 4, 2025

HRF succeeds in UN petition: Swaziland called on to immediately release two former lawmakers

The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) received a favorable opinion from the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD), finding that Swaziland’s (unilaterally renamed eSwatini by King Mswati III in 2018) detention of former lawmakers Mduduzi Bacede Mabuza and Mthandeni Dube is arbitrary and violates international human rights law.

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Dec 2, 2025

HRF Sponsors AI Hack for Freedom in Austin, Pairing Dissidents and Developers

The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is sponsoring “AI Hack for Freedom,” the first AI-focused hackathon designed and driven by human rights advocates from countries ruled by authoritarian regimes.

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Dec 1, 2025

HRF-Sponsored Research on AI and China Featured in The Washington Post

With support from the Human Rights Foundation, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) today released a landmark research report detailing how the People’s Republic of China is leveraging cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) to transform its state control system.

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Nov 25, 2025

HRF Defends Rwandan Opposition Leader Victoire Ingabire Before the UN

The Human Rights Foundation (HRF), Freedom Now, and the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights & Justice submitted a joint complaint to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) on behalf of detained Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire.

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Nov 13, 2025

Doors to Freedom: Art Basel Miami Installation to Highlight Persecuted Artists

The Human Rights Foundation (HRF), in partnership with Cuban Freedom March, is proud to announce the unveiling of “Doors to Freedom,” an art installation that tells the stories of artists exposing authoritarian regimes, on the sidelines of this year’s Art Basel in Miami.

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Oct 29, 2025

Reinvigorating Global Engagement on Human Rights in North Korea: The 2025 NK Insider Forum

Last week on October 22, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) and the NGO Council for North Korean Human Rights hosted the 2025 NK Insider Forum, the day-long kickoff event of the inaugural three-day Seoul World Convention on North Korean Human Rights.

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Oct 28, 2025

HRF’s Bitcoin Development Fund Supports 20 Projects Worldwide

The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is pleased to announce 1 billion satoshis ($1.1 million USD) in grants from its Bitcoin Development Fund (BDF).

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Oct 24, 2025

HRF submits petition to UNWGAD for Owen Chow

NEW YORK (Oct. 24, 2025) — Last week, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) submitted an individual complaint to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) in the case of Hong Kong activist Owen Chow.

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Oct 23, 2025

HRF Brings UN Attention to Rights Abuses in Three Countries

This month, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) submitted formal contributions to the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Mozambique, Niger, and Singapore.

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Oct 10, 2025

HRF celebra que el Premio Nobel de la Paz haya sido otorgado a María Corina Machado

La Human Rights Foundation (HRF) celebra el anuncio de hoy de que la líder opositora venezolana María Corina Machado ha sido galardonada con el Premio Nobel de la Paz por su compromiso de décadas con la libertad, la democracia y la dignidad humana en Venezuela.

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Oct 10, 2025

HRF Celebrates Award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuela’s María Corina Machado

The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) celebrates today’s announcement that Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her decades-long commitment to freedom, democracy, and human dignity in Venezuela.

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Sep 30, 2025

HRF statement on Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Comedy Festival

The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) calls on the comedians scheduled to perform at the Riyadh Comedy Festival either to cancel their participation or to use the festival as a platform to denounce the human rights situation in Saudi Arabia.

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Sep 17, 2025

HRF calls for justice in wake of confirmation Alexei Navalny was poisoned

The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns Vladimir Putin’s regime for the assassination of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, whose death at Penal Colony No. 3 (“Polar Wolf”) in the Russian Arctic has now…

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Aug 29, 2025

HRF celebra la liberación del gobernador boliviano Luis Fernando Camacho y pide la liberación de todos los presos políticos y la restauración de la independencia judicial

Human Rights Foundation (HRF) celebra la liberación esta tarde del prisionero de conciencia boliviano Luis Fernando Camacho, tras dos años y ocho meses de detención arbitraria….

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Aug 29, 2025

HRF celebrates the release of Governor Luis Fernando Camacho in Bolivia

The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) welcomes this afternoon’s release of Bolivian prisoner of conscience Luis Fernando Camacho after two years and eight months of arbitrary imprisonment in the notorious Chonchocoro maximum security prison.

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Press Releases

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Dec 17, 2025

HRF and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) petition United Nations on behalf of Nicaraguan journalist Fabiola Tercero Castro

Dec 15, 2025

HRF Succeeds at the UN: Vietnam Called to Release Blogger Nguyen Chi Tuyến

Dec 12, 2025

Following HRF Petition, UN Experts Condemn Egypt for Arbitrary Detention

Dec 10, 2025

HRF Celebrates María Corina Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize

Dec 8, 2025

HRF-Sponsored Research Reveals Western Funding Ties to China’s State-Backed AI Labs

Dec 4, 2025

HRF succeeds in UN petition: Swaziland called on to immediately release two former lawmakers

Dec 2, 2025

HRF Sponsors AI Hack for Freedom in Austin, Pairing Dissidents and Developers

Dec 1, 2025

HRF-Sponsored Research on AI and China Featured in The Washington Post

Nov 25, 2025

HRF Defends Rwandan Opposition Leader Victoire Ingabire Before the UN

Nov 13, 2025

Doors to Freedom: Art Basel Miami Installation to Highlight Persecuted Artists

Oct 29, 2025

Reinvigorating Global Engagement on Human Rights in North Korea: The 2025 NK Insider Forum

Oct 28, 2025

HRF’s Bitcoin Development Fund Supports 20 Projects Worldwide

Oct 24, 2025

HRF submits petition to UNWGAD for Owen Chow

Oct 23, 2025

HRF Brings UN Attention to Rights Abuses in Three Countries

Oct 10, 2025

HRF celebra que el Premio Nobel de la Paz haya sido otorgado a María Corina Machado

Oct 10, 2025

HRF Celebrates Award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuela’s María Corina Machado

Sep 30, 2025

HRF statement on Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Comedy Festival

Sep 17, 2025

HRF calls for justice in wake of confirmation Alexei Navalny was poisoned

Aug 29, 2025

HRF celebra la liberación del gobernador boliviano Luis Fernando Camacho y pide la liberación de todos los presos políticos y la restauración de la independencia judicial

Aug 29, 2025

HRF celebrates the release of Governor Luis Fernando Camacho in Bolivia

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