Newsletter Oct 22, 2026 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #143 In Russia, the regime will ban peer-to-peer (P2P) digital asset trading between individuals starting July 1, 2027. After that date, Russians will still be “legally” allowed to buy and sell digital assets, including bitcoin, but only through state-regulated intermediaries.
Newsletter Sep 4, 2026 HRF’s AI for Individual Rights Newsletter #16 Chinese tech giant Huawei is bidding to expand Egypt’s AI capacity, bringing more powerful artificial intelligence (AI) tools into the hands of a dictatorship. In a country where officials already closely monitor and suppress dissent, that expansion could make surveillance faster and more sophisticated.
Announcement Apr 29, 2026 Announcing the Freedom Tech track at the 2026 Oslo Freedom Forum On Tuesday, June 2, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) will host the Freedom Tech track at the 2026 Oslo Freedom Forum.