Human Rights Dispatch Aug 11, 2026 HRF Counter-Repression Toolkit, Russia Bars Yabloko Party, Belarus Marks Stolen Election Today, HRF launched a new resource to help activists and diaspora communities confront China’s transnational repression (TNR).
Report Aug 11, 2026 Toolkit to Counter the Chinese Communist Party’s Transnational Repression The Human Rights Foundation’s Toolkit to Counter the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Transnational Repression (TNR) is a direct outcome of HRF’s 2026 Beyond Borders workshop, which brought together young activists from Uyghur, Hong Konger, Tibetan, Chinese, and Southern Mongolian diasporas and Taiwan.
Publication Jul 24, 2026 Protecting US-Based Youth Activists and Diaspora Communities from China’s Transnational Repression Although a codified definition remains absent from the international legal lexicon, transnational repression (TNR)1 refers to the practice of foreign governments or their proxies extending their reach beyond borders in an attempt to control individuals, including human rights defenders, journalists, activists, artists, academics, and members of diaspora communities, whose speech, activity, or perceived affiliations are regarded by the state as unacceptable.
Human Rights Dispatch Jun 15, 2026 China Delays Sentencing of Artist Gao Zhen On June 10, Chinese dissident artist, Gao Zhen’s sentencing was postponed. He can now be sentenced any time between now and September 10. Gao Zhen has already spent almost two years in prison, for simply making art.
Video Series Feb 10, 2026 Owen Chow’s Birthday Behind Bars Today marks the fifth year Hong Kong pro-democracy leader Owen Chow is spending his birthday behind bars.
Human Rights Dispatch Jan 15, 2026 Remembering Ilham Tohti, HRF op-ed on Venezuela HRF President @ThorHalvorssen weighed in for the @WSJ on the future of Venezuela following the arrest of Nicolás Maduro.
Video Series Dec 24, 2025 Dear A-Ba || An Open Letter to Pastor Jin This Christmas, Grace Jin Drexel reads a public letter to her father, Pastor Mingri “Ezra” Jin, founder of one of China’s largest underground house churches.
Blog Post Aug 26, 2025 The Sculptor Xi Jinping Wants You to Forget For 68-year-old Gao Zhen, last Aug. 26 wasn’t just any other day — it was the day of his arrest.
Publication Aug 21, 2025 Hong Kong: RSF and a coalition of 72 NGOs urge UK Prime Minister to secure Jimmy Lai’s release on medical parole RSF_en Partager facebook twitter linkedin Email Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and a coalition of 72 human rights and press freedom organisations are urging British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to secure the release of publisher Jimmy Lai, whose health is dangerously deteriorating after over 1,680 days in detention in Hong Kong.
Publication Jul 31, 2025 Calling for Vultr to reverse its suspension of GreatFire’s FreeWeChat server We, the undersigned human rights, free expression, press freedom and digital rights organisations, are writing in regard to the recent suspension of GreatFire’s server following a complaint submitted by Group-IB on behalf of Tencent.
Publication Jun 25, 2025 Statement to the 59th Session of the UN Human Rights Council marking the 10th anniversary of “709 Crackdown“ This statement is co-sponsored by five NGOs. We thank the Special Rapporteur for her communications regarding Chinese human rights lawyers subject to repression.
Publication Jun 24, 2025 Calling for UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to meet with Sebastien Lai, the son of British publisher Jimmy Lai In a joint letter coordinated by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), 33 organisations around the globe have written to UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer asking him to meet Sebastien Lai, the son of British publisher Jimmy Lai who has been arbitrarily jailed in Hong Kong since December 2020.
Press Release Jun 4, 2025 Remembering the Tiananmen Square massacre Today marks the 36th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, when the Chinese regime unleashed tanks and armed troops to crush a peaceful student movement demanding freedom and democracy. The brutal crackdown shocked the world and continues to cast a long shadow over China’s appalling human rights record.
Op-Ed Jun 4, 2025 When even remembering is a crime: China’s Tiananmen Square massacre, 36 years on While the streets of Hong Kong may now fall silent on June 4, Tiananmen’s memory has not vanished — it has gone global.
Video Series May 26, 2025 Nyrola Elimä | Endless Exodus Nyrola Elimä is an independent journalist and researcher specializing in human rights and supply chains.
Publication May 14, 2025 Calling for the release of Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan, marking the 5th anniversary of his arbitrary arrest We, the undersigned press freedom and human rights organisations, strongly condemn the Chinese government’s ongoing arbitrary detention of journalist, human rights defender and former lawyer Zhang Zhan, on the 5th anniversary of her arrest.
Publication May 7, 2025 Condemning the Hong Kong government’s escalating repression of activists in exile and their family members in Hong Kong We, the undersigned civil society and human rights organizations, strongly condemn the Hong Kong government’s escalating repression of activists in exile and their family members in Hong Kong.
Publication Apr 11, 2025 Hong Kong: Solidarity with artist Badiucao as he faces legal harassment The undersigned organisations condemn the harassment of artist, political cartoonist, and activist Badiucao, which has taken place via email, in the media, and on social media in the last week.
Video Series Nov 22, 2022 Gao Zhen: Arbitrarily Detained Just for Creating Art Chinese artist Gao Zhen was arrested for creating art that confronts the dark truths of China’s Cultural Revolution. He remains in jail to this day.
Publication Oct 10, 2024 Press inquiry from Jilil Kashgary of RFA Uyghur regarding the opening of a Skechers store in Urumchi As the US Department of Homeland Security expands its ban on Uyghur forced labor products, the famous American footwear company Skechers has opened its first footwear store in Urumqi.
