Newsletter Apr 2, 2026 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #115 India’s central bank is negotiating with up to five peers to expand its digital rupee, a central bank digital currency (CBDC), for cross-border institutional and retail transactions, urging fellow BRICS nations to connect their respective CBDCs.
Press Release May 13, 2022 Hong Kong: HRF Condemns Arbitrary Arrest of Denise Ho and Colleagues NEW YORK (May 13, 2022) — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) strongly condemns the Hong Kong government’s arrest of pro-democracy activist, Cantopop star, and former Oslo Freedom Forum speaker, Denise Ho.
Press Release Nov 25, 2020 Hong Kong: HRF Sends UN Urgent Appeal to Condemn National Security Law NEW YORK (November 25, 2020) – The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) has submitted an Urgent Appeal to three Special Rapporteurs of the United Nations Human Rights Council
Press Release Jul 1, 2020 Hong Kong’s National Security Law: The Nail in the Coffin for One Country, Two Systems On July 1, 1997, the former British colony, Hong Kong, was handed back to the Chinese government after a 99-year lease between China and Britain expired.
Media Jun 5, 2020 Op-Ed: In Hong Kong, Remembering Tiananmen Is Now Forbidden This op-ed was published by The Diplomat on June 4, 2020. By Thor Halvorssen, HRF’s President and Oslo Freedom Forum’s Founder One year ago, on the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen…
News May 22, 2020 Op-Ed: The Other Hong Kong — Will China’s Democratic Enclave Become Just Like The Mainland? This op-ed was published by CNN Opinion on May 22, 2020. By Joy Park, HRF’s legal counsel for Asia For years, even as China has applied increasing pressure on Hong…
