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The Human Rights Foundation is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that promotes and protects human rights globally, with a focus on closed societies.

May 21 2026

Financial Freedom Report #122

In North Korea, officials summoned more than 30 software developers to Pyongyang for what was presented as a technical training session, only to publicly reprimand them for building unauthorized software.

May 14 2026

Financial Freedom Report #121

In El Salvador, officials froze the assets of two members of El Faro, one of the country’s leading independent media organizations.

May 1 2026

Financial Freedom Report #119

In Kenya, users of the digital asset exchange Binance report account freezes at the request of law enforcement.

April 23 2026

Financial Freedom Report #118

We start in Uganda, where officials are pushing a Foreign Agents bill that may sharply limit funding for civil society organizations.

April 17 2026

Financial Freedom Report #117

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the central bank has announced plans to ban cash transactions in US dollars and other foreign currencies.

April 9 2026

Financial Freedom Report #116

In China, officials have ordered the removal of Bitchat from Apple’s App Store.

April 2 2026

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.

March 31 2026

AI for Individual Rights Newsletter #8

Welcome to the eighth edition of the Human Rights Foundation's AI for Individual Rights newsletter.