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((For|similar organizations|Human Rights Foundation (New Zealand)|Human Rights Foundation of Turkey))
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The '''Human Rights Foundation''' ('''HRF''') is a non-profit organization that focuses on promoting and protecting human rights globally, with an emphasis on closed societies.<ref name=":0">((Cite web |title=Our Mission |url=https://hrf.org/about/mission/ |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=hrf.org |language=en-US))</ref> HRF organizes the [[Oslo Freedom Forum]]. The Human Rights Foundation was founded in 2005 by [[Thor Halvorssen Mendoza]], a Venezuelan film producer and human rights advocate. The current chairman is Russian chess grandmaster [[Garry Kasparov]], and [[Javier El-Hage]] is the current chief legal officer. The foundation's head office is in the [[Empire State Building]] in [[New York City]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>((cite web |title=2018 Global Americans New Generation of Public Intellectuals |date=14 June 2018 |url=https://theglobalamericans.org/2018/06/2018-global-americans-new-generation-of-public-intellectuals/ |publisher=Global Americans |access-date=24 March 2019))</ref>

==Organization==
HRF's website states that it adheres to the definition of [[human rights]] as put forth in the [[International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights]] (1976), believing that all individuals are entitled to the right to [[free speech|speak freely]], the right to [[worship]] in the manner of their choice, the right to freely associate with those of like mind, the right to acquire and dispose of [[property]], the right to leave and enter their country, the right to equal treatment and [[due process]] under law, the right to be able to participate in the government of their country, freedom from arbitrary detainment or [[exile]], freedom from slavery and [[torture]], and freedom from interference and [[coercion]] in matters of [[conscience]].((Citation needed|date=March 2022))

According to the ''New York Times'', HRF "has helped smuggle activists out of repressive countries, provided many with broader exposure and connected others with prominent financiers and technologists".<ref>((cite news | url =https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/26/sunday-review/the-worlds-dissidents-have-their-say.html | title =The World's Dissidents Have Their Say | last =Kahim | first =Danny | date =Oct 25, 2014 | work = New York Times))</ref>

The Council is currently chaired by chess Grandmaster [[Garry Kasparov]].<ref name=":1">((cite web |last1=Simmons |first1=Ann |date=2018-03-20 |title=Chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov warns of a Russia increasingly devoid of freedoms |url=https://www.latimes.com/world/global-development/la-fg-global-garry-kasparov-qa-20180319-story.html |access-date=12 March 2019 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]))</ref>

==Oslo Freedom Forum==
The [[Oslo Freedom Forum]] is an annual HRF conference in Oslo, Norway, supported by several grant-giving institutions in Scandinavia and the United States through HRF. Donors include [[Fritt Ord (organization)|Fritt Ord]], the City of Oslo, the [[Thiel Foundation]], the [[Norwegian Helsinki Committee]], the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amnesty International Norway, Plan Norway, the [[Sergey Brin|Brin Wojcicki Foundation]], [[Human Rights House of Bergen|Human Rights House Foundation]], and [[Ny Tid]].<ref>((cite web |title=NHC partners with Oslo Freedom Forum |url=https://www.nhc.no/en/nhc-partners-with-oslo-freedom-forum/ |website=Norwegian Helsinki Committee |date=10 May 2011 |access-date=12 March 2019))</ref> The forum is funded in part by the municipality of Oslo, the Norwegian Ministry of affairs, and the Fritt ord Foundation.<ref>((cite web |last1=Vermes |first1=Thomas |title=Thor Halvorssen åpnet Oslo Freedom Forum 2016: – FN blir styrt av diktaturer! |date=23 May 2016 |url=https://www.abcnyheter.no/nyheter/verden/2016/05/23/195218529/fn-blir-styrt-av-diktaturer |publisher=ABC Nyheter |access-date=22 March 2019))</ref>

==In different countries==

=== Belarus ===
During the [[2020–2021 Belarusian protests]], the [[Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights]] documented more than 450 cases of [[torture]] and ill-treatment of detainees, as well as reports of sexual abuse and rape.<ref>((Cite web |title=OHCHR ((!)) UN human rights experts: Belarus must stop torturing protesters and prevent enforced disappearances |url=https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=26199&LangID=E |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=www.ohchr.org))</ref> At the end of 2020, the [[Viasna Human Rights Centre]] documented 1,000 testimonies of torture victims.<ref>((Cite web |title=Human Rights Situation in Belarus in 2020. Analytical Review by Viasna |url=http://spring96.org/en/news/101223 |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=spring96.org |date=8 January 2021 |language=en))</ref> HRF sent letters to fifteen officers of law enforcement agencies of Belarus and officials of the government of the country, in which it called on them to voluntarily resign and warned them of responsibility for the [[crimes against humanity]].<ref>((Cite web |title=Фонд защиты прав человека рассылает предупреждения силовикам Беларуси |url=https://www.golosameriki.com/a/anna-plotnikova-belarus/5549553.html |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=ГОЛОС АМЕРИКИ |date=19 August 2020 |language=ru))</ref><ref>((Cite web |date=2020-08-19 |title=HRF Sends Letters to Belarusian Security Officers Accused of Crimes Against Humanity |url=https://hrf.org/hrf-sends-letters-to-belarusian-security-officers-accused-of-crimes-against-humanity/ |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=Human Rights Foundation |language=en-US))</ref>

===China===
In 2011, HRF announced its membership in the International Committee to Support Liu Xiaobo. The committee consists of a "coalition composed of six Nobel Peace Prize winners and 15 non-governmental organizations," formed to defend, and advocate for the release of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate [[Liu Xiaobo]] and his wife Liu Xia, both detained in China.<ref>((cite web |title=China: Joint Statement by International Support Committee to Liu Xiaobo |date=12 October 2012 |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/10/12/china-joint-statement-international-support-committee-liu-xiaobo |publisher=Human Rights Watch |access-date=10 April 2019))</ref>

===Cuba===
In September 2012, HRF founder Thor Halvorssen wrote an open letter to Ted Marlow, CEO of [[Urban Outfitters]], urging him to reconsider Urban Outfitters' sale of Che Guevara emblazoned merchandise "for the sake of the thousands who perished in the Cuban revolution, and for the sake of the 11 million Cubans who still endure a totalitarian system".<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thor-halvorssen/an-open-letter-to-urban-o_b_1895353.html | title=An Open Letter to Urban Outfitters Regarding Their Che Guevara Merchandise | publisher=Huffington Post | date=2012-09-19 | access-date=2012-09-23 ))</ref><ref>((cite web |last1=Mangu-Ward |first1=Katherine |title=Hey Urban Outfitters: Che Guevara Was a Murderer and Your Poster Is Not Cool |date=19 September 2012 |url=https://reason.com/2012/09/19/hey-urban-outfitters-che-guevara-was-a-m/ |publisher=Reason Magazine))</ref> It was reported that in October 2012 Urban Outfitters removed the merchandise in response to the outrage.<ref>((cite web|last=Carrasquillo|first=Adrian|title=Urban Outfitters removes Che Guevara merchandise after outrage|url=http://nbclatino.com/2012/10/29/urban-outfitters-removes-che-guevara-merchandise-after-outrage/|work=NBC Latino|access-date=November 1, 2012|archive-date=November 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101033720/http://nbclatino.com/2012/10/29/urban-outfitters-removes-che-guevara-merchandise-after-outrage/|url-status=dead))</ref>

In May 2013, HRF awarded the Václav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent to The Ladies in White (Las Damas de Blanco). In 2015, the award was given to Danilo Maldonado, El Sexto,<ref>((cite web |last1=Tillotson |first1=Louise |title=Cuban protest artist El Sexto: 'You have to keep at it until you change their minds' |date=21 December 2015 |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2015/12/cuban-protest-artist-el-sexto-interview/ |publisher=Amnesty International |access-date=13 March 2019))</ref> a Cuban graffiti artist and activist who was arrested in December 2014 for trying to stage a performance art piece in the center of Havana.<ref>((cite web | url=http://www.diariolasamericas.com/4847_cuba/2857771_detienen-grafitero-cubano-danilo-maldonado.html | title=Detienen a grafitero cubano que desafió al Gobierno | work=Diario Las Americas | access-date=May 26, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527040723/http://www.diariolasamericas.com/4847_cuba/2857771_detienen-grafitero-cubano-danilo-maldonado.html | archive-date=May 27, 2015 | url-status=dead ))</ref>

In July 2014, HRF submitted a petition to the UN Special Rapporteur requesting an appeal to the government of Cuba on the assault of Roberto de Jesus Guerra Perez, a Cuban journalist and founder of Centro de Informacion Hablemos Press.<ref>((cite web |title=Human Rights Foundation Demands UN Action over Assault on Cuban Journalist |url=https://panampost.com/panam-staff/2014/07/31/human-rights-foundation-demands-un-action-over-assault-of-cuban-journalist/ |publisher=The Panama Post |access-date=13 March 2019))</ref>

===Dominican Republic===
''[[The Sugar Babies]]: The Plight of the Children of Agricultural Workers in the Sugar Industry'' (2007) is a feature-length documentary film about exploitation in the sugar plantations of the Dominican Republic. The film, narrated by [[Edwidge Danticat]], suggests that the descendants of African slaves, brought over from Haiti, live and work in unfair conditions akin to "modern day slavery". HRF produced and provided the funding for the documentary film ''The Sugar Babies''. It was first screened at [[Florida International University]] on June 27, 2007. The documentary about [[human trafficking]] of [[Haiti]]ans in the [[Dominican Republic]] drew protest from the [[Fanjul brothers]], one of the largest beneficiaries of the human trafficking depicted in the film.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070701234935/http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2007/06/29/c1a_SUGAR_CANE_0629.html Sugar Babies Screening.] Palm Beach Post. Retrieved 11 July 2007.</ref>

===Ecuador===
In March 2008 HRF wrote to [[Ecuador]]ian President [[Rafael Correa]] asking for the release of the imprisoned governor of the province of Orellana, [[Guadalupe Llori]], implying that the charges against her were politically motivated.<ref>((cite web|title = Carta al Presidente Rafael Correa sobre la detencion de Guadalupe Llori|publisher = Human Rights Foundation|date = March 18, 2008|url = http://lahrf.com/reports/Llori/CorreaCartaMarzo08.pdf|access-date = 2009-11-27|archive-date = 2008-05-13|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080513044225/http://lahrf.com/reports/Llori/CorreaCartaMarzo08.pdf|url-status = dead))</ref> Later in March [[Amnesty International]] declared that governor Llori may be a [[prisoner of conscience]] and a [[political prisoner]]<ref>((cite web|title = Guadalupe Llori (f), governor (prefecta) of the province of Orellana|publisher = [[Amnesty International]]|date = March 25, 2008|url = http://www.isavelives.be/en/node/1188|access-date = 2009-05-05|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://archive.today/20090404031826/http://www.isavelives.be/en/node/1188|archive-date = April 4, 2009))</ref> According to HRF Llori was imprisoned on trumped up terrorism charges by the government.<ref>((cite web |last1=Baird |first1=Vanessa |title=Endgame in the Amazon |date=2 July 2008 |url=https://newint.org/features/2008/07/01/yasuni-keynote |publisher=New Internationalist |access-date=17 March 2019))</ref> She was sent to El Inca prison where she remained for about ten months. HRF filed a communication with the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, pleading that it activate its urgent action procedure and send an appeal to the government of Ecuador for the immediate release of political prisoner Guadalupe Llori.<ref>((cite web|title = HRF pide a la ONU que solicite la liberación inmediata de Guadalupe Llori|publisher = [[EFE]]|date = September 9, 2008|url = http://terranoticias.terra.es/sociedad/articulo/hrf-onu-guadalupe-llori-2719751.htm|access-date = 2009-05-05|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100106061458/http://terranoticias.terra.es/sociedad/articulo/hrf-onu-guadalupe-llori-2719751.htm|archive-date = January 6, 2010|url-status = dead|df = mdy-all))</ref> HRF visited her in prison.<ref>((cite web|title=Delegados de DD.HH. visitaron a G. Llori |publisher=[[El Comercio (Ecuador)|El Comercio]] |date=September 18, 2008 |url=http://www.elcomercio.com/Generales/Solo-Texto.aspx?gn3articleID=222799 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120527052845/http://www.elcomercio.com/Generales/Solo-Texto.aspx?gn3articleID=222799 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 27, 2012 |access-date=2009-05-05 ))</ref> She was eventually freed after an intense international campaign and credited HRF with her release.<ref>((cite web|title = "Soy la primera víctima de la Revolución Ciudadana": Guadalupe Llori|publisher = [[El Tiempo (Ecuador)]]|date = 2008-09-24|url = http://www.eltiempo.com.ec/noticias-cuenca/2986-guadalupe-llori-recupera-su-libertad|access-date = 2009-05-06|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110719134353/http://www.eltiempo.com.ec/noticias-cuenca/2986-guadalupe-llori-recupera-su-libertad|archive-date = 2011-07-19))</ref>

===Equatorial Guinea===
In August 2012, HRF called for former US President [[Bill Clinton]], who according to tax documents is the "honorary chairman" of the Leon H Sullivan Foundation, to revoke the foundation's decision to allow Teodoro Obiang to host their Sullivan Summit. Of Clinton, Halvorssen said "Mr Clinton's wife is US Secretary of State...It seems perplexing that he would allow himself to be so closely associated with a vile dictator."<ref name="Speakers pull out">((cite news|last=Adams|first=Guy|title=Speakers pull out of Obiang charity bash|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/speakers-pull-out-of-obiang-charity-bash-8008869.html|newspaper=The Independent|date=6 August 2012))</ref>

===Haiti===
Following the 2010 earthquake that took place in Haiti, HRF began a fundraising campaign for a food program devoted to the children of the St Clare's community of Port-au-Prince. The program was started in 2000 by American author Margaret Trost and by [[Gérard Jean-Juste]], a former [[Amnesty International]] [[prisoner of conscience]] who served as the priest of the St. Clare's community. The campaign aimed at providing 160,000 meals for children.<ref>((cite web|url=http://humanrightsfoundation.org/news/celebrities-join-hrfs-haiti-relief-program-00175|title=Celebrities Join HRF's Haiti Relief Program|publisher=Human Rights Foundation|date=2010-01-27|access-date=2013-11-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114004747/http://humanrightsfoundation.org/news/celebrities-join-hrfs-haiti-relief-program-00175|archive-date=2013-11-14|url-status=dead))</ref><ref>((cite web |last1=Frogmeni |first1=Bill |title=Haitian activist priest Jean-Juste dies at 62 |url=https://www.ncronline.org/news/people/haitian-activist-priest-jean-juste-dies-62 |publisher=National Catholic Reporter |access-date=13 March 2019))</ref><ref>((cite web |title=What If? Foundation History |url=https://whatiffoundation.org/about/history/ |publisher=WhatIf? Foundation |access-date=13 March 2019 |archive-date=3 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903123543/http://whatiffoundation.org/about/history/ |url-status=dead ))</ref>

===North Korea===
((Further|Balloon campaigns in Korea))
In 2015, the Human Rights Foundation has helped to organize and bankroll a balloon drop of 10,000 copies of an edited version of the movie ''[[The Interview]]'' over North Korea. Previously, the HRF "has financed balloon drops of pamphlets, TV shows, books and movies over a course of several years, though nothing as high-profile and crudely belittling to Kim Jong Un as is ''The Interview''."<ref>((cite web|last1=Bond|first1=Paul|title=Largest Balloon Drop of 'The Interview' Underway Over North Korea (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/largest-balloon-drop-interview-underway-786309|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=15 April 2015 |access-date=16 April 2015|ref=hrwballoon))</ref>

According to ''Wired'', HRF's North Korea program is "an initiative that unites activists in Korea with technologists and campaigners in the West."<ref>((cite magazine| last =Hodges| first =Michael| title =Hacking North Korea| magazine =Wired| date =Mar 2, 2015| url =https://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2015/04/features/hacking-north-korea))</ref>
In 2014, HRF hosted the world's first [[hackathon]] for North Korea at [[Code for America]]'s offices in San Francisco. According to the ''Wall Street Journal'', "about 100 hackers, coders and engineers gathered in San Francisco to brainstorm ways to pierce the information divide that separates North Korea from the rest of the world."<ref>((cite web| last =Cheng| first =Jonathan| title =Silicon Valley takes on North Korea| work =Wall Street Journal| date =August 5, 2014| url =https://blogs.wsj.com/korearealtime/2014/08/05/silicon-valley-hackers-take-on-north-korea/))</ref>

In 2016, the HRF smuggled [[USB flash drives]] with films and television shows to expose North Koreans to popular culture from overseas.<ref name="theguardianflashdrivesforfreedom">((cite news|last1=Hands|first1=Jack|title=Flashdrives for freedom? 20,000 USBs to be smuggled into North Korea|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/22/flashdrives-for-freedom-north-korea-20000-usb-sticks|access-date=March 18, 2017|work=The Guardian|date=March 22, 2016))</ref><ref name="reasonhowactivistsareusing">((cite web|last1=Bragg|first1=Austin|last2=Bragg|first2=Meredith|last3=Detrick|first3=Paul|title=#SXSW: How Activists Are Using Technology to Fight Dictators|url=https://reason.com/reasontv/2017/03/15/sxsw-how-activists-are-using-technology|website=Reason Foundation|access-date=March 18, 2017|date=March 15, 2017))</ref> The flash drives were called "flash drives for freedom".<ref name="theguardianflashdrivesforfreedom"/>

===Swaziland===
In 2014, HRF invited Swazi human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko to speak at the Oslo Freedom Forum. He was later jailed for "defaming the King's justice system".<ref>((cite web| title =Africa's Game of Thrones| work =The Atlantic| date =Apr 18, 2014| url =https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/04/africas-game-of-thrones/360864/))</ref>

After a sustained media international campaign, Maseko was eventually freed.<ref>((cite web |title=Maseko v R |url=https://globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/cases/the-case-of-bheki-makhubu-thulani-maseko/ |publisher=Global Freedom of Expression: Columbia University))</ref>

==Conferences and events==

===Hack North Korea===
In 2014, HRF hosted Hack North Korea, a gathering of Bay Area technologists, investors, engineers, designers, activists and North Korean defectors that aimed to spark new ideas for getting information into North Korea.<ref>((cite web| title =Silicon Valley to host North Korea 'hackathon'| work =The Guardian| date =Jul 21, 2014| url =https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/21/north-korea-silicon-valley-hackathon))</ref><ref>((cite web| title =We Hacked North Korea With Balloons and USB Drives| work =The Atlantic| date =Jan 15, 2014| url =https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/01/we-hacked-north-korea-with-balloons-and-usb-drives/283106/))</ref><ref>((cite web| title =Human rights activists team up with Silicon Valley to bring information to North Korea| work =PBS News| date =21 July 2014| url =https://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/human-rights-activists-team-silicon-valley-bring-information-north-korea/))</ref>
[[File:College Freedom Forum Guatemala 2017.jpg|thumb|College Freedom Forum 2017 in [[Universidad Francisco Marroquín]], [[Guatemala City]]]]

===College Freedom Forum===
The College Freedom Forum (CFF) is a series of one-day events designed to educate and enlighten students about individual rights and democracy around the world. Each CFF features presentations and an opportunity for students and audience members to interact with the speakers one-on-one and during a question and answer session.<ref>((cite web |last1=Fahy |first1=Owen |title=College Freedom Forum Hosts Civil Rights Activists |url=https://bcheights.com/2019/02/22/college-freedom-forum-hosts-civil-rights-activists/ |website=bcheights.com |date=22 February 2019 |access-date=3 April 2019))</ref>

===U.N. Human Rights Council Member Elections===
In November 2012 and 2013, HRF co-hosted an event at the United Nations headquarters in New York with the Geneva-based organization UN Watch. The events focused on raising awareness of the election of competitive authoritarian and fully authoritarian regimes to the UN Human Rights Council. HRF brought human rights activists from different countries to testify about the abuses committed by their respective governments.<ref>((cite news| title =Los zorros cuidan el gallinero| work =El Pais| date =13 November 2013| url =http://internacional.elpais.com/internacional/2013/11/13/actualidad/1384356583_775333.html| last1 =El-Hage| first1 =Javier))</ref>

===Oslo Freedom Forum===
In May 2009, with support from the city of [[Oslo]] and the John Templeton Foundation, HRF organized the [[Oslo Freedom Forum]]. During the conference, democracy and human rights activist toell their stories and express their views about human rights in the world.<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.nytid.no/perspektiver/artikler/20100311/samler-heltene/ |title=Ytringshelter samles i Norge : NY Tid |access-date=2010-06-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100521093008/http://www.nytid.no/perspektiver/artikler/20100311/samler-heltene/ |archive-date=2010-05-21 |language=no))</ref><ref>((cite web|title = Anti-NK Group to Attend Oslo Freedom Forum|publisher = [[KBS World]] |date = 2009-05-16 |url = http://world.kbs.co.kr/english/news/news_In_detail.htm?No=63551|access-date = 2009-05-22))</ref> The forum holds an annual event in Oslo, along with satellite events organized across the world.<ref>((cite web |last1=Pei-ju |first1=Teng |title=Oslo Freedom Forum to open in Taipei for the first time in Asia |date=6 November 2018 |url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3568929 |publisher=Tiwan News |access-date=9 July 2019))</ref>

===San Francisco Freedom Forum===
In October 2012 the Human Rights Foundation hosted the first San Francisco Freedom Forum, which was described as "a unique convergence of-pro freedom voices." The event was supported by [[Peter Thiel]]'s charitable foundation, [[Sergey Brin]]'s foundation, and [[Anne Wojcicki]]. [[Nobel Peace Prize]] laureate [[Aung San Suu Kyi]], on her first trip to the United States since 1971, was presented with a [[Václav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent]]. Suu Kyi discussed the motives behind human rights violations and said that they cannot be addressed unless "we know what can be done to prevent" people from dehumanizing one another.<ref name="Aung Saan Su Kyi Craiglsist">((cite news|title=When Aung Saan Su Kyi Met the Craigslist Guy|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/10/when-aung-saan-su-kyi-met-the-craigslist-guy/263211/|newspaper=The Atlantic|date=4 October 2012))</ref> The Forum brought attention to a number of human rights issues, and other attendees included [[Manal al-Sharif]], a Saudi woman who challenged her country's ban on women driving by coordinating a "Women2Drive" protest via [[YouTube]], and the spokesman of jailed Russian punk band [[Pussy Riot]].<ref name="Meets Her Peers">((cite news|last=Isaacson|first=Andy|title=Aung San Suu Kyi Meets Her Peers|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/09/30/aung-san-suu-kyi-meets-her-peers.html|newspaper=The Daily Beast|date=30 September 2012))</ref><ref name="weekend visit">((cite news|last=O'Brien|first=Matt|title=Bay Area awaits Aung San Suu Kyi weekend visit|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_21644751/bay-area-awaits-aung-san-suu-kyi-weekend|newspaper=San Jose Mercury News|date=27 September 2012))</ref><ref name="Other Stories">((cite news|last=Sennott|first=Charles|title=Aung San Suu Kyi, and other stories from the San Francisco Freedom Forum|url=http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/groundtruth/aung-san-suu-kyi-san-francisco-freedom-forum|newspaper=Global Post|date=28 September 2012))</ref>

===Sime MIA===
In November 2014, the Oslo Freedom Forum curated a session at the Sime MIA conference in Miami. The conference featured HRF president Thor Halvorssen, Jordanian cartoonist [[Suleiman Bakhit]], and North Korean refugee [[Yeonmi Park]].<ref>((cite web | url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/biz-monday/article4077963.html | title=Sime MIA will bring luminaries, surprises | work=Miami Herald | access-date=May 26, 2015))</ref>

==Center for Law and Democracy==

===Honduran Democracy Crisis===
Following the [[2009 Honduran coup d'état]] that deposed President [[Manuel Zelaya]], HRF requested all member states of the [[Organization of American States]] to adhere to the [[Inter-American Democratic Charter]]. HRF also advocated for the suspension of the government that ousted President Zelaya.<ref>((cite web|title = Human Rights demanda suspensión del Gobierno que derrocó a Zelaya|publisher = [[Opinion Bolivia]]|date = 2009-07-01|url = http://www.opinion.com.bo/Portal.html?CodNot=67284&CodSec=8|access-date = 2009-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090702102639/http://www.opinion.com.bo/Portal.html?CodNot=67284&CodSec=8 |archive-date=2009-07-02))</ref> HRF chairman Armando Valladares resigned on July 2, 2009, in response to the HRF position on the Honduran coup.<ref>((cite web |author=Armando Valladares |url=http://www.midiasemmascara.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7582:armando-valladares-renuncia-a-human-rights-foundation&catid=101:america-latina&Itemid=87 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708001005/http://www.midiasemmascara.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7582:armando-valladares-renuncia-a-human-rights-foundation&catid=101:america-latina&Itemid=87 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-07-08 |title=Mídia Sem Máscara – Armando Valladares renuncia à Human Rights Foundation |publisher=Midiasemmascara.org |access-date=2009-11-12 ))</ref> The new chairman of the organization was poet and former Czech president Václav Havel.

In November 2009, HRF published a report called "The facts and the law behind the democratic crisis in Honduras 2009",<ref>((cite web|title = Los hechos y el derecho detrás de la crisis democrática de Honduras, 2009|publisher = HRF|author= Javier El-Hage|author-link= Javier El-Hage|date = 2010-03-08|url = http://lahrf.org/HRF_LosHechosYElDerecho_Honduras2009.pdf|access-date = 2012-07-08))</ref>((Primary source inline|date=March 2019)) in which it concluded that the Organization of American States had acted correctly in activating the [[Inter-American Democratic Charter]], and incorrectly in its diplomatic actions to revert the military coup. The report also concludes that the OAS behaved as an agent of Zelaya prior to the coup d'état and that Zelaya had been eroding Honduran democracy.<ref>((cite web|title = OEA actuó de forma incorrecta en crisis|publisher = [[Diario La Prensa]]|date = 2009-11-27|url = http://www.laprensa.hn/Pa%C3%ADs/Ediciones/2009/11/28/Noticias/OEA-actuo-de-forma-incorrecta-en-crisis|access-date = 2009-12-04|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://archive.today/20120527052858/http://www.laprensa.hn/Pa%C3%ADs/Ediciones/2009/11/28/Noticias/OEA-actuo-de-forma-incorrecta-en-crisis|archive-date = 2012-05-27))</ref>

In July 2011, the Honduran Truth and Reconciliation Commission (CVR-H), led by Eduardo Stein, published its final report on the events. The CVR-H based its main conclusions on HRF's report.<ref>((cite web | url=http://www.sdhjgd.gob.hn/biblioteca-virtual/informes-recomendaciones-y-documentos-de-la-uscvr/23-tomo-i-para-que-los-hechos-no-se-repitan-informe-de-la-cvr/file | title=Informe Final de la Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación de Honduras | access-date=May 26, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527040016/http://www.sdhjgd.gob.hn/biblioteca-virtual/informes-recomendaciones-y-documentos-de-la-uscvr/23-tomo-i-para-que-los-hechos-no-se-repitan-informe-de-la-cvr/file | archive-date=May 27, 2015 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all ))</ref>

== Public perception ==
Thor Halvorssen participated in ''[[National Review]]'' symposium on the death of Chilean dictator [[Augusto Pinochet]], and was noted as the only one of the six commentators to condemn Pinochet.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/another_symposium_of_denial/ |title=Another Symposium of Denial |publisher=Outsidethebeltway.com |date=2006-12-13 |access-date=2011-03-28))</ref>

After the HRF criticized the Bolivian government and specifically government minister [[Sacha Sergio Llorenti Soliz]] for alleged human rights violations in a public letter, the minister referred to HRF as "right wing".<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.lostiempos.com/hemeroteca-ediciones-anteriores.php?date=2008-02-02&v=1 |title=Hemeroteca – Ediciones anteriores del periódico Los Tiempos |publisher=Lostiempos.com |date=2008-02-02 |access-date=2009-12-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716055251/http://www.lostiempos.com/hemeroteca-ediciones-anteriores.php?date=2008-02-02&v=1 |archive-date=2011-07-16 ))</ref>((Primary source inline|date=March 2019)) In the same month, eighteen Latin America scholars signed an opinion piece in the Norwegian newspaper ''[[Aftenposten]]'' criticizing the Oslo Freedom Forum for focusing criticism only on Venezuela, Bolivia, and Ecuador, three countries with leftist governments. The scholars praised the group for putting "the spotlight on key global issues", but also stated that Cuban human rights activist [[Armando Valladares]] had defended the [[2009 Honduran coup d'état]] while speaking at the forum.<ref>[https://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/i/9mLqq/frihetsforum-med-politisk-slagside Frihetsforum med politisk slagside –  Aftenposten]. Aftenposten.no. Retrieved on 2013-10-23.</ref>

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