Human Rights Foundation

Unites people in the common cause of defending human rights and promoting liberal democracy.

The Human Rights Foundation is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that promotes and protects human rights globally, with a focus on closed societies. We consider our mission essential given that today more than 4 billion people live under tyranny. That’s 54% of the world’s population in 95 countries from Cuba to Russia to Saudi Arabia to North Korea.

We promote freedom where it’s most at risk: in countries ruled by authoritarian regimes. Individuals who suffer under authoritarianism are more likely to: lack food and clean drinking water; lack access to basic education; live in extreme poverty; face war and civil strife; become a refugee; lack freedom of speech and voting rights; and face constant threats of imprisonment, torture, violence, and death.