Financial Freedom Report #130
In Russia, lawmakers approved new amendments expanding financial surveillance under the country’s “foreign agents” law.
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Financial Freedom Report #129
In Burma, officials froze the bank accounts of more than 100 companies, including firms involved in car imports, fuel, agriculture, gemstones, and import-export businesses.
Financial Freedom Report #128
Last week, Kenyan police detained hundreds as families of those killed in the 2024 Finance Bill protests marched to Parliament.
Financial Freedom Report #127
In Gaza, Palestinians report that they are unable to access their own money after the Bank of Palestine froze accounts without warning.
HRF’s AI for Individual Rights Newsletter #11
Welcome to the eleventh edition of HRF’s AI for Individual Rights newsletter.
Financial Freedom Report #123
In Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, Meta has restricted the accounts of human rights activists and organizations at the request of local officials.
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.
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.
Financial Freedom Report #119
In Kenya, users of the digital asset exchange Binance report account freezes at the request of law enforcement.
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.
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.
Financial Freedom Report #116
In China, officials have ordered the removal of Bitchat from Apple’s App Store.
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.
AI for Individual Rights Newsletter #8
Welcome to the eighth edition of the Human Rights Foundation's AI for Individual Rights newsletter.
Financial Freedom Report #114
In Uganda, the Museveni regime has frozen the bank accounts of several prominent human rights organizations.
Financial Freedom Report #113
This edition examines Venezuela’s first official inflation reading in more than a year after the regime halted public reporting and restricted independent estimates.
Financial Freedom Report #112
We begin this week’s edition in Cuba, where personal stories reveal the human toll of currency collapse under the communist regime.
Financial Freedom Report #110
In Gabon, officials have imposed an indefinite nationwide social media suspension.
HRF’s AI for Individual Rights Newsletter #7
Welcome to the seventh edition of the Human Rights Foundation’s AI for Individual Rights newsletter.
Financial Freedom Report #109
In India, the government is piloting a new system that uses its central bank digital currency (CBDC) to distribute free food rations.
