The Human Rights and Democracy Movement (HRDM) is a political party in Tonga.
It states its ideology to be democracy, social justice, opposition to corruption, and women's rights.
[1] The HRDM was founded in the late 1970s as an informal group of Tongans interested in democratic reform.
[3] At the 1999 elections, candidates aligned with the HRDM gained five seats in the Legislative Assembly of Tonga.
In the leadup to the 2010 elections several members of the HRDM, including longstanding MP 'Akilisi Pohiva founded the Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands as an explicit electoral vehicle.