Today’s vote by Ukraine’s parliament to strip the independence of two main anti-corruption institutions, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), and the Specialized Anti-Corruption ...

Human Rights First’s Innovation Lab announced the launch of ReadyNow!, a free and secure mobile app designed to help immigrants prepare for possible detention and act quickly in moments of crisis. “No ...

Today, the Board of Immigration Appeals published a decision, Matter of K-E-S-G-, finding that a particular social group defined by the individual’s sex or sex and nationality did not meet the Board’s ...

Today, as President Trump meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte to announce new military aid for Ukraine, human rights ...

By Brian Dooley This week saw my 20th trip to the eastern front of the war on Ukraine since Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion. I again joined local volunteers from the Kharkiv-based Roza na Ruke team ...

In response to the House’s narrow 216-213 vote to pass the Senate-amended rescissions package—which claws back $9 billion in Congressionally-appropriated FY24 and FY25 funds, including $7.9 billion in ...

In response to Secretary of State Rubio’s firing of over 1,300 State Department employees, Human Rights First President and CEO Uzra Zeya said the following: Non-partisan, selfless public service is ...

Secretary Rubio’s unjust, cruel, and unprecedented firing of over 1,300 dedicated State Department public servants decimates U.S. diplomacy and weakens Americans’ well-being. Let’s be clear who loses ...

New York, NY — Human Rights First today deplored the State Department’s misuse of financial sanctions to target a United Nations special rapporteur on the basis of her advocacy for action by the ...