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A coalition of immigrants’ rights organizations participated today in a public hearing held by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) that examined widespread and escalating human ...
Human Rights First along with over a dozen non-profit organizations would like to thank you for your attention around the egregious human rights abuses we have seen committed to the migrant community, ...
With the release and transfer to Venezuela of 252 Venezuelans from the CECOT in El Salvador, where they were tortured and abused after their forced disappearance from the United States, Human Rights ...
Today, the Board of Immigration Appeals published a decision, Matter of K-E-S-G-, finding that a particular social group ...
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, 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 ...