By Tina Pai, Jason Yoon, and Mike Patraw, Human Rights First’s Innovation Lab fellows In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, civic engagement is more important than ever, especially as ...

This week, the family of murdered Belfast human rights lawyer Pat Finucane testified at hearings in the United States ...

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Ensuring Safety and Support for Human Rights Defenders of Asylum Seekers, Refugees, and Other Migrants Targeted by Illegal Pushback Policies, Extremist Attacks, and Harassment by Government Officials ...

For a year and a half, the Biden administration has implemented asylum bans that punish people fleeing persecution and torture. These bans, issued in 2023 and 2024, are similar to prior Trump ...

Dear Chairman Reed, Ranking Member Wicker, Chairman Rogers, and Ranking Member Smith: As Senate and House conferees meet to discuss their differing versions of the FY 2025 National Defense ...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) yesterday issued arrest warrants against Israel’s prime minister, its former defense minister, and a Hamas leader whose reported death is not yet confirmed. ...

Please join our asylum experts Robyn Barnard and Jenna Gilbert for a roundtable discussion on the impact of the 2024 election. Our experts will discuss what asylum and immigration-related changes we ...

Authoritarian regimes around the world regularly use arbitrary detention as a tool of repression to silence dissidents, human rights defenders, journalists, and other perceived government critics and ...

Washington, DC – The following is the statement of Human Rights First President and CEO, Sue Hendrickson, on the 2024 presidential election. With the results of the 2024 election, the United States ...