NEW YORK – As threats to democracy and human rights remain on the rise and more people are displaced than at any time in history, Human Rights First is recognizing defenders of human rights and honoring legal professionals who work to ensure safety for…
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Human Rights First Decries New Rules to Limit Asylum Eligibility
Rules would create sweeping new categorical bars to asylum and eliminate rules intended to ensure refugee families are not separated
Read moreHuman Rights First Decries Proposed Rules Designed to Put Pressure on Asylum Seekers, Limit Eligibility
WASHINGTON — Human Rights First expressed its strong opposition to another proposed rule for the U.S. processing of asylum claims, slated to be issued on September 23, 2020, that would lead many refugees to be denied asylum unfairly or on absurd techn…
Read moreHuman Rights First Mourns the Passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a Champion for Human Rights
WASHINGTON – The United States, the rule of law, and the field of human rights lost a hero and a champion when Associate Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away Friday.
From her early career working to protect and advance the rights of …
Read moreLeading Public Health Experts Gravely Concerned About New Proposal to Deny on Asylum
Experts including epidemiologists and infectious disease specialists find that Trump administration’s rationale for proposed rule denying refugees protection is a misuse of science and public health practice
Read moreHuman Rights First Statement in Response to “Commission on Unalienable Rights” Draft Report
WASHINGTON — Human Rights First’s Rob Berschinski issued the following statement in response to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s unveiling of the draft report of the Commission on Unalienable Rights:
From the beginning, the Commission on Unalienable …
Read moreHuman Rights First Welcomes Sanctions on Chinese Officials Responsible for Ethnic Cleansing of Uyghurs and Other Minority Groups in China
WASHINGTON — Human Rights First today welcomed announcements by the U.S. government that it had implemented targeted sanctions against four Chinese government officials and one Chinese government security agency for their roles in the ongoing ethnic cl…
Read moreHuman Rights First Endorses Legislation to Release Detained Immigrants, Halt Immigration Enforcement During Pandemic
WASHINGTON D.C. — On April 13, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) introduced the Federal Immigrant Release for Safety and Security Together (FIRST) Act, which would direct Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to…
Read moreThree Immigrants Released from ICE Detention in Federal COVID-19 Lawsuit Brought by Human Rights First in California
LOS ANGELES – A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California granted release to three immigrants who were detained in Adelanto ICE Processing Center and therefore at risk of contracting COVID-19 after a suit for their…
Read moreHuman Rights First Statement on New Proposed Rule to Stop Refugees from Working
WASHINGTON – Human Rights First’s senior director for refugee protection, Eleanor Acer, made the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s new proposed rule, out today, which would bar asylum-seekers from legally working to support …
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