WASHINGTON – Human Rights First, the National Immigration Law Center (“NILC”), and Sidley Austin LLP today filed an amicus curiae—friend of the court—brief at the U.S. Supreme Court in a case challenging the so-called Migrant Protection Protocols (“MPP…
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Human Rights First Deplores China’s Continuing Assault on Hong Kong
WASHINGTON – Human Rights First today condemned the Chinese government’s latest wave of arrests in Hong Kong, which included more than 50 pro-democracy officials and leading voices of dissent.
“If the Hong Kong authorities think they will end opposit…
Read moreOn 19th Anniversary of the Opening of Guantánamo, Human Rights First Calls for Its Closure
Washington, D.C. — Nineteen years ago, the first detainees arrived at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay as part of an effort to subvert the rule of law based on the false assumption that the Constitution did not apply to the men detained an…
Read moreHuman Rights First Celebrates Human Rights Defenders, Pro Bono Lawyers Working for Refugees
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…
Read moreHuman 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…
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