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NEW YORK CITY—In response to President Donald Trump’s speech at the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Human Rights First’s Senior Vice President for Policy Rob Berschinski issued the following statement:
“In his short, taped remarks…
Read moreWASHINGTON — 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 moreWASHINGTON – 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 moreFor over three decades, the NAACP headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland, served as the resting place for Dorothy Parker. Forever etched[…]
Read moreWhen 2020 began, few could have imagined what this year would entail. From COVID-19 to racial injustice and civil uprisings[…]
Read moreThe NAACP filed suit in the United States District Court of Washington, D.C. against the United States Postal Service and[…]
Read moreFacebook’s recent failure to extinguish the self-proclaimed militia groups organizing on its platform, including a group called the Kenosha Guard,[…]
Read moreThe Republican National Convention adopted a resolution “refuting the legitimacy of the Southern Poverty Law Center to identify hate groups.”[…]
Read moreOn August 27th… Leading national racial justice organizational leaders issued a joint statement on armed white militia violence and police[…]
Read moreThe Liberty University Board of Directors forced Rev. Jerry Falwell to take indefinite leave as Liberty U…
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