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In the wake of the announcement by the Department of Justice (DOJ) that it will end its reliance on private prisons, Human Rights First[…]
Read moreAs mothers enter the third week of a hunger strike at the Berks County family detention center, Human Rights First[…]
Read moreHuman Rights First renewed its calls on the Obama Administration to end its policy of detaining women and children seeking U.S.[…]
Read moreOn August 10th, Human Rights First announced that it will award the 2016 Roger N. Baldwin Medal of Liberty to[…]
Read moreHuman Rights First released a new report detailing the increase in asylum seekers held in U.S. immigration detention facilities and[…]
Read moreHuman Rights First applauded members of Congress for urging Moldovan lawmakers to reject a proposed bill that threatens the human rights of Moldova’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and[…]
Read moreAs the backlog at U.S. immigration courts tops half a million cases, Human Rights First renews its calls for Congress to[…]
Read moreBy Brian Dooley Today a Bahraini court dissolved the country’s largest opposition group. The move is a sledgehammer in the face of Bahrain’s already[…]
Read moreHuman Rights First sends its deepest condolences to the government and people of France for the unspeakable act of violence[…]
Read moreThe State Department released official resettlement data for June, indicating that 2,406 Syrian refugees arrived last month, and bringing the fiscal[…]
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