Report Shows Syrians Thriving in America
Monday, December 19, 2016 – 3:29pmNew Report Shows Syrians Thriving in AmericaBy Joe Jenkins
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Hate Speech Online: 2016 In Review
Thursday, December 22, 2016 – 4:43pmHate Speech Online: 2016 In ReviewSusan CorkeErika Asgeirsson
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Equality Prevails at the United Nations
Wednesday, December 21, 2016 – 2:37pmEquality Prevails at the United NationsMariel Perez-SantiagoIn a victory for the human rights movement, and for the integrity of the United Nations Human Rights Council, the United Nations General Assembly rejected …
Read moreTrump Win Encourages Europe’s Far Right
Friday, December 16, 2016 – 5:11pm
Trump Win Encourages Europe’s Far Right
A few weeks after the U.S. election, I was in Berlin to discuss a report we are writing on xenophobia and extremism in Germany.
Russia’s Toolkit for Undermining Democracy
The NSU Trial: The Golden Dawn and Beyond (Part 4) #NSU #Neo-Nazi
In this four-part blog series, Human Rights First is examining the crimes and trial of the National Socialist Underground (NSU),[…]
Read moreCongress Starting to Push Back against Russian Interference #RussianHacking #Election
After a public back-and-forth between the CIA and President-elect Donald Trump over the role of Russian hackers in the U.S.[…]
Read more“Torture Has Tainted Everything:” GTMO Defense Attorneys Discuss the Military Commissions #Torture #HumanRights
For most Americans, the military commissions in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba are out-of-sight, out-of-mind. But the troubled system grinds on. On[…]
Read moreTrump Should Follow General Mattis’s Advice on Torture #Waterboarding #HumanRights
When President-elect Donald Trump met with retired Marine Corps General James Mattis to discuss his possible appointment as Secretary of Defense. Their meeting covered[…]
Read moreLetter to Obama: No Return to NSEERS under Trump #Islamaphobia
Human Rights First joined nearly 200 other human rights, civil liberties, education, social justice, and inter-faith organizations in urging the Obama Administration to[…]
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