Category: Social & Civil Issues

WASHINGTON — A broad coalition of 70 humanitarian, 57 faith-based organizations and 15 veteran-led groups used a series of letters to call on the B

WASHINGTON — Following the Department of Homeland Security’s issuance of a memorandum yesterday formally ending the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), Human Rights First called on the Biden administration to urgently take steps to end the policy and …

WASHINGTON – Today, Human Rights First and 16 partner organizations from seven countries published a letter calling on governments to act urgently to protect Afghan locally employed civilians (LECs) of NATO member states. With the imminent completion o…

Wednesday, May 26, 2021 – 5:18pmAlexandra YellinPolitics, Not Public Health, is Responsible for Refugees’ SufferingLast week, Human Rights First received a response to a Freedom of Inf

NEW YORK — In Hong Kong today, human rights lawyer Albert Ho, recipient of Human Rights First’s 2020 Roger Baldwin Medal of Liberty, received two concurrent jail sentences of 18 months for his involvement in a 2019 pro-democracy march.

WASHINGTON — Chris Purdy, Project Manager of the Veterans for American Ideals program at Human Rights First gave the following statement in reaction to the U.S. Senate blocking a commission to investigate the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol o…

NEW YORK – Human Rights First expressed concerns that new Biden administration policies announced today risk undermining due process in asylum adjudications while the administration continues to fail to end illegal Trump policies that deny refugees U.S…

Friday, May 7, 2021 – 9:29amBrian DooleyLessons for the Next US Ambassador to BahrainIt

Wednesday, May 12, 2021 – 3:14pmGlobal Magnitsky: Using Sanctions in Cooperation with National Authoritiesby Sarah Allis and Joy Hammer

Thursday, May 13, 2021 – 1:38pmJulia Neusner"They Lied to Us”: Biden Administration Continues to Expel, Mistreat Families Seeking Asylum