Category: Human Rights First

At the annual “International Law Weekend” at Fordham University School of Law, State Department Legal Adviser Brian Egan joined Professors Jennifer Daskal and Oona Hathaway[…]

Islamophobia—an unfounded fear or hostility toward Muslims or Islam—is on the rise in the United States and anti-Muslim rhetoric from[…]

Human Rights First expressed grave concern about the announcement by President-elect Donald Trump that Steve Bannon will serve as Mr.[…]

In June 2013 Human Rights First issued a blueprint calling on the United States to stop doing business with Russian[…]

Mr. W, an Ethiopian man, was discriminated against, enslaved, and tortured in Eritrea. When he sought asylum in the United[…]

Less than a year after his first Periodic Review Board (PRB) hearing, 37-year-old Salman Yahya Hassan Mohammad Rabei’i once again[…]

Today’s refugee crisis is the worst the world has seen in generations. But it’s not only a devastating manifestation of[…]

Human Rights First recently called on Under Secretary for Political Affairs Thomas A. Shannon to publicly urge the Kyrgyz government to[…]

Human Rights First, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, and American University hosted Ambassador Susan Rice, President Obama’s National Security[…]

The Wall Street Journal reported that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials expect the number of people in immigration detention to reach[…]