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WASHINGTON — Human Rights First’s Rob Berschinski issued the following statement in response to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s unveiling of the draft report of the Commission on Unalienable Rights:
From the beginning, the Commission on Unalienable …
Read moreWASHINGTON — Human Rights First today welcomed announcements by the U.S. government that it had implemented targeted sanctions against four Chinese government officials and one Chinese government security agency for their roles in the ongoing ethnic cl…
Read moreHuman Rights First welcomed the UN Human Rights Council “urgent debate” on “race-based human rights violations, systemic racism, police violence[…]
Read moreWASHINGTON – While protests for racial justice and against police brutality continue in American cities, over 500 American military veterans have joined to sign a letter urging the government not to use the U.S. military as a tool to suppress protester…
Read moreAfter Observation of Commission’s Public Meetings, HRF Recommends Commission Focus on Correcting Administration’s Abysmal Human Rights Record
WASHINGTON – Human Rights First today strongly urged members of the Department of State’s Commission on Unali…
Read moreWASHINGTON D.C. — On April 13, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) introduced the Federal Immigrant Release for Safety and Security Together (FIRST) Act, which would direct Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to…
Read moreLOS ANGELES – A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California granted release to three immigrants who were detained in Adelanto ICE Processing Center and therefore at risk of contracting COVID-19 after a suit for their…
Read moreNEW YORK – Calling on governors and state health officials to use their authority to act in the interest of public health and protect immigration detainees, Human Rights First, Amnesty International USA and Physicians for Human Rights asked that these …
Read moreA downloadable version of this letter may be found here:Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis While Protecting Asylum Seekers PDF
Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis While Protecting Asylum Seekers
Read more20.01.29 Forman HFAC Testimony.pdf
20.01.29 Forman HFAC Testimony.pdf
Tuesday, January 28, 2020 – 1:30pmTestimony of Ira N. Forman for the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, Energy, and the Environme…
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