Vote for Human Rights First’s SXSW PanelPicker Ideas #SXSWVote #HumanRights
By Meredith Kucherov Last March we set out for Austin, Texas to talk about using corporate data to fight modern[…]
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Category: Human Rights First
New Report Details Examines Issues Surrounding Berks Family Detention Center #Detainees #HungerStrike
As mothers enter the third week of a hunger strike at the Berks County family detention center, Human Rights First[…]
Read moreThe Syrian Refugee Crisis: A Greenhouse for Human Trafficking #RefugeeProtection #HumanTrafficking
By Rachel Buchan Around the world today, an estimated twenty-one million people have fallen prey to the criminal enterprise of[…]
Read moreOpponents to Gitmo Transfers Distort the Facts #Gitmo #Detainees
By Adam Jacobson Last week’s transfer of 15 detainees—12 Yemenis and three Afghans—from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to[…]
Read morePutting the International Religious Freedom Report into Action #Antisemitism #Discrimination
By Zahava Moerdler The State Department published its International Religious Freedom Report on Wednesday August 10, analyzing the status of[…]
Read moreBahrain Detains Leading Neurosurgeon #HumanRights #Bahrain
By Jude Ali Neurosurgeon Dr. Taha Alderazi was due to perform an operation on Tuesday, but instead he was in Bahrain’s Dry Dock prison. He is[…]
Read moreObama Administration Transfers 15 Guantanamo Detainees #GitmoDetainees
On August 15th, Human Rights First praised the transfer of 15 Guantanamo detainees to the United Arab Emirates, and encourages[…]
Read moreSubaru Must Begin Holding Its Suppliers Accountable #HumanTrafficking
By Sharon Samuel In the past four years, Subaru’s U.S. sales have almost doubled and its stock price has quadrupled.[…]
Read moreA Muslim-American Olympian Just Made History in Rio #Olympics #Muslim
By Joe Jenkins When Ibtihaj Muhammad stepped onto the piste of Rio’s Carioca Arena, saber in hand, she had her[…]
Read moreGitmo Review Board Hearing for Malaysian High-Value Detainee #Gitmo #Detainee
By Molly Wooldridge Thursday (August 11th) morning, Malaysian national Mohammed Bashir Bin Lap, better known by his alias Lillie, received[…]
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