Report: Refugees Successfully Integrate in the United States #RefugeeIntegration
By Kristina Doan Earlier this summer the Center for American Progress and Fiscal Policy Institute released a report titled “Refugee[…]
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Voices From Afar – Part 2: Engaging and Empowering the Jamaican and Dominican Diaspora on LGBT Issues #LGBTQ
Part 2: Dominican Republic By Courtney Thomas “Being gay in the Dominican Republic is kind of a taboo,” a Dominican-American[…]
Read moreVoices from Afar – Part 1: Engaging and Empowering the Jamaican and Dominican Diaspora on LGBT Issues #LGBTQ
By Courtney Thomas Part 1: Jamaica As the daughter of Jamaican immigrants, I have always been painfully aware of the[…]
Read moreDetained Mothers Begin Hunger Strike at Berks Immigration Detention Facility #immigrant #detention
Human Rights First renewed its calls on the Obama Administration to end its policy of detaining women and children seeking U.S.[…]
Read moreHuman Rights First Awards Medal of Liberty to Congolese Activist Janvier Murairi Bakihanaye #Slavery #HumanRights
On August 10th, Human Rights First announced that it will award the 2016 Roger N. Baldwin Medal of Liberty to[…]
Read moreState Department Should Press Lithuania to Uphold Rights of LGBT Citizens #LGBTQ
On August 9th, Human Rights First called on the State Department to press the Lithuanian government to reject a Constitutional[…]
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Obama Administration Discloses Previously Classified Procedures for Authorizing Force Outside “Areas of Active Hostilities” #Counterterrorism
Human Rights First is calling the August 6th release of the Obama Administration’s official policy document governing approval procedures for[…]
Read moreMalaysian Guantanamo Detainee Receives Review Board Hearing #Gitmo #Detainee
By Katherine Cosgrove Tuesday morning, the Guantanamo Periodic Review Board (PRB) convened to consider the case of Mohd Farik Bin Amin, a 41-year-old Malaysian citizen.[…]
Read moreIslamophobia and Its Impact in the United States #Xenophobia #Islamophobia
By Joe Jenkins In a June 2016 report, Confronting Fear: Islamophobia and its Impact in the U.S. 2013-2015, the Council[…]
Read moreWhy I Joined Vets for American Ideals #Veterans #Refugees
By Charlie Mink This blog is cross-posted from Veterans for American Ideals. I joined Vets for American Ideals (VFAI) in[…]
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