Category: Human Rights First

Four Things President Obama Should Do Immediately About Bahrain

By Brian Dooley This blog post is cross-posted from Huffington Post. Six weeks ago the Bahrain launched a new, surprising,[…]

Human Rights First urged the government of Bahrain to drop all charges against and immediately release prominent human rights defender[…]

Human Rights First praised the transfer of three Guantanamo detainees to Italy and Serbia, noting that the pace of transfers[…]

Washington, D.C.—As world leaders gather for the NATO summit in Poland to discuss how to best address the migration of refugees[…]

New York City—Human Rights First today renewed its calls on the Obama Administration to abandon its policy of detaining parents and children[…]

Wednesday, July 6, 2016 – 2:30pm A Milestone in the Immigration Court Backlog Points to Progress B. Shaw Drake There[…]

Wednesday, July 6, 2016 – 2:28pm Guantanamo Provisions in the Senate Defense Appropriations Bill Katherine Cosgrove Later this week, the[…]

Wednesday, July 6, 2016 – 1:36pm India’s Anti-Trafficking Efforts Still Need Improvement Sharon Samuel The 2016 Trafficking in Persons (TIP)[…]

Washington, DC – Human Rights First today urged President Obama to use his upcoming participation in the Warsaw NATO summit as an[…]

Wednesday, July 6, 2016 – 10:11am Time for U.S. State Department to Finally Listen on Bahrain Brian Dooley This blog[…]