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Human Rights First Seeks Sanctions for Torture in Bahrain Prisons

Human Rights First today submitted a dossier to the U.S. government recommending targeted sanctions against Sheikh Rashid bin ...
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Human Rights First Slams Sweeping and Racist Travel Ban That Separates Families and Endangers Lives

Human Rights First strongly condemns yesterday’s Travel Ban proclamation vastly expanding on the discriminatory June travel ...
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Beyond the Uniform: Ensuring Equal Rights for Service Members

By Kaylee Rawlins, Communications Intern This guest post does not necessarily reflect the views or expertise of Human Rights ...
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Know Your Rights: Interacting with ICE and Federal Law Enforcement

By Samantha Monteiro, Communications Intern This guest post does not necessarily reflect the views or expertise of Human Rights First. A 41-year-old Honduran man named Aaron had been living in ...
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Statement for the Record of Human Rights First On Senate Judiciary Committee Joint Subcommittee Hearing Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration Subcom…

For over twenty years, Afghan human rights defenders, civil society, and government leaders staked their lives, futures, and ...
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New ICE Flight Monitor Report Shows Sharp Escalation of Deportation and Domestic Transfer Flights Under Trump Administration

Washington, D.C. — A new report from Human Rights First’s ICE Flight Monitor, documents a dramatic escalation of the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign—including a record number of ...
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Human Rights First to Defend WESPAC Against Baseless Lawsuits at December 15 Hearing in Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA — Human Rights First will appear in federal court on Monday, December 15, at 9:00 a.m. to argue a motion to dismiss a lawsuit targeting the WESPAC Foundation, a small nonprofit ...
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ICE Flight Monitor: November 2025 Monthly Report

Since taking office on January 20, 2025, the Trump administration has pursued an unprecedented mass deportation agenda. U.S. officials have adopted a range of new tactics to achieve this objective, ...
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Understanding U.S. Security Screening for Asylum and Refugee Programs

The U.S. asylum system and refugee resettlement program, which process people seeking refugee protection either in the United States or those seeking to be resettled to the country, entail rigorous ...
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Uzra Zeya’s Remarks at UN Association for the National Capital Area Annual Human Rights Awards, December 10, 2025

Thank you, Scott, for your human rights leadership over decades and your all too kind words. It’s an incredible honor to follow in your footsteps and those of the other remarkable Tex Harris Awardees.
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ATTACKING THE WATCHDOGS

Human Rights Defenders (HRDs), journalists, and others in Ukraine working to counter corruption say they are facing an increased wave of targeting by the authorities and are calling on western allies ...
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Hajnówka Five’s Ordeal Drags on in Poland

At the end of the last session of their trial in a Białystok court today, the ordeal for five Human Rights Defenders in Poland still isn’t over. They have to return Monday morning for the judge’s ...