By Kaylee Rawlins, Communications Intern This guest post does not necessarily reflect the views or expertise of Human Rights ...

Human Rights First today submitted a dossier to the U.S. government recommending targeted sanctions against Sheikh Rashid bin ...

Human Rights First strongly condemns yesterday’s Travel Ban proclamation vastly expanding on the discriminatory June travel ...

For over twenty years, Afghan human rights defenders, civil society, and government leaders staked their lives, futures, and ...

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 ...

Each year, the U.S. government provides billions of dollars in training, weapons, and other assistance to foreign security forces – including in countries where such forces have been accused of ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Washington, D.C. — Human Rights First is appalled by the Trump administration’s extreme and punitive action to halt all immigration processing, including permanent residence and citizenship, and to re ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Human Rights First and Refugees International launched Banished by Bargain: Third Country Deportation Watch, a new website that tracks and exposes the human toll of the Trump ...

In advance of Human Rights Day on December 10, the Global Refugee Forum Progress Review in mid-December 2025, and the 75 th Anniversary of the Refuge Convention in 2026, over 300 faith-based, ...