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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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, ...

In the aftermath of World War II, the United States was a leader in building an international system for the protection of refugees, to ensure that the nations of the world would never again turn away ...

The 268 faith-based, non-governmental, and other civil society organizations listed below call on UN Member States to uphold, preserve, strengthen, and celebrate international refugee, human rights, ...

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, ...

Washington, D.C. — Human Rights First today condemned the U.S. government’s unprecedented decision to not participate in its own Universal Periodic Review (UPR) before the United Nations Human Rights ...