Human Rights First

Access to U.S. Asylum

Letters to the governments of Costa Rica and Panama urge countries to address injustices relating to U.S. return scheme

International human rights organizations urge the governments of Costa Rica and Panama to address human rights abuses resulting from their agreement to receive families and adults unlawfully prevented from seeking…

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Misogyny & Anti-LGBTQ+ Extremism

Forgiveness for the Few: The New PSLF

This guest post does not necessarily reflect the views or expertise of Human Rights First. It is part of a partnership between UCLA Law and Human Rights First, where UCLA…

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Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Crackdown on Free Speech

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Access to U.S. Asylum

Class Action Lawsuit Challenges Unlawful Deportations to Third Countries Without Notice and Opportunity to Seek Protection from Persecution or Torture

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Seeking Asylum

Human Rights First Blasts White House Effort to Intimidate Lawyers

Washington, D.C.–In response to the White House memo, “Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Courts,” Human Rights First President and CEO Sue Hendrickson issued the following statement.…

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Accountability & Targeted Sanctions

Letter to the FCDO Regarding the Need to Increase Global Leadership in Accountability for Human Rights Abuses and Corruption Through Targeted Sanctions

A letter to the UK Minister of State on behalf of Human Rights First and REDRESS recommending that the United Kingdom build on existing leadership in the use of targeted…

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Afghan Resettlement

Pakistan must stop returns of Afghans to persecution, Trump administration must restart resettlement

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Egypt

Egypt Activists Exasperated at Fading EU Support

Activists in Egypt accuse the European Union of not using their leverage with the Cairo government to better protect them and to press for human rights. A range of dissidents…

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GLOBAL MAGNITSKY AND RELATED SANCTIONS: Semi-Annual Update March 2025

This briefing provides an overview of recent developments in the U.S., UK, EU, Canadian, and Australian governments’ use of targeted human rights and anticorruption sanctions programs from July 1, 2024,…

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Human Rights First Names Uzra Zeya as President and CEO

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Refugee Protection

Human Rights First Urges Poland to Lift Suspension on Right to Seek Asylum

New York, NY— Human Rights First today urged the Polish government to lift the suspension on people’s right to claim asylum at the Poland-Belarus border, and to stop targeting people providing…

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Refugee Protection

Human Rights groups urge Costa Rica and Panama to address injustices relating to U.S. return scheme – and prevent repetition

International human rights organizations urged the governments of Costa Rica and Panama today to address human rights abuses resulting from their agreement to receive families and adults who are unlawfully…

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Access to U.S. Asylum

Letters to the governments of Costa Rica and Panama urge countries to address injustices relating to U.S. return scheme

International human rights organizations urge the governments of Costa Rica and Panama to address human rights abuses resulting from their agreement to receive families and adults unlawfully prevented from seeking…

library

Misogyny & Anti-LGBTQ+ Extremism

Forgiveness for the Few: The New PSLF

This guest post does not necessarily reflect the views or expertise of Human Rights First. It is part of a partnership between UCLA Law and Human Rights First, where UCLA…

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Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Crackdown on Free Speech

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Access to U.S. Asylum

Class Action Lawsuit Challenges Unlawful Deportations to Third Countries Without Notice and Opportunity to Seek Protection from Persecution or Torture

library

Seeking Asylum

Human Rights First Blasts White House Effort to Intimidate Lawyers

Washington, D.C.–In response to the White House memo, “Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Courts,” Human Rights First President and CEO Sue Hendrickson issued the following statement.…

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Accountability & Targeted Sanctions

Letter to the FCDO Regarding the Need to Increase Global Leadership in Accountability for Human Rights Abuses and Corruption Through Targeted Sanctions

A letter to the UK Minister of State on behalf of Human Rights First and REDRESS recommending that the United Kingdom build on existing leadership in the use of targeted…

library

Afghan Resettlement

Pakistan must stop returns of Afghans to persecution, Trump administration must restart resettlement

library

Egypt

Egypt Activists Exasperated at Fading EU Support

Activists in Egypt accuse the European Union of not using their leverage with the Cairo government to better protect them and to press for human rights. A range of dissidents…

library

GLOBAL MAGNITSKY AND RELATED SANCTIONS: Semi-Annual Update March 2025

This briefing provides an overview of recent developments in the U.S., UK, EU, Canadian, and Australian governments’ use of targeted human rights and anticorruption sanctions programs from July 1, 2024,…

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Human Rights First Names Uzra Zeya as President and CEO

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