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New ICE Flight Monitor Report Shows Avelo Airlines Flew Nearly One in Five ICE Flights as part of Massive Expansion of ICE Domestic Transfer and Deportation Flights
January 12, 2026
Washington D.C. — A new report from Human Rights First’s ICE Flight Monitor reveals the unprecedented scale, scope, and secrecy of the Trump administration’s mass deportation…
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Uzra Zeya’s Remarks at the Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Arbitrary Detention and Hostage Diplomacy: “Deterrence: action to tackle the scourge of hostage taking”
November 14, 2025
As prepared for delivery at the Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Arbitrary Detention and Hostage Diplomacy “Deterrence: action to tackle the scourge of hostage taking” on Wednesday,…
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Egypt Is Prosecuting a Mother for Reporting Her Son’s Torture
November 7, 2025
By Suchita Uppal and Mohamed Lotfy Mohamed Lotfy is the Executive Director of the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms. On Monday, November 17, an…
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ICE Flight Monitor: September 2025 Report
October 9, 2025
Executive Summary Since taking office on January 20, 2025, the Trump administration has pursued an unprecedented mass deportation agenda. U.S. officials have adopted a range…
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Human Rights First Welcomes Acquittal of Polish Activists, the “Hajnówka Five”
September 8, 2025
Human Rights First welcomes today’s verdict of a Polish court to acquit five activists—known as the “Hajnówka Five”—who had faced years in prison for providing…
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Hajnówka Five’s Ordeal Drags on in Poland
September 3, 2025
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…
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Human Rights First Decries U.S. Boycott of UN Universal Periodic Review for Further Damaging U.S. Credibility and International Human Rights Norms
August 28, 2025
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…
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Alaa Abdel Fattah Removed from Egypt’s “Terrorist” List But Remains Behind Bars
August 13, 2025
Just one week after Dr. Laila Soueif ended her 10-month hunger strike, an Egyptian court has removed her son, British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, from…
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Pressure on British Prime Minister Increases as Dr. Laila Soueif Nears 250 Days on Hunger Strike for Her Son Jailed in Egypt
June 5, 2025
Yesterday, I went to St. Thomas’s Hospital in London to visit Dr. Laila Soueif, who is on a protracted hunger strike to draw attention to…
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Transparency in the Leahy Laws: Who is Banned?
May 30, 2025
By Adam Keith and Suchita Uppal Each year, the U.S. government provides billions of dollars in training, weapons, and other assistance to foreign security forces…
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Egypt Activists Exasperated at Fading EU Support
April 3, 2025
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…
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Bahrain’s Chance to Release Itself from its Past
February 14, 2025
By Brian Dooley A lot can happen in 14 years. Seismic historical shifts haven’t taken that long. Neither the Russian revolution, nor the Great Depression,…