We found 838 results for “Human Rights Defenders”.
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Human Rights First Condemns El Salvador’s Ongoing Arbitrary Detention of Ruth Lopez Alfaro and Demands Her Immediate Release
May 18, 2026
Washington, D.C. — Human Rights First strongly condemns the arbitrary detention without trial of Ruth López Alfaro by the Government of El Salvador one year…
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Women Activists Risk Their Lives Daily to Rescue Civilians on Ukraine’s Front Lines
April 10, 2026
A new Human Rights First report reveals the deadly risks faced by Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs) on Ukraine’s front lines, where colleagues have been targeted and…
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Risk and Response: Women Human Rights Defenders on Ukraine’s Frontline
April 10, 2026
Women human rights defenders (WHRDS) are taking enormous daily risks to help vulnerable people living on the frontline of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Some deliver…
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Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Holds Public Hearing on the Impact of the United States’s Forced Deportations to Third Countries
March 11, 2026
Washington D.C. — A coalition of 22 immigrants’ rights organizations participated today in a public hearing held by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), as…
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New report: Ukraine’s Human Rights Challenges Will Persist Beyond Any Peace Deal
February 18, 2026
In a report released today to mark this week’s anniversaries of the 2014 and 2022 Russian invasions, human rights activists in Ukraine warn that whether…
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Ukraine Anniversary Briefing
February 18, 2026
Ukraine’s Human Rights Challenges Will Persist Beyond Any Peace Deal Local activists in Ukraine warn that whether or not ongoing peace talks with Russia produce…
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A Coordinated Sanctions Push Against Bahrain’s Interior Minister
February 14, 2026
This week marks fifteen years since Bahraini authorities violently crushed peaceful pro-democracy protests, unleashing a campaign of arbitrary detention and torture. After more than a…
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Remarks by Human Rights First President and CEO Uzra Zeya at 6th Geneva Forum 2026
February 10, 2026
6th Geneva Forum 2026 | Repression & Resilience: Human Rights in Tibet & Regions Under China Remarks by President and CEO Uzra Zeya: Thank you,…
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Human Rights First Galvanizing Action Against Widespread Abuses in the First Year of the Trump Administration
January 16, 2026
Washington, D.C — Human Rights First (HRF) is galvanizing cross-cutting action in response to the wide range of human and civil rights abuses—at home and…
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Evacuating Civilians From Ukraine’s Front Line in the Snow
January 8, 2026
Kharkiv: It’s still dark after 7 a.m. when we leave Kharkiv city to evacuate people from the frontline village of Hontarivka, a few hours’ drive…
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At Kharkiv Cemetery for Slava, Killed by a Russian Drone on Christmas Day
January 2, 2026
Kharkiv — Around a hundred of us gathered this morning in the sub-freezing cold at a city cemetery to remember volunteer activist Vyacheslav (Slava) Ilchenko, killed…
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Human Rights First Seeks Sanctions for Torture in Bahrain Prisons
December 18, 2025
Washington D.C. — Human Rights First today submitted a dossier to the U.S. government recommending targeted sanctions against Sheikh Rashid bin Abdullah al Khalifa, Bahrain’s…