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ISLAMOPHOBIA

September 19, 2022

American ideals are undermined when we discriminate against Muslims, or persons of any faith. Anti-Muslim rhetoric has entered the U.S. political and mainstream public discourse,…

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Human Rights First Calls for Nominations for 2022 Roger N. Baldwin Medal of Liberty Award

March 10, 2022

WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, Human Rights First announced a call for nominations for the 2022 Roger N. Baldwin Medal of Liberty Award. Nominations are due…

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Yom HaShoah—”To Truly Honor the Past we Must Understand the Present and Preserve the Future”

April 12, 2018

On March 23, 2018—one week before Passover and three weeks before Yom HaShoah—Mireille Knoll, an 85-year-old French Holocaust survivor, was brutally stabbed to death and…

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Congress Showed that Combating Antisemitism is a Priority. Will the Administration?

March 27, 2018

By Susan Corke and Zahava Moerdler Antisemitic incidents are increasing at home and abroad. In response, Human Rights First and our partners in the Jewish community…

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Vets for American Ideals Heads to SXSW

March 8, 2018

For the third year in a row, Human Rights First is headed to SXSW (or South by Southwest), but this time it’s Vets for American…

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VFAI Leader Spotlights

Leader Spotlight: Erich Almonte

October 12, 2017

Veterans for American Ideals is recognizing veteran leaders who are continuing their service by building unity and standing up for American values. Through a series…

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Aligning American Foreign Policy to Protect Religious Freedom

August 21, 2017

On Tuesday Secretary of State Rex Tillerson delivered a speech to mark the release of the State Department’s annual International Religious Freedom Report. Human Rights First’s Rob Berschinski spoke…

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World Refugee Day Community Iftar

June 28, 2017

By Saadia H. Khan and Emma Bernstein Saadia: As a practicing Muslim born and raised in the United States, I fast during the holy month of…

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Leader Spotlight: Matt Lester

June 13, 2017

Veterans for American Ideals is recognizing veteran leaders who are continuing their service by building unity and standing up for American values. Through a series…

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President Trump on Antisemitism: Some Talk, No Action

February 24, 2017

By Dora Illei The White House’s struggle to hit the mark on the issue of antisemitism continues, although members of the administration finally seem to…

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Interfaith Solidarity for Today’s Activists

February 23, 2017

By Erika Asgeirsson Over the past few weeks, the United States, and indeed the world, have been on edge as President Trump issued rapid-fire executive orders barring…

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Trump Shows How Not to Respond to Antisemitism

February 16, 2017

By Erika Asgeirsson On Wednesday, during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump was asked about the rise of antisemitic incidents since his…

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President Trump’s Response on Antisemitism Widely Misses the Mark

February 15, 2017

New York City—Human Rights First today said that President Trump’s statement on antisemitism and hate crime in the United States was inappropriate and widely missed…

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How Not to Honor Holocaust Remembrance Day

February 13, 2017

By Dora Illei On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, it is customary for the U.S. government to honor its victims, who were primarily Jewish. In last year’s…

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Trump Administration Should Avoid Anti-Muslim Bias in its Counter-Extremism Program

February 3, 2017

By Neil Hicks This is crossposted from The Huffington Post. Proposals from the Trump administration to change the countering violent extremism (CVE) program started under President Obama to…

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Military Vets Join Baltimore Muslim Community for Conversation on Islamophobia, Muslim Ban

February 2, 2017

While the nation shook after President Donald Trump issued the executive order effectively blocking millions of immigrants and refugees from Muslim-majority countries, military veterans in the…

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Trump Win Encourages Europe’s Far Right

December 16, 2016

A few weeks after the U.S. election, I was in Berlin to discuss a report we are writing on xenophobia and extremism in Germany. In parallel, we watched…

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Merkel’s Burka Ban: How Far-Right Parties are Shifting Political Dialogue

December 12, 2016

By Erika Asgeirsson Last week Chancellor Angela Merkel accepted the nomination for her party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), in hopes of serving her fourth…

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Kerry Urged to Counter Extremism, Antisemitism at OSCE

December 7, 2016

Washington, D.C.—Human Rights First today urged Secretary of State John Kerry to uphold the values of the Organization for Society and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)…

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As Hate Rhetoric Dominates Political Sphere, Report Shows Underreporting of Bias-Motivated Incidents Among OSCE States

November 30, 2016

Washington, D.C.— As xenophobic and hate-filled rhetoric dominates political discourse in Europe and the United States, Human Rights First and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today…

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Washington Week on Human Rights: November 28, 2016

November 28, 2016

Top Items Veterans Storming Capitol Hill  This week members of Veterans for American Ideals will convene in Washington, D.C. to call on members of Congress to save…

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A note from Human Rights First’s President and CEO Elisa Massimino

November 22, 2016

Right now the future seems uncertain. Given President-elect Donald Trump’s brash promises on the campaign trail, some fear that our most cherished ideals—human rights, the…

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Mansoor Shams: Muslim, Marine

November 3, 2016

Islamophobia—an unfounded fear or hostility toward Muslims or Islam—is on the rise in the United States and anti-Muslim rhetoric from political leaders and other public figures…

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Washington Week on Human Rights: October 17, 2016

October 17, 2016

Top Items Guantanamo Human Rights First today praised the repatriation of Guantanamo detainee Mohamedou Slahi to Mauritania, and encourages the Obama Administration to keep up…

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An Invalid Vote of Consequence: The Results of Hungary’s Refugee Referendum

October 4, 2016

By Dora Illei On Sunday, the Hungarian people voted on the E.U. plan to relocate 1,294 refugees to their country, part of a larger plan…

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Why Religion Matters: Fighting Intolerance with Broad Coalitions

September 30, 2016

By Erika Asgeirsson This week I attended #RadCon, a Religion and Diplomacy Conference hosted by the State Department’s Office of Religion and Global Affairs. The…

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Anti-Immigrant Platform Leads German Far-Right Party to Berlin’s State Parliament

September 22, 2016

By Dora Illei German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), continued to lose voters in the September 18 German state election. It won…

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U.N. High Level Forum on Global Antisemitism

September 14, 2016

By Erika Asgeirsson On Wednesday September 7, representatives from governments, civil society, and tech gathered to discuss the most pressing issues related to antisemitism around…

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Retired General Charles Krulak and Pastor Bob Roberts: Islamophobia Diminishes Us

September 14, 2016

By Joe Jenkins  In early September the White House met its goal of resettling 10,000 Syrian refugees. President Obama stated that the United States welcomed…

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Putting the International Religious Freedom Report into Action

August 16, 2016

By Zahava Moerdler The State Department published its International Religious Freedom Report on Wednesday August 10, analyzing the status of religious freedom around the world in 2015…

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A Muslim-American Olympian Just Made History in Rio

August 12, 2016

By Joe Jenkins When Ibtihaj Muhammad stepped onto the piste of Rio’s Carioca Arena, saber in hand, she had her sights on Olympic gold. In her first…

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How the Sacrifice of One Muslim-American Soldier is Changing the National Conversation

August 9, 2016

By Joe Jenkins This blog is cross-posted from Veterans for American Ideals. Humayun Khan was 27 when he served in the Army’s 1st Infantry Division. The…

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Gallup Polling Data on Anti-Muslim Sentiment in the West

August 3, 2016

By Joe Jenkins In 2011 the polling organization Gallup undertook significant data collection and analysis on public opinions on Muslims and Islam in the West…

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Islamophobia and Its Impact in the United States

August 2, 2016

By Joe Jenkins In a June 2016 report, Confronting Fear: Islamophobia and its Impact in the U.S. 2013-2015, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) looks at…

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Islamophobia in America

August 2, 2016

What is Islamophobia? Islamophobia is an unfounded fear and hostility toward Islam and Muslims that results in discrimination, bias, marginalization, and at times, violence. It…

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The Hard Lessons of the Past

August 1, 2016

By Joe Jenkins At times in history, this American experiment has been vigorously tested; our aspirational values have been thrust against the stark realities of…

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Washington Week on Human Rights: August 1, 2016

August 1, 2016

Top News Immigration Detention This Wednesday, August 3rd the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) and Human Rights First will host a breakfast discussion on…

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Let’s Remember Colin Powell’s Words on Islamophobia

July 29, 2016

By Joe Jenkins Anti-Muslim rhetoric has been on the rise in 2016. Politicians, media talking heads, and other public figures have called Muslims dangerous, misrepresented…

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Responding to Gingrich’s Dangerous Rhetoric on Muslims

July 29, 2016

By Joe Jenkins Vets for American Ideals leader Emir Hazdic wasn’t the only veteran to speak up against former Speaker of the House of Representatives…

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Washington Week on Human Rights: June 20, 2016

June 21, 2016

Top News World Refugee Day Today, to mark World Refugee Day, 28 of the nation’s most prominent national security leaders, retired generals and admirals, and former government…

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Civil Society Mobilizing in France to Counter All Forms of Discrimination

June 8, 2016

“Racism doesn’t belong to the community touched by it; it affects us all.” This week I traveled to Paris to meet with civil society groups…

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Substantial Rise in Far-Right Violence in Germany Reported Since Refugee Crisis Began

May 26, 2016

By Timothy Meyers Far-right aggression in Germany is on a dramatic rise. Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière announced on Monday that 2015 has seen the most crippling…

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New French Report Shows Rise in Attacks on Muslims, Sustained Targeting of Jews

May 6, 2016

By Annie Glasser France’s National Human Rights Commission (CNCDH) recently released a report on the fight against racism in France. The CNCDH reported 429 anti-Muslim threats and…

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Amid a Crisis, an Opportunity for Support: On the ground in Germany

April 15, 2016

Germany is grappling with a lot: that’s a message I heard in different ways in different conversations this past week in Berlin. Having borne the…

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Far-right Parties in European Elections

March 11, 2016

The past decade has seen the ascendance of several far-right political parties across Europe. These groups—many of which have been roundly criticized for their antisemitic,…

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German Elections Highlight Rise of Far Right as Kerry Travels to Europe

March 11, 2016

Washington, D.C.—Human Rights First today urged the U.S. government to see the expected results of tomorrow’s elections in Germany as a wake-up call to the…

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Far-Right National Front Gains Seats in French Regional Elections

December 6, 2015

Washington, D.C.—Today Human Rights First called on the U.S. government to redouble its efforts to promote tolerance in France in the wake of today’s regional elections,…

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Young European Activists Combating Antisemitism Appear on Brian Lehrer Show

October 26, 2015

By Megdi Abebe On Friday, the 2015 Human Rights First Award winners, Jane Braden-Golay, President of the European Union of Jewish Students (Switzerland); Siavosh Derakhti, Founder…

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Washington Week on Human Rights: March 2, 2015

March 2, 2015

Top News GUANTANAMO This week, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter will appear before the Senate Armed Services Committee and the House Appropriations Committee’s Defense Subcommittee…

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Dr. King’s Legacy Inspires Defenders Beyond U.S. Borders

August 28, 2013

Fifty years ago today Dr. Martin Luther King delivered his historic “I Have a Dream” speech. His remarks from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial…

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Pakistan’s Crackdown on the Internet Shows What ‘Global Blasphemy Code’ Could Look Like

July 12, 2010

By Tad Stahnke, Director of Policy and Programs Crossposted from Huffington Post Pakistani authorities recently announced they will ban 17 websites and scrutinize seven additional…

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