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Human Rights First and Refugees International Launch New Tracker Exposing Secretive Third Country Transfer Agreements
December 5, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Human Rights First and Refugees International launched Banished by Bargain: Third Country Deportation Watch, a new website that tracks and exposes the…
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Welcoming MBS Undercuts U.S. Values and Security, Human Rights First Warns
November 18, 2025
Washington D.C.— On the occasion of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s (MBS) November 18-19 visit to Washington, Human Rights First deplores the White House…
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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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Uzra Zeya’s Remarks at the Universal Periodic Review Side Event
November 7, 2025
Thank you to the INHR for hosting this event and to my esteemed co-panelists. I also want to welcome civil society colleagues and representatives of…
President & CEO Remarks: 2025 Awards Celebration
October 21, 2025
October 14, 2025 – Gotham Hall – New York, NY Good evening and welcome. It’s electrifying to be here with so many friends, supporters, and allies in one room.…
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Immigrants’ Rights Organizations Submit Report to Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Documenting Escalating Abuses by U.S. Government
October 17, 2025
Following a July 24, 2025 public hearing held by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) that examined widespread human rights and refugee law violations…
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Threats to Refugee and Human Rights Treaties and the Rules-Based Order
September 22, 2025
With the high-level UN General Assembly meeting this week, the pending Trump administration “review” of U.S. membership in international organizations and treaties, and reports of…
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Upholding Not Undermining International Law: Civil Society Open Letter to States
September 22, 2025
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…
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Neither Shaming nor Naming: New Data on the Confidential Visa Bans under Section 7031(c)
September 17, 2025
By Adam Keith In a December 2024 request, then-Senator Ben Cardin asked the State Department to share unclassified data with Congress on the confidential side…
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Cristosal Receives 2025 William D. Zabel Human Rights Award from Human Rights First
September 11, 2025
New York City — Human Rights First is proud to honor Cristosal with the 2025 William D. Zabel Human Rights Award in recognition of the…
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Human Rights First calls for strong and urgent U.S. diplomatic and resettlement initiatives to protect Afghans at risk of Taliban persecution
August 21, 2025
Washington, D.C. — In advance of the Government of Pakistan’s September 1, 2025, deportation deadline for Afghan refugees, Human Rights First urges the Trump administration…
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Unpacking the U.S. Sanctions on a UN Special Rapporteur
August 20, 2025
In its zeal to punish the International Criminal Court (ICC) for investigating in Gaza, the Trump administration in February created a sanctions program so expansive…