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“Your Body, Their Choice”: gender-based violence and the authoritarian agenda

December 6, 2024

Digital harassment, violence against women, girls, and gender minorities, and a rollback in reproductive rights—these might seem like a random grab bag of…

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Debate Bot: Revolutionizing Voter Engagement with Interactive Education

December 3, 2024

By Tina Pai, Jason Yoon, and Mike Patraw, Innovation Lab fellows

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, civic engagement is more important than…

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Using Magnitsky Sanctions and Other Tools to Seek the Release of Political Prisoners

November 21, 2024

In our November 13, 2024, webinar, Mobilizing Action for Political Prisoners, Human Rights First brought together human rights experts, advocates, and…

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Finucane Family Testifies in U.S. Congress About Inquiry into 1989 Murder of Belfast Human Rights Lawyer

November 20, 2024

This week, the family of murdered Belfast human rights lawyer Pat Finucane testified at

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Democracy at Risk: Confronting Disinformation and Voter Suppression

November 1, 2024

Q&A with Human Rights First’s Associate Directors of Democracy Protection, Hanah Stiverson and Elizabeth Yates

What does the Democracy Protection (DP) team at…

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Latvian Activist Who Helped Asylum Seekers Waits for Court Verdict Thursday

October 28, 2024

This coming Thursday, October 31, Latvian Woman Human Rights Defender Ieva Raubiško is expecting to hear if she is going to prison for helping people…

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“When You Love Something, You Fight for It”: LGBTQI+ Rights Advocacy in Uganda

October 23, 2024

By Clare Byarugaba

Content warning: the following piece discusses topics of homophobia, violence, and rape.

I always get culture…

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Hope in Exile: Gema’s journey to asylum

October 11, 2024

By Camila Rice-Aguilar

Human Rights First’s former client, Gema Valle, was a teacher in Nicaragua before she was forced to…

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