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Pride Proves an Anxious Month for LGBTQ+ Community in Kharkiv

June 13, 2024

By Brian Dooley

Kharkiv City – The recent Russian offensive in northeastern Ukraine has made June a nervous Pride month for the LGBTQ+ community…

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Stories of Pride

June 5, 2024

In honor of Pride Month we are sharing the journeys of some of our LGBTQ+ clients who have fled persecution and violence for…

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Georgia’s Foreign Agents Law Poses New Threat to Human Rights Defenders

June 5, 2024

Last week, Georgia’s government passed a Russian-style ‘foreign agents’ law that targets the country’s civil society and human rights defenders (HRDs).…

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Hong Kong Activists in Exile Keep the Struggle Alive

May 31, 2024

Next week marks the 35th anniversary of the 1989 massacre of hundreds, possibly thousands, of protestors in Beijing’s Tiananmen…

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Supporting clients who face mental health challenges

May 22, 2024

May’s month-long focus on mental health awareness offers an opportunity to explore the particularly acute mental health challenges facing people seeking asylum. Asylum seekers…

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Locals Raise Corruption Issues Over Kharkiv Fortifications As Russians Advance

May 20, 2024

Our journalist friends at Gwara Media are reporting on Russian military advances into northeastern Ukraine.  At great risk to themselves, they are detailing…

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Mother Mushroom: A Journey of Advocacy, Motherhood, and Asylum

May 12, 2024

By Camila Rice-Aguilar

Human Rights First’s former client, Quynh Nguyen, tells her story of dissent, motherhood, and human rights advocacy…

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Escaping Extremes: Climate Change’s Role in Displacement and Migration

April 22, 2024

By Sydney Randall

In 2019, a family of tomato farmers in Mexico experienced a scorching summer.

There…

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