Blog

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…

Learn More

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…

Learn More

“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…

Learn More

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…

Learn More

Peace and Solidarity: Spotlight on the Olympic Refugee Team

October 11, 2024

Representing resilience and unity under the Olympic flag, the Refugee Olympic Team serves as a powerful symbol of hope, peace, and the limitless potential of…

Learn More

Q&A with Social Worker Diana Diaz Madera

October 10, 2024

World Mental Health Day, observed each year on October 10, offers an opportunity to explore the particularly acute mental health challenges facing people…

Learn More

Evacuating Civilians Under Fire in Ukraine: Dangerous Human Rights Defender Works at Its Best

October 8, 2024

Donetsk—Last week, I again joined Ukrainian Human Rights Defenders Sasha Humaniuk and Daniel Zakharchenko of the Kharkiv-based Rose on…

Learn More

CEO Susan Hendrickson reflects on the role of lawyers in the fight for human rights

September 27, 2024

On September 17, 1787, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention gathered in Philadelphia and signed a document that continues to define the shape…

Learn More