August 10, 2021
Twelve men on death row in Egypt are awaiting imminent execution for their alleged part in the 2013 Cairo sit-in protests. The 12 were sentenced…
August 5, 2021
By Paloma Delgado, Human Rights First Intern
In an interview that streams this week on Great.com’s podcast, “Great Talks With…” Human Rights First’s…
August 2, 2021
A few months ago, when the Biden administration was talking about “putting human rights at the center of foreign policy,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken met…
July 21, 2021
By Julia Neusner, Human Rights First
Emem Maurus, Transgender Law Center
The Biden administration continues to misuse the Trump administration’s Title 42 policy to…
May 17, 2021
By Brian Dooley
News last week that a Belfast coroner had officially declared “entirely innocent” ten local people shot dead in 1971 was a…
May 16, 2021
By Julia Neusner
When Fernando* and his family arrived in Texas after a harrowing journey from El Salvador, they cried with relief. They’d left home…
May 7, 2021
By Brian Dooley
It looks like Steven Bondy is to be the next U.S. Ambassador to Bahrain. President Joe Biden has nominated him for…
May 3, 2021
By Brian Dooley
The sentencing of a political dissident in Saudi Arabia has presented a major test for a U.S. administration promising to put…