August 11, 2022
By Brian Dooley
KHARKIV — Finding a slice of normalcy during war is a strong instinct for many people. Activists all over the world stress…
August 2, 2022
By Cora Wright, Legal Fellow, Refugee Protection and Refugee Representation
A few weeks ago, a Mexican cartel in Nuevo Laredo kidnapped Baptist Pastor Lorenzo…
July 26, 2022
We secured a landmark law solidifying the ban on this abhorrent practice
More than a decade ago, we began building a coalition of…
July 25, 2022
By Brian Dooley
It’s an agonizing decision for human rights defenders: is there a point where they switch from peaceful resistance to take up…
July 22, 2022
By Brian Dooley and Quinn Fulton
You’d think if you got a ten-year jail sentence you’d be released after ten years.
Not in the…
July 20, 2022
By Eric Ahn
I’m asked many times where I’m from. After replying that I’m from Maryland, I inevitably get, “But where are you from?” I always…
July 12, 2022
By Brian Dooley
War crimes in Ukraine are now so horribly common that one of the local groups tracking them documents incidents virtually every…
July 11, 2022
By Jenine Saleh
Human Rights First’s, Project: Afghan Legal Assistance (PALA) honored World Refugee Day by working with our partners Welcome.US and Welcome Legal…