April 11, 2019
On Tuesday, a bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation to sanction all senior Turkish officials responsible…
April 10, 2019
By Dalya Kefi
In late March, I visited the Guantanamo Bay Military Commissions as an NGO observer. On the docket was United States v. Khalid…
April 10, 2019
By Eleanor Acer
Anti-refugee rhetoric and policies have characterized the Trump presidency. Now, as he transitions to campaign mode ahead of the…
April 2, 2019
By Alexa Potter
Last week, I attended a Periodic Review Board (PRB) hearing for Suhayl Abdul Anam Al Sharabi, a 42-year-old Yemeni national who…
March 27, 2019
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will testify twice today in the House of Representatives to justify President Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget plan and answer…
March 22, 2019
By Jane Randel Co-President, Karp Randel
In late February 2019, I toured two family immigration detention centers in South Texas—one for women and their children…
March 19, 2019
The first two years of the Trump Administration have seen an onslaught of attacks against asylum seekers. In response, Human Rights First’s Senior Director of…
March 15, 2019
By Ingrid Schultz
Last week pre-trial hearings briefly resumed for the military commission prosecution of Abd al Hadi al-Iraqi. Pre-trial hearings have been continuously constrained by…