Letter

Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy Trumps Hatred and Ill-Will

January 20, 2025

Washington, DC, January 20, 2025

Building from a first term riddled with policies that violated human rights, the incoming Trump administration has proposed a dangerous…

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Disappearances of Migrants as a Result of United States’ and Mexico’s Migration Policies

December 16, 2024

A joint submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants

The U.S. and Mexican governments’ reliance on…

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Veterans and Civil Rights Organizations Urge Congress to Reject Harmful Provisions in the NDAA

November 19, 2024

Dear Chairman Reed, Ranking Member Wicker, Chairman Rogers, and Ranking Member Smith:

As Senate and House conferees meet to discuss their…

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Human Rights First’s Comment on the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security’s Final Rule on Securing the Border

November 5, 2024

Human Rights First Comment on the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security’s Final Rule on Securing the Border, USCIS Docket No. USCIS 2024-0006; A.G. Order…

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Civil Society Letter on Declining use of Magnitsky Sanctions

September 5, 2024

Human Rights First and 95 leading human rights and anticorruption NGOs called on the Department of Treasury and the State Department to reverse the declining…

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Bahrain: Joint letter on Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace as he exceeds three years on hunger strike

July 8, 2024

8 July 2024

King of Bahrain, King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

Crown Prince and Prime Minister, Prince Salman…

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Veterans and Civil Rights Coalition Letter on Anti-DEIA Provisions in the 2025 NDAA

June 6, 2024

Dear Chairman Reed and Ranking Member Wicker:

As the Senate Armed Services Committee begins work on its National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025…

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Letter to President Biden Re: Threats to the International Criminal Court

May 23, 2024

Dear President Biden:

We write as organizations with a steadfast commitment to justice for grave international crimes and therefore to the success of the International…

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