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On Anniversary of Capitol Insurrection, Democracy Remains at Risk

January 5, 2024

Washington, D.C. – On the anniversary of the insurrection at the United States Capitol, Human Rights First calls for accountability for those responsible for that…

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Human Rights First Decries Texas Immigration Laws and Urges Biden Administration to Take Immediate Action

December 20, 2023

Washington, D.C. – Human Rights First condemns and opposes the passage of the anti-immigrant and flagrantly unlawful state laws in Texas that infringe on federal…

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Human Rights First Responds to Arrest of Leading Bahraini Dissident Ebrahim Sharif

December 20, 2023

Washington, D.C. – Human Rights First is alarmed at news that leading Bahraini opposition figure Ebrahim Sharif has been arrested today, apparently for a series…

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Human Rights First Welcomes Novel Uses of U.S. Global Magnitsky Sanctions

December 20, 2023

Washington, D.C. – To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and mark International Anticorruption Day, the United States government issued…

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Human Rights First Decries Political Dealing on Refugee and Migrant Lives 

December 8, 2023

WASHINGTON  – Human Rights First expressed outrage over reports overnight that the White House is ready to make a deal with Senate Republicans that…

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Use of Magnitsky Sanctions by U.S. Government Declines

December 7, 2023

Washington, D.C. – Human Rights First today released a report, Slow Progress: U.S. Global Magnitsky Sanctions in their Sixth Year, which finds a significant…

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Human Rights First details violence against asylum seekers at U.S. border

November 29, 2023

NEW YORK – With Congress considering codifying additional policies that will trap asylum seekers in Mexico, Human Rights First today reports

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