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POMED, Human Rights First, PEN America, Committee to Protect Journalists Respond to ODNI Report on the Murder of Jamal Khashoggi

February 26, 2021

WASHINGTON – The Project on Middle East Democracy, Human Rights First, PEN America, and the Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following joint statement in…

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Human Rights First Welcomes Admission of First Asylum Seekers Forced to “Remain in Mexico” After Two Years of Danger and Delay

February 19, 2021

WASHINGTON — Today, Human Rights First welcomed the news that the first asylum seekers stranded in Mexico under former President Trump’s cruel and illegal Migrant…

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Human Rights First Calls on Financial Institutions to Maintain Block on Dan Gertler’s Assets and Transactions, Pending Global Magnitsky Sanctions License Review

February 18, 2021

WASHINGTON –Today Human Rights First joined Congolese and international human rights and anti-corruption organizations in an open letter urging U.S. financial institutions to continue implementing…

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Human Rights First Calls for Senate to Hold Trump Accountable

February 9, 2021

WASHINGTON – As the Senate begins its trial of former President Trump for instigating the January 6 attack on democracy at the Capitol, it is…

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Human Rights First Welcomes Executive Order to Restore Refugee Admissions

February 4, 2021

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced today an executive order that demonstrates that the United States is serious about addressing the global refugee crisis, climate-induced…

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Human Rights First Welcomes Introduction of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Reauthorization Act

February 3, 2021

Washington, D.C. – Human Rights First welcomes introduction in the U.S. Senate of S. 93, the ‘‘Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Reauthorization Act,” which…

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Jay Carney, Sarah Cleveland, Benedict Morelli, Nazanin Rafsanjani, and Mara Frankel Wallace Join Human Rights First Board

February 2, 2021

WASHINGTON – Human Rights First today announced the addition of five new members to its board of directors:  Jay Carney, Sarah Cleveland, Benedict Morelli, Nazanin…

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Human Rights First Condemns Navalny Sentencing

February 2, 2021

Human Rights First’s Senior Advisor for Human Rights Accountability Vladimir Kara-Murza released the following statement in response to the Russian government’s sentencing of anti-corruption campaigner and opposition…

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