December 2, 2009
(Washington DC December 2, 2009) Human Rights First is calling for a full investigation of the so-called “black prison” at the Bagram Air Base in…
December 1, 2009
(Washington DC December 1, 2009) Hours before President Barack Obama announces his plan for moving forward in Afghanistan, Human Rights First is calling on his…
November 4, 2009
Op-ed by Rear Admiral John D. Hutson, JAGC, USN (Ret.) and Major General William L. Nash, USA (Ret.)
Within days of taking office, President Barack…
October 22, 2009
Washington, DC Human Rights First called today’s Senate passage of the Military Commissions Act of 2009 as part of the Department of Defense authorization bill an…
October 15, 2009
NEW YORK– Human Rights First today praised the U.S. Department of State for granting Colombian activist Gabriel Gonzalez’s visa request to enter the country next…
October 8, 2009
Washington, DC – Praising House passage of the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act, legislation that was included in the Department of Defense authorization bill,…
October 8, 2009
New York – Human Rights First has chosen Colombian activist Gabriel Gonzalez as the 2009 recipient of its prestigious human rights award. The award will…
October 6, 2009
Washington, DC Today, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Immigration and Customs Enforcement Assistant Secretary John Morton announced a series of reforms in response…