November 9, 2005
NEW YORK – November 13, 2005 will mark six months since the massacre of hundreds of protestors in Andizhan, Uzbekistan. Though the death toll and…
November 7, 2005
NEW YORK – Human Rights First applauded the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Monday to hear the appeal of Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a detainee held at…
October 19, 2005
Lax Policies and Inadequate Investigations Create
Culture of Impunity, Human Rights First Research Shows
NEW YORK, NY – More than 100 detainees have died…
October 5, 2005
NEW YORK –– Uzbekistan’s President Islam Karimov and Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi of Malaysia signed agreements Monday, October 3rd, establishing their cooperation in a number…
October 5, 2005
Urge House to Adopt Senate Language & White House to Withdraw Veto Threat
Washington, DC –– Human Rights First and a former Navy Judge Advocate…
October 3, 2005
NEW YORK — Oct. 3 — Human Rights First announced today that it has appointed as its new Executive Director Maureen K. Byrnes, who currently…
September 14, 2005
NEW YORK, September 14, 2005 — The Simon Wiesenthal Center’s New York Tolerance Center hosted a panel discussion last night about Human Rights First’s new…
August 24, 2005
NEW YORK –– Human Rights First calls for an end to criminal and administrative accusations against the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society (RCFS), a human rights organization…