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Biden’s Asylum Ban is a Death Sentence for Refugees

May 10, 2023

WASHINGTON – Human Rights First condemned the Biden administration’s decision to enact a final rule that will illegally ban many refugees from asylum protections…

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Human Rights First Condemns Extremist Violence in Texas

May 8, 2023

WASHINGTON – Over the weekend, two communities in Texas suffered tragedies likely motivated by violent extremism, a mass shooting at a mall in Allen

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Human Rights First Welcomes Resettlement, Condemns Bars to Asylum Seekers

April 27, 2023

WASHINGTON – Human Rights First welcomes today’s announcement of the Biden administration’s plans to expand refugee resettlement and family reunification parole in the Americas while…

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Public Comments Urge Withdrawal of Biden Administration’s Proposed Asylum Ban

April 20, 2023

On February 23, 2023, the Biden administration proposed a rule that would ban many refugees from asylum. Groups had been anticipating…

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Vladimir Kara-Murza’s Conviction and Unprecedented Sentence are Unjust

April 17, 2023

WASHINGTON D.C. – Russian opposition leader, democracy advocate, journalist, historian, and twice-poisoned critic of the Putin regime, and Senior Advisor for Human Rights First Vladimir…

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Baldwin Winner Guillen Visits U.S. to Advocate for Rights in the Philippines

April 12, 2023

Washington, DC – Angelo Guillen, human rights lawyer from the Philippines who was awarded the 2022 Roger N. Baldwin Medal of Liberty, visits the…

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Democracy Organizations Demand the Release of Vladimir Kara-Murza One Year into Arbitrary Arrest and Detention

April 10, 2023

Washington, D.C. – On the anniversary of Vladimir Kara-Murza’s arbitrary arrest and detention in Moscow, the Free Russia Foundation, George W.…

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Human Rights First Demands End to Punitive Policies that led to Tragic Loss of Life in Ciudad Juárez Detention Center

March 29, 2023

NEW YORK –  Human Rights First grieves for the people whose lives were tragically lost while jailed at the Mexican government’s immigration detention center in…

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