Report

Family Detention: Still Happening, Still Damaging

October 20, 2015

Introduction

The U.S. government’s policy of detaining asylum-seeking families, often the subject of intense political and legal debate, is harmful to children and their parents.…

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The World as it Should Be

July 9, 2015

Advancing the Human Rights of LGBT People in Jamaica Executive Summary

Human Rights First traveled to Jamaica in March 2015 and interviewed members of the…

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U.S. Detention of Families Seeking Asylum

June 15, 2015

Executive Summary

On June 20, 2014—ironically, on World Refugee Day—the Obama administration announced its strategy for addressing the increase in families and children seeking protection…

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What it took to make the torture report public

December 18, 2014

This is an excerpt from The Hill

America tortured. This much, at least, is common knowledge. But five years after the CIA’s post 9/11 rendition, detention,…

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What The Senate ‘Torture Report’ Means

December 17, 2014

 

The explosive Senate “torture report” on harsh interrogation techniques years in the making is out. And it’s graphic and controversial.

We’re supposed to be…

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We’re not Nazis, but…

August 14, 2014

We’re not Nazis, but…The Rise of Hate Parties in Hungary and Greece and Why America Should Care

Recommendations

To the U.S. Government

The primary responsibility…

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The State of Human Rights for LGBT People in Africa

July 29, 2014

Nearly 50 African heads of state have been invited to gather in Washington, D.C. on August 4-6 for President Barack Obama’s historic U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit.…

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How to Manage the Increase in Families and Protection Requests at the Border

June 25, 2014

Over the last few months, national attention has focused on the increase in Central American migrants apprehended in the Rio Grande Valley after crossing the…

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