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.…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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.…
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…