September 3, 2025
This briefing provides an overview of recent developments in the United States’ (U.S.), United Kingdom’s (UK), European Union’s (EU), Canada’s, and Australia’s use of their…
July 31, 2025
This briefing provides an overview of recent developments in the U.S. government’s use of its targeted human rights and anticorruption sanctions programs from January 1,…
July 25, 2025
Executive Summary
As Russia’s war on Ukraine continues, internally displaced people (IDPs) with disabilities face inaccessible shelters, overcrowded facilities, and burdensome bureaucracy. “Nowhere to…
June 30, 2025
In April 2025, Human Rights First (HRF) travelled to northeastern Syria to meet with human rights defenders as the country goes through a massive transition…
May 29, 2025
Executive Summary:
Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) aiding migrants and people seeking asylum at the Poland-Belarus border are facing increasing threats, legal harassment, and diminishing support…
May 23, 2025
Executive Summary
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, civilians in occupied and front-line areas have been subjected to heavy bombing of their communities,…
May 8, 2025
Abuse, Expulsions, and Refoulement of People Seeking Asylum
A new report from Human Rights First and Refugees International reveals systemic and…
January 3, 2025
How Russia Targeted and Killed HRD Tigran Galustyan in Ukraine
On Sunday, October 6, 2024, Human Rights Defender (HRD) Tigran Galustyan was driving to rescue…