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Barriers and Backlog
October 3, 2022
Asylum Office Delays Continue to Cause Harm By Cora Wright, Legal Fellow, Refugee Protection & Refugee Representation Nony (a pseudonym) has been waiting for an…
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MIDDLE EAST
September 19, 2022
The U.S. Government’s Middle East Policies Should Prioritize Human Rights For decades the United States has backed Middle Eastern dictatorships in the name of “stability.”…
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EGYPT
September 19, 2022
The U.S. government should support human rights and democracy in Egypt. The overthrow of President Mubarak in 2011 offered the U.S. government a chance to…
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Biden Administration Again Fails to Press for Human Rights in Egypt
September 15, 2022
WASHINGTON, DC — In a decision similar to one made last year, the Biden administration will give Egypt in the coming year most of the…
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U.S. Must Push for End to Torture in Egyptian Prisons
August 2, 2022
WASHINGTON, DC — Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was reportedly killed yesterday in a U.S. drone strike almost 21 years after the 9/11 attacks. Zawahiri is believed…
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“Prison Atlas” details Egyptian Cases, Prisoners, and Judges
July 3, 2022
No one really knows how many political prisoners there are in Egypt. In a January 2019 interview Egypt’s President Sisi told CBS’ 60 Minutes that…
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Egypt
May 17, 2022
Egyptian authorities continue to deny basic human rights to the country's human rights defenders, political activists, and ordinary citizens, while Egypt's international partners do far…
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MARCH 16, 2022 Human Rights First Commends DOJ Action on Transnational Repression
March 16, 2022
WASHINGTON D.C. – Human Rights First lauds today’s action by the Department of Justice (DOJ), which charged five defendants with various crimes involving harassing and spying…
The Roger N. Baldwin Medal of Liberty Award
March 15, 2022
The Roger N. Baldwin Medal of Liberty Award was established in 1989 and named in honor of the principal founder of the American Civil Liberties…
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State Department’s Second Chance To Get HRD Guidelines Right
January 13, 2022
By Brian Dooley Ten years ago, I testified in the US Congress for Human Rights First on why the US government should issue guidelines to…
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Human Rights First Disappointed with Egypt Aid Decision
September 24, 2021
WASHINGTON – Human Rights First today condemned the Biden administration’s decision not to permanently withhold any of the U.S. military financing to Egypt, which Congress…
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Biden Administration Faces Imminent Decision on Egyptian Military Aid as 12 Await Execution
August 10, 2021
Twelve men on death row in Egypt are awaiting imminent execution for their alleged part in the 2013 Cairo sit-in protests. The 12 were sentenced…