We found 343 results for “Hate Crimes”.
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ISLAMOPHOBIA
September 19, 2022
American ideals are undermined when we discriminate against Muslims, or persons of any faith. Anti-Muslim rhetoric has entered the U.S. political and mainstream public discourse,…
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How LGBT Groups in Kharkiv Help The City Fight Back
September 15, 2022
By Brian Dooley and Vasyl Malikov This week’s stunningly successful counteroffensive by Ukrainian soldiers against Russian forces in the northeast of the country led to…
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Islamophobia
July 18, 2022
Bias, discrimination, and violence against individuals who practice or who are assumed to practice the Muslim faith is growing in Western countries, including the United…
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Domestic Extremism in America: Examining White Supremacist Violence in the Wake of Recent Attacks
June 9, 2022
Elizabeth Yates, Ph.D. Senior Researcher, Antisemitism Human Rights First Before the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs June 9, 2022 Chairman…
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With New Hires, Human Rights First Builds Out Program on Extremism
May 24, 2022
WASHINGTON – Human Rights First today announced the hiring of Erin E. Wilson as the Senior Director for Extremism and Human Rights and Elizabeth Yates,…
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Hate Crimes
May 17, 2022
Hate crimes in the U.S. have seen a sharp increase and significant gaps in data impede the US Government's full understanding of the scope of…
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From Magnitsky to the Mothers of Mariupol
March 24, 2022
Congress Must Stand with Victims and Strengthen the Global Magnitsky Act By Mike Breen and Mike Abramowitz In recent weeks, the world has once again been confronted with…
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The End the Shutdown and Secure the Border Act Would Ban Asylum for Central American Children
January 23, 2019
By Kennji Kizuka The Trump-McConnell bill—the “End the Shutdown and Secure the Border Act”—is nothing more than a hateful anti-immigration wish list, designed to hold the…
What’s In the Close Guantanamo Plan
October 9, 2018
In February 2016, the Department of Defense released its plan for closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. Currently, 40 detainees remain at the prison,…
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Charlottesville One Year Reunion: Act Against Hate, Don’t Talk About It
August 11, 2018
One year ago, Americans looked on in horror as tiki torch-carrying white nationalists chanted “Jew will not replace us” (sic) as they marched through the…
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Human Rights First and ADL Release Scorecard on Hate Crime Reporting in 57 OSCE Nations
July 25, 2018
New York City—Against a backdrop of rising reports of hate crimes, Human Rights First and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today released their annual analysis of hate crime reporting by…
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The Germany NSU Trial: Justice Does Not Go Deep (Part 5)
July 23, 2018
By Isaiah Affron In this five-part blog series, Human Rights First examines the crimes and trial of the National Socialist Underground (NSU), a neo-Nazi terrorist…