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Trump Shows How Not to Respond to Antisemitism

February 16, 2017

By Erika Asgeirsson On Wednesday, during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump was asked about the rise of antisemitic incidents since his…

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President Trump’s Response on Antisemitism Widely Misses the Mark

February 15, 2017

New York City—Human Rights First today said that President Trump’s statement on antisemitism and hate crime in the United States was inappropriate and widely missed…

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How Not to Honor Holocaust Remembrance Day

February 13, 2017

By Dora Illei On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, it is customary for the U.S. government to honor its victims, who were primarily Jewish. In last year’s…

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Trump Administration Should Avoid Anti-Muslim Bias in its Counter-Extremism Program

February 3, 2017

By Neil Hicks This is crossposted from The Huffington Post. Proposals from the Trump administration to change the countering violent extremism (CVE) program started under President Obama to…

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Military Vets Join Baltimore Muslim Community for Conversation on Islamophobia, Muslim Ban

February 2, 2017

While the nation shook after President Donald Trump issued the executive order effectively blocking millions of immigrants and refugees from Muslim-majority countries, military veterans in the…

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Trump Win Encourages Europe’s Far Right

December 16, 2016

A few weeks after the U.S. election, I was in Berlin to discuss a report we are writing on xenophobia and extremism in Germany. In parallel, we watched…

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Merkel’s Burka Ban: How Far-Right Parties are Shifting Political Dialogue

December 12, 2016

By Erika Asgeirsson Last week Chancellor Angela Merkel accepted the nomination for her party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), in hopes of serving her fourth…

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Kerry Urged to Counter Extremism, Antisemitism at OSCE

December 7, 2016

Washington, D.C.—Human Rights First today urged Secretary of State John Kerry to uphold the values of the Organization for Society and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)…

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As Hate Rhetoric Dominates Political Sphere, Report Shows Underreporting of Bias-Motivated Incidents Among OSCE States

November 30, 2016

Washington, D.C.— As xenophobic and hate-filled rhetoric dominates political discourse in Europe and the United States, Human Rights First and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today…

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Washington Week on Human Rights: November 28, 2016

November 28, 2016

Top Items Veterans Storming Capitol Hill  This week members of Veterans for American Ideals will convene in Washington, D.C. to call on members of Congress to save…

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A note from Human Rights First’s President and CEO Elisa Massimino

November 22, 2016

Right now the future seems uncertain. Given President-elect Donald Trump’s brash promises on the campaign trail, some fear that our most cherished ideals—human rights, the…

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Mansoor Shams: Muslim, Marine

November 3, 2016

Islamophobia—an unfounded fear or hostility toward Muslims or Islam—is on the rise in the United States and anti-Muslim rhetoric from political leaders and other public figures…

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