We found 922 results for “Seeking Asylum”.
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Human Rights First Honors WilmerHale with 2025 Marvin E. Frankel Award for Exceptional Pro Bono Advocacy
September 16, 2025
New York — Human Rights First proudly announces that WilmerHale will receive the 2025 Marvin E. Frankel Award, recognizing the firm’s outstanding pro bono contributions…
Blog
Hajnówka Five’s Ordeal Drags on in Poland
September 3, 2025
At the end of the last session of their trial in a Białystok court today, the ordeal for five Human Rights Defenders in Poland still…
Blog
Latvian Activist Who Helped Asylum Seekers Awaits Verdict After Multiple Delays
August 18, 2025
On August 19, Latvian Human Rights Defender Ieva Raubiško will once again appear in court to learn whether she will be sent to prison for helping…
Press
Human Rights Reports Exemplify Trump Administration’s Destructive, Hypocritical Stance on Rights
August 13, 2025
Washington, D.C. — Human Rights First deeply opposes the Trump administration’s dramatic cuts and politically driven revisions to the Department of State’s annual Country Reports…
Testimony
Remarks from Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Hearing on U.S. Government’s Human Rights Violations Against Immigrants and Asylum Seekers
July 24, 2025
Human Rights First along with over a dozen non-profit organizations would like to thank you for your attention around the egregious human rights abuses we…
Press
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Holds Public Hearing on Trump Administration’s Systemic Human Rights Violations Against Immigrants
July 24, 2025
Washington D.C. — A coalition of immigrants’ rights organizations participated today in a public hearing held by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) that…
Press
Board Decision Will Result in Women and Girls Being Returned to Persecution
July 18, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Board of Immigration Appeals published a decision, Matter of K-E-S-G-, finding that a particular social group defined by the individual’s…
Press
Human Rights First Condemns Passage of Reconciliation Bill: “A Big Ugly Betrayal”
July 3, 2025
Washington, D.C. — Human Rights First strongly condemns the passage of the reconciliation bill, describing it as a historic rollback of legal protections for children,…
Blog, Refugee Voice
Starting From Zero: A Guatemalan Family’s Journey to Asylum
June 19, 2025
“I think that when you are in danger in your own country, the only option you have is to leave,” Darwin starts. He’s wearing a…
Issue Brief
Submission to the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants on Externalization of Migration Measures and Impact on Human Rights
June 11, 2025
Human Rights First provides this submission to the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants in advance of the planned report on the externalization…
Blog
The Long Journey to Safety Continues: America’s Unkept Promise to our Afghan Allies
June 10, 2025
On May 12, 2025, The Department of Homeland Security announced it would revoke Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Afghanistan, putting thousands of Afghans in the…
Testimony
Kidnapped and Disappeared: Trump’s Lawless Third Country Disappearances
June 6, 2025
Thank you Ranking Member Jayapal and other distinguished members of the committee for holding this hearing and for inviting me to testify today. Human Rights…