We found 753 results for “Accountability”.
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20 Years After 9/11: Rights-Based Policies for a New Era
September 9, 2021
On September 11th, 2001, nineteen members of Al Qaeda used hijacked airplanes to murder almost three thousand people. Twenty years later, we are still living in the post-9/11 world. Shortly after the attacks, the…
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Opportunities and Challenges in the Spread of Targeted “Magnitsky” Sanctions Programs
September 1, 2021
By Adam Keith & Keian Razipour Over the past year, the number of governments able to use targeted sanctions programs to help hold human rights…
Press
In Biden’s Speech, Human Rights First Looks for a Real Plan, Accountability
August 16, 2021
Washington – As Afghans, U.S. military veterans, immigrant advocates and human rights defenders continue to wait for leadership from the White House, the United States…
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Creating Time Bombs: How Abuse in Egypt’s Prison System Fuels ISIS Recruitment
July 15, 2021
Early hopes that the Biden administration would break from a decades-long U.S. practice of enabling Egyptian dictatorships are fading, with potentially catastrophic consequences for human…
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Human Rights First Mourns the Passing of Human Rights Defender Alaa al-Siddiq
June 28, 2021
WASHINGTON – Emirati human rights defender Alaa al-Siddiq was killed in a car crash in England on June 19. Human Rights First issued this statement…
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Human Rights First Commends Speaker’s Plans to Create a Committee Examining the Insurrection, Calls for a Broad Investigation
June 25, 2021
WASHINGTON — Yesterday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced her intention to create a House select committee to probe the January 6th assault on the U.S.…
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Human Rights First Condemns U.S., Egyptian Ties to Khashoggi’s Murderers
June 23, 2021
WASHINGTON – After recent reports that the Egyptian government was complicit in the October 2018 murder of Saudi Arabian journalist and American permanent resident Jamal Khashoggi, and that…
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United States: Congress Should Reauthorize Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act
June 22, 2021
Without renewal, the powerful sanctions mechanism will expire in 2022. WASHINGTON — In anticipation of an upcoming vote in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on…
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Human Rights First Welcomes Launch of Congressional Counter-Kleptocracy Caucus
June 10, 2021
WASHINGTON – Human Rights First welcomes today’s launch of the Congressional Caucus against Foreign Corruption and Kleptocracy, a bipartisan effort to curb global corruption that undermines democracy, the…
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Human Rights First on Jan. 6 commission vote
May 28, 2021
WASHINGTON — Chris Purdy, Project Manager of the Veterans for American Ideals program at Human Rights First gave the following statement in reaction to the U.S.…
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A Year After George Floyd’s Murder, Human Rights First Continues Work to Demilitarize Law Enforcement
May 25, 2021
NEW YORK – The murder of George Floyd a year ago was not a unique event, but it was a catalyst for some qualified progress…
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Human Rights First Decries Lack of Accountability in Bill for Capitol Insurrection Commission
May 19, 2021
WASHINGTON — Today, the House of Representatives passed legislation to create a bipartisan, independent, 9/11-style commission to examine the events surrounding the Capitol insurrection on January…