We found 515 results for “Religious Freedom”.
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Human Rights First Statement on 13th Anniversary of 9/11
September 11, 2014
Washington, D.C. – Today, Human Rights First issued the following statement marking the 13th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001: “On this anniversary, we…
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Washington Week on Human Rights: September 8, 2014
September 8, 2014
Top News ISIS President Obama will deliver an address on Wednesday to detail the administration’s plan for responding to the violence committed by the Islamic State…
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Ibrahim to be Granted Asylum in the United States
July 31, 2014
Washington DC – Human Rights First today welcomed news reports that Mariam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag, a Sudanese woman who was given a death sentence in…
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Human Rights First Urges the Obama Administration to Make International Religious Freedom a Policy Priority
July 30, 2014
Washington, D.C. – Human Rights First today said that following the nomination of Rabbi David Saperstein for Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, the Obama…
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United States Highlights Bahrain Sectarianism in New Religious Freedom Report
July 28, 2014
By Brian Dooley This is a cross post from The Huffington Post. Today’s State Department report on international religious freedom for 2013 is unlikely to…
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Proposed House Bill Would Undermine Access to Asylum and Protection
July 18, 2014
Washington, D.C. – Human Rights First today expressed serious concern over the Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act of 2014, a bill sponsored by Reps.…
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U.S. Family Crisis at the Border Media Telebriefing
July 17, 2014
Below is a shortened transcript of the July 16 media telebriefing featuring former Commissioner of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS) under George W.…
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Statement to Senate Appropriations Committee on the Border Crisis
July 10, 2014
Statement submitted for the Senate Appropriations Committee Hearing On “Review of the President’s Emergency Supplemental Request for Unaccompanied Children and Related Matters.” Human Rights First…
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Recommendations for an Emergency Supplemental Fund to Protect Families and Asylum Seekers at the U.S.-Mexico Border
July 8, 2014
1. Fund an Alternatives to Detention (ATD) Initiative Justification: Immigration detention facilities are not appropriate settings for children and parents with children. Furthermore, there are…
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State Department Urged to Act Swiftly to Secure Departure for Sudanese Christian Woman
June 27, 2014
Washington, D.C. – Human Rights First urges U.S. diplomats to continue to press the Sudanese government to allow Mariam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag to leave the country.…
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Asylum Seekers Facing Religious and other Persecution Impacted by Impediments to Protection, in Europe and the United States
June 24, 2014
A piece in Sunday’s New York Times, “A Christian, Convert on the Run in Afghanistan,” tells the story of an Afghan Christian convert who sought…
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Problematic Laws Remain Intact as Sudan Frees Ibrahim
June 23, 2014
Washington DC – Human Rights First today welcomed the release of Mariam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag, a Sudanese woman who had been given a death sentence in…