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Egypt Orders Closure of Torture Rehabilitation Center
February 19, 2016
By Leah Schulz Egypt’s campaign against civil society intensified on Tuesday when the government ordered the closure of the El Nadeem Center for Rehabilitation of…
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Senate Passes Trade Provision to Strengthen Prohibition of the Import of Goods Produced with Forced Labor
February 12, 2016
Washington, D.C. – Human Rights First today applauded the Senate’s passage of section 910 of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (H.R. 644),…
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Bahrain 2010-2016
February 11, 2016
2010 December 3: Secretary Clinton after meeting with Bahrain Foreign Minister in Manama: “I am impressed by the commitment that the government has to the…
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Humanity United’s “Rethink Supply Chains” Challenge Could Help Eliminate Labor Trafficking
February 11, 2016
By Meghan Hampsey The ILO reports there are 14.2 million victims of labor trafficking worldwide. In an effort to address this crime, Humanity United is…
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The CIA Admitted Torture Didn’t Work—Over a Year Ago
February 11, 2016
Last week a Senate staffer discovered a document in which the CIA acknowledges that several key findings in the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence’s (SSCI) report…
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Washington Week on Human Rights: February 8, 2016
February 8, 2016
Top News President Obama’s Budget Tomorrow President Obama will release his final budget request, which is expected to contain increased funding to address immigration court case backlogs. Human…
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IACHR Should Hold Hearing on Rights of Central Americans Held in Detention
January 21, 2016
New York City—Human Rights First called on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to hold a hearing to address the ongoing violations of the…
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Hope and Backlash on LGBT Human Rights in the Dominican Republic
January 20, 2016
A gay couple arrested arbitrarily by police, a transgender man unable to get a job because of transphobia, and thirty-three transgender women killed since 2006…
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Will Congress Take the Lead in the War Against ISIL?
January 19, 2016
By Rita Siemion In President Obama’s final State of the Union address he called out Congress for failing to authorize the war against Islamic State of Iraq and…
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How the Obama Administration Could Tackle Drivers of Violent Extremism in Africa
January 15, 2016
In the State of the Union address, President Obama scarcely mentioned Africa, apart from raising the concern that “instability” could create “safe havens for new…
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New Year’s Eve Assaults in Cologne Lead to Greater Far-Right Support, Fear of Refugees in Germany
January 14, 2016
By Timothy Meyers The deplorable treatment of numerous women on New Year’s Eve in the German city of Cologne, where the police failed to control…
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Bahrain’s Culture of Impunity
December 21, 2015
By Anita Dhanvanthari A now familiar story in Bahrain: another human rights defender is sentenced to jail on trumped up charges while known torturers and…