We found 700 results for “Accountability”.
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Filipino Human Rights Lawyer Angelo Guillen Honored with Baldwin Medal of Liberty
August 8, 2022
Baldwin Award Given to International Human Rights Defender in 2022 NEW YORK – Human Rights First announced today that Angelo Karlo Guillen, a human rights lawyer…
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U.S. Must Push for End to Torture in Egyptian Prisons
August 2, 2022
WASHINGTON, DC — Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was reportedly killed yesterday in a U.S. drone strike almost 21 years after the 9/11 attacks. Zawahiri is believed…
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Taking on Policies that Harm Human Rights Defenders at the Border
August 2, 2022
By Cora Wright, Legal Fellow, Refugee Protection and Refugee Representation A few weeks ago, a Mexican cartel in Nuevo Laredo kidnapped Baptist Pastor Lorenzo Ortiz,…
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Religious Freedom
July 18, 2022
Governments and non-state actors around the world have committed violent abuses against individuals on the basis of their religious beliefs or lack of such beliefs.
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Disinformation
July 18, 2022
Misinformation and disinformation are contributing to violent extremism and public health crises globally and represent a direct threat to human rights
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Social Media and Extremism
July 18, 2022
Social media is a permissive operating environment allowing violent extremists to radicalize, recruit, fundraise, and plan operations. Its algorithms also radicalize people to violence.
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Accountability & Targeted Sanctions
July 18, 2022
Far too often, the powerful individuals and institutions responsible for abuse and corruption in a given country face little or no consequence for their actions.…
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Letter on Amendments that Would Codify Title 42
July 15, 2022
Dear Speaker Pelosi, Minority Leader McCarthy, Chairwoman DeLauro, and Ranking Member Granger, The undersigned civil society organizations write to express our grave concern regarding the…
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New Bill Would Prevent Sanctions Against Institutions Promoting Accountability
July 14, 2022
WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Joaquin Castro and Rep. James McGovern introduced the Multilateral Leadership Act to ensure that targeted U.S. sanctions are not misused against institutions that help…
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Responsibly Researching War Crimes in Ukraine
July 12, 2022
By Brian Dooley War crimes in Ukraine are now so horribly common that one of the local groups tracking them documents incidents virtually every day.…
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Human Rights First Condemns Governor Abbott’s Dangerous & Illegal Ploy to “Return” Asylum Seekers and Other Migrants to Ports of Entry
July 7, 2022
Calls on U.S. Departments of Homeland Security and Justice to take action to protect our immigration system. WASHINGTON, DC — Human Rights First expresses its outrage…
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International Expert Panel: State Impunity and the Northern Ireland conflict
June 30, 2022
Brian Dooley & Aoife Duffy Since the 1998 Good Friday/Belfast Agreement which ended the 30-year conflict in Northern Ireland, the region has largely enjoyed progress…