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MARCH 16, 2022 Human Rights First Commends DOJ Action on Transnational Repression
March 16, 2022
WASHINGTON D.C. – Human Rights First lauds today’s action by the Department of Justice (DOJ), which charged five defendants with various crimes involving harassing and spying…
The Roger N. Baldwin Medal of Liberty Award
March 15, 2022
The Roger N. Baldwin Medal of Liberty Award was established in 1989 and named in honor of the principal founder of the American Civil Liberties…
Blog
State Department’s Second Chance To Get HRD Guidelines Right
January 13, 2022
By Brian Dooley Ten years ago, I testified in the US Congress for Human Rights First on why the US government should issue guidelines to…
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Human Rights First Disappointed with Egypt Aid Decision
September 24, 2021
WASHINGTON – Human Rights First today condemned the Biden administration’s decision not to permanently withhold any of the U.S. military financing to Egypt, which Congress…
Blog
Biden Administration Faces Imminent Decision on Egyptian Military Aid as 12 Await Execution
August 10, 2021
Twelve men on death row in Egypt are awaiting imminent execution for their alleged part in the 2013 Cairo sit-in protests. The 12 were sentenced…
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Blinken’s Decision Imminent on Funding an Egyptian Government that Enables Terrorism
August 2, 2021
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Human Rights First Report Finds ISIS Recruitment Happening in Egyptian Prisons
July 15, 2021
WASHINGTON – Human Rights First today released a report documenting ongoing recruitment by ISIS in Egypt’s prison system; one of the report’s key recommendations is…
Report
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 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…
Letter
Time for Biden to Call for Prisoner Releases in Bahrain as Medical Neglect Continues
June 3, 2021
Abduljalil Al Singace is one of the Bahraini activists tortured in 2011 and given a life sentence in prison for his peaceful dissent against the…
Blog
Cairo Family Targeted as US Embassy Tweets Support for Egypt’s Security Forces
April 28, 2021
When Hoda Ahmed heard her son Abdelrahman Elshwekh had been severely tortured in Egypt’s Minya prison she went on social media and asked for help.…
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Biden Faces Golden Opportunity To Send Signal to Cairo on Human Rights
April 23, 2021
By Brian Dooley It’s good to see the White House voicing support for human rights defenders in Egypt, and good to see that Secretary of…