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As UAE Waffles on Human Rights, U.S. Congress Must Act
October 6, 2023
By Brian Dooley This week, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) — a U.S. military ally and a brutal dictatorship — responded to recommendations made to…
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Human Rights First Condemns Alleged Corrupt Menendez Scheme, Calls for End to Egypt Military Aid
September 26, 2023
WASHINGTON: Human Rights First today condemned the alleged bribery scheme for which Senator Bob Menendez and individuals with various links to the Egyptian government have…
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Human Rights First Condemns Continued U.S. Military Aid to Abusive Egyptian Government
September 14, 2023
WASHINGTON – Human Rights First condemned the Biden administration’s decision to provide Egypt a larger share of the annual military assistance that Congress had conditioned…
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Egyptian Rights Defenders Call for Changes to U.S. Policy on Egypt
August 11, 2023
NEW YORK –To acknowledge the 10th anniversary of the Egyptian government’s massacre of protesters in the Rabaa and Nahda neighborhoods of Cairo, Human Rights First…
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Since the Rabaa Massacre
August 10, 2023
A Decade of U.S. Failure on Egyptian Human Rights Local activists say the United States government has failed human rights defenders (HRDs) in Egypt for…
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Friends Like These: U.S. Security Partners and Selectivity in the Global Magnitsky Sanctions Program
November 30, 2022
U.S. Security Partners and Selectivity in the Global Magnitsky Sanctions Program To live up to its commitments to protect human rights, Human Rights First urges…
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U.S. Should Use Magnitsky Sanctions against Abusive Security Partners
November 30, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – With the United States government doing too little to address serious human rights abuses and corruption by its security partners, Human Rights…
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Crimean Human Rights Lawyers Appeal for Solidarity in Wake of Attacks
November 22, 2022
By Brian Dooley KYIV: The Crimean Solidarity movement was set up by lawyers, journalists, and relatives of those arrested following the Russian invasion of Crimea…
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Barriers and Backlog
October 3, 2022
Asylum Office Delays Continue to Cause Harm By Cora Wright, Legal Fellow, Refugee Protection & Refugee Representation Nony (a pseudonym) has been waiting for an…
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MIDDLE EAST
September 19, 2022
The U.S. Government’s Middle East Policies Should Prioritize Human Rights For decades the United States has backed Middle Eastern dictatorships in the name of “stability.”…
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EGYPT
September 19, 2022
The U.S. government should support human rights and democracy in Egypt. The overthrow of President Mubarak in 2011 offered the U.S. government a chance to…