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2008 State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
February 25, 2009
New York, NY – The release today of the State Department’s annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices follows a number of positive steps taken…
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Darfur destroyed: Sudan’s perpetrators break silence
February 11, 2009
Shortly the International Criminal Court will decide whether to issue an arrest warrant for General Omar al-Bashir, President of Sudan, on charges of war crimes,…
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All Parties to the Conflict in the Gaza Strip and Israel Should Abide by their International Obligations
January 16, 2009
New York — Human Rights First is deeply concerned by the human suffering and the loss of civilian lives resulting from the continuing violent conflict…
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On the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
December 10, 2008
New York – Today, we mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that was born out of U.S. vision and leadership to build an…
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Next Generation Internet Activists Receive Human Rights Award
October 24, 2008
NEW YORK – Celebrities, emerging human rights defenders and seasoned activists came together on Thursday night at Chelsea Piers for Human Rights First’s annual dinner…
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Next Generation Internet Activists to Receive Annual Human Rights Award
October 21, 2008
NEW YORK – Human Rights First will host its annual dinner and 30th anniversary celebration honoring those at the forefront of the struggle to defend…
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Relligious Leader Calls Torture the First Major Scandal of the 21st Centrury
September 19, 2008
Here’s David Gushee writing in the Associated Baptist Press. Opinion: Torture: Our first major 21st-century scandal By David Gushee Friday, 19 September 2008 (ABP) — The…
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Asylum News 69
September 1, 2008
Congress Holds EOIR Oversight Hearing On September 23, 2008 the House Judiciary Committee held its first oversight hearing of the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR),…
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More “Outsourcing” of Torture?
August 28, 2008
Last night former President Bill Clinton, speaking at the Democratic National Convention, challenged the current administration’s “defense of torture.” And today the New York Times…
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Civil Society Groups Seek Durban Review that Rejects Hatred
April 28, 2008
GENEVA— Human Rights First joined 94 leading civil society organizations this morning to declare that the United Nations and its organizations and conferences on human…
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Archives of Human Rights First to be Housed at Columbia University Libraries
April 18, 2008
(NEW YORK, April 18, 2008) On February 20th, 2008, a formal agreement was signed by James Neal, Columbia’s Vice President for Information Services and University…
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State Department Human Rights Reports Highlight Need for U.S. Leadership
March 11, 2008
NEW YORK— Widespread violations of human rights detailed in the State Department’s 2007 country reports, released today, underscore the urgent need for U.S. leadership in…