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The Real Reason Khadr’s Case Is In A Military Commission
May 3, 2010
Cross-posted at The Huffington Post As the government continues to pursue the case of Omar Khadr, it’s becoming clear why the administration chose to try this case…
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Iraqi Refugees in Jordan Still Await U.S. Decisions on Resettlement
April 23, 2010
By Jesse Bernstein and Parastou Hassouri AMMAN – Fatima is a single mother who fled Iraq after militia had kidnapped her father and brother. She…
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Another Anti-Federal Court Argument Crumbles
April 9, 2010
By Daphne Eviatar, Senior Associate, Law & Security Andrew McCarthy, the former prosecutor and National Review Online columnist, has lately been highly critical of trying…
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State Department Country Reports Reflect Progress, Show Need for Additional Steps to Protect Human Rights
March 11, 2010
Washington, D.C. The State Department’s annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2009, released today, comes at a time when human rights activists around the…
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Human Rights Advocates Issue Plan of Action as Human Rights Council Meets in Geneva
March 8, 2010
Geneva Freedom House and Human Rights First delegates who are in Geneva for the 13th Session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations today…
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Human Rights Advocates Present Plan of Action to Obama Administration
February 22, 2010
Washington, DC Freedom House, Human Rights First and dozens of human rights advocates from 27 countries today released the U.S.-specific portion of a Plan of Action…
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Human Rights Defenders at the White House
February 22, 2010
By Elisa Massimino Human Rights activists from more than 25 countries gathered in Washington last week for a meeting designed to mobilize greater support for…
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Global Human Rights Advocates Meet With President Obama on U.S. Human Rights Agenda
February 18, 2010
Washington, DC – Frontline human rights defenders from around the globe met today in the Roosevelt Room in the West Wing of the White House with…
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President Obama Meets Massimino and Human Rights Activists prior to Human Rights Summit
February 18, 2010
Human Rights First’s Elisa Massimino met with President Obama this morning, along with a group of activists participating in the Human Rights Summit today and…
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A Human Rights Activist’s Hopes for the State of the Union
January 27, 2010
By Neil Hicks Cross-posted from Huffington Post From podiums around the globe, President Obama has eloquently articulated his commitment to advancing human rights and securing global…
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Elisa Massimino Testifies on U.S. Implementation of Human Rights Treaties
December 16, 2009
Human Rights First’s President and CEO, Elisa Massimino, testifies today before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law. Read our press release, or…
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Respecting freedom of expression, while combating discrimination and intolerance: HRF Congressional Testimony
October 22, 2009
Check out testimony below made by Human Rights First’s Tad Stanhke, at the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Hearing yesterday on the Implications of the…