We found 221 results for “Our Work in Ukraine”.
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Targeted and Killed
January 3, 2025
How Russia Targeted and Killed HRD Tigran Galustyan in Ukraine On Sunday, October 6, 2024, Human Rights Defender (HRD) Tigran Galustyan was driving to rescue…
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Ukraine: Tough Road Ahead for Kyiv in 2025
December 23, 2024
Human Rights First has been documenting human rights issues in Ukraine since Russia’s 2014 invasion. Since the full-scale invasion of February 2022 I’ve made 17…
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Ukraine: Not Quiet on the Eastern Front
December 20, 2024
Kupiansk – Ukraine is in the middle of a really tough winter. The war is going badly, with a Russian offensive that began in May…
Update
Honoring Human Rights Day with Action that Matters
December 10, 2024
As we mark Human Rights Day, your support for the work of Human Rights First could not be more necessary or urgent. At Human Rights…
Testimony
Testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations: Implementation of the Global Magnitsky Laws
December 9, 2024
Adam Keith, Senior Director for Accountability Thank you, Chairman Cardin and Ranking Member Risch, for holding this hearing on the implementation of Global Magnitsky sanctions…
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Using Magnitsky Sanctions and Other Tools to Seek the Release of Political Prisoners
November 21, 2024
In our November 13, 2024, webinar, Mobilizing Action for Political Prisoners, Human Rights First brought together human rights experts, advocates, and family members of formerly…
Statement
President & CEO Remarks: 2024 Awards Celebration
October 15, 2024
October 8, 2024 – Cipriani 25 Broadway – New York, NY Good evening. And thank you for joining us here tonight. As I look around…
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Evacuating Civilians Under Fire in Ukraine: Dangerous Human Rights Defender Works at Its Best
October 8, 2024
Donetsk—Last week, I again joined Ukrainian Human Rights Defenders Sasha Humaniuk and Daniel Zakharchenko of the Kharkiv-based Rose on Hand evacuation team to evacuate civilians…
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CEO Susan Hendrickson reflects on the role of lawyers in the fight for human rights
September 27, 2024
On September 17, 1787, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention gathered in Philadelphia and signed a document that continues to define the shape of our…
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New Recruits
August 28, 2024
Ukraine’s military conscription laws threaten humanitarian efforts According to activists, Ukrainian men are being pulled away from lifesaving humanitarian work and drafted into the military…
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Highly Suspect
August 22, 2024
How Ukraine deals with those accused of collaboration with Russia Introduction As Ukraine faces multiple threats from Russian forces including long-range bombing of its cities…
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Vegetables grown from rubble: local humanitarian aid volunteers changing lives in Kharkiv, Ukraine
August 19, 2024
Last summer I met Iryna and Lyuda in the village of Dovhenke, about 15 miles south of Izyum, in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region. The area had…