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Human Rights First Galvanizing Action Against Widespread Abuses in the First Year of the Trump Administration
January 16, 2026
Washington, D.C — Human Rights First (HRF) is galvanizing cross-cutting action in response to the wide range of human and civil rights abuses—at home and…
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UK Parliament Asks For Human Rights First’s Advice on Northern Ireland Legacy Laws
January 13, 2026
As the United Kingdom government grapples with overhauling the law on how to address issues from the Northern Ireland conflict, the British parliament has asked Human…
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ICE Flight Monitor: December 2025 Monthly Report
January 9, 2026
Since taking office on January 20, 2025, the Trump administration has pursued an unprecedented mass deportation agenda. U.S. officials have adopted a range of new…
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Ukraine’s Cold War: Despite Peace Talks, Winter Bites Hard at the Eastern Front
December 30, 2025
By Brian Dooley Kharkiv: News of peace talks to end the war on Ukraine seems like something from a parallel universe here at the eastern…
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Human Rights First Seeks Sanctions for Torture in Bahrain Prisons
December 18, 2025
Washington D.C. — Human Rights First today submitted a dossier to the U.S. government recommending targeted sanctions against Sheikh Rashid bin Abdullah al Khalifa, Bahrain’s…
Submission to the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants on externalization of migration governance
December 15, 2025
Human Rights First provides this submission in response to the call for inputs on trends in externalization of migration governance. Since early 2025, the United States has implemented an opaque web of…
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Human Rights First and Refugees International Launch New Tracker Exposing Secretive Third Country Transfer Agreements
December 5, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Human Rights First and Refugees International launched Banished by Bargain: Third Country Deportation Watch, a new website that tracks and exposes the…
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Welcoming MBS Undercuts U.S. Values and Security, Human Rights First Warns
November 18, 2025
Washington D.C.— On the occasion of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s (MBS) November 18-19 visit to Washington, Human Rights First deplores the White House…
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Egypt Is Prosecuting a Mother for Reporting Her Son’s Torture
November 7, 2025
By Suchita Uppal and Mohamed Lotfy Mohamed Lotfy is the Executive Director of the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms. On Monday, November 17, an…
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Uzra Zeya’s Remarks at the Universal Periodic Review Side Event
November 7, 2025
Thank you to the INHR for hosting this event and to my esteemed co-panelists. I also want to welcome civil society colleagues and representatives of…
President & CEO Remarks: 2025 Awards Celebration
October 21, 2025
October 14, 2025 – Gotham Hall – New York, NY Good evening and welcome. It’s electrifying to be here with so many friends, supporters, and allies in one room.…
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Immigrants’ Rights Organizations Submit Report to Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Documenting Escalating Abuses by U.S. Government
October 17, 2025
Following a July 24, 2025 public hearing held by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) that examined widespread human rights and refugee law violations…