We found 2107 results for “Torture”.
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Human Rights First Condemns Administration Plan to Fast-Track Asylum Screenings
January 27, 2023
WASHINGTON DC – Human Rights First calls on the administration to abandon a plan once used by the Trump administration and focus instead on upholding…
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Ukrainian Activists Urge Reform on Prisoner Swaps and Military Ombudsman
January 12, 2023
By Brian Dooley No one knows exactly how many Ukrainian civilians are detained by Russian forces, either in occupied zones in Ukraine or in Russia…
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Biden Administration Use and Expansion of Trump Policy to Ban People Seeking Asylum Endangers Lives, Tramples Human Rights
January 5, 2023
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration’s announcement of plans to expand use of the Trump-initiated Title 42 policy and resurrect other unlawful Trump policies to ban…
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Rights of Asylum Seekers Put on Hold Again
December 28, 2022
WASHINGTON DC – Human Rights First is deeply disappointed in yesterday’s Supreme Court decision that allows the failed and inhumane Title 42 expulsion policy to…
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Human Rights First Lauds Bill to Modernize American Refugee Protection Systems
December 22, 2022
WASHINGTON D.C. – Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) introduced the Refugee Protection Act of 2022, which would modernize and strengthen U.S.…
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Special Envoy Kennedy Faces Crucial Year in Northern Ireland
December 21, 2022
By Brian Dooley Appointing former Congressman Joe Kennedy III as the new United States Special Envoy to Northern Ireland is a serious move by the Biden…
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Retired Military Leaders Urge Senate Committee to Close Guantanamo
December 20, 2022
Washington, DC – On the eve of a Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights hearing about the U.S. detention facility…
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Title 42: “Human Rights Stain, Public Health Farce”
December 16, 2022
WASHINGTON D.C. – The end of the Title 42 expulsion policy is scheduled for December 21 but supporters of the policy are still attempting to…
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Human Rights Stain, Public Health Farce
December 15, 2022
Evasion of Asylum Law and Title 42 Abuse Must End— and Never Be Revived For nearly two years, the Biden administration has wielded the Trump administration’s Title…
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Human rights groups urge the U.S. government to sanction for human trafficking abuses
December 8, 2022
The Honorable Janet L. Yellen Secretary of the Treasury U.S. Department of the Treasury 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20220 The Honorable…
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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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Joint Letter to Biden administration to End Title 42
November 22, 2022
November 22, 2022 Hon. Joseph R. Biden, Jr. President of the United States Dear President Biden: With a federal court striking down the…