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Rights Groups Sound the Alarm to the United Nations on the United States’ Disappearances of Migrants and Systematic Human Rights Violations
May 7, 2025
Washington, D.C. — Fifteen immigrants’ rights organizations have submitted urgent reports to the United Nations and Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, raising the alarm over…
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Appeals Court Denies Trump Administration’s Request to Allow it to Revoke Lawful Status of Hundreds of Thousands
May 5, 2025
BOSTON—The First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today denying the Trump administration’s request to stay a district court decision in Svitlana Doe v. Noem that halted the Trump administration’s…
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#WelcomeWithDignity Campaign Funder Briefing
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
#WelcomeWithDignity Campaign Funder Briefing: Defending the Right to Seek Safety Date & Time: Tuesday, May 13, 2025 – 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET /…
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Legalizing Repression: How Georgia’s New Laws Set the Stage for Silencing Dissent
April 25, 2025
In an escalation of oligarchic control, the Georgian government is moving to further restrict civil society groups from accepting grants without prior approval. According to…
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New Series on U.S. Security Assistance and Human Rights Accountability
April 24, 2025
Like any government, the U.S. government has the ability to help or hinder the cause of human rights through its foreign policy. The Trump administration’s…
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Toothless Human Rights Reports Will Give Free Pass to Autocrats
April 18, 2025
Washington, DC – Human Rights First is alarmed by media reports of dramatic cuts to the U.S. Department of State’s annual Country Reports on Human…
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Court Protects Nationwide Class from Deportations to Nondesignated Countries Without Notice and Opportunity to Seek Protection from Torture
April 18, 2025
Boston, MA – Today, a federal judge in Boston certified a nationwide class of individuals with final removal orders who have been removed or face…
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What abuses and corrupt acts can be sanctioned in different Magnitsky jurisdictions?
April 17, 2025
By Nina Moraitou-Politzi Targeted financial sanctions have become a key tool in holding perpetrators of serious human rights abuse and acts of corruption to account,…
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Judge Temporarily Halts Trump Administration’s Attempt to Revoke Legal Status of Hundreds of Thousands; Grants Class Certification
April 14, 2025
Judge’s ruling covers people who came through “CHNV” humanitarian parole processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans BOSTON—A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled against the…
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Human Rights First Condemns White House Visit, Abusive Policies of El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele
April 11, 2025
Press contact: press@humanrightsfirst.org WASHINGTON, D.C.— Human Rights First strongly condemns the White House’s invitation and upcoming meeting with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, whose authoritarian…
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Pakistan must stop returns of Afghans to persecution, Trump administration must restart resettlement
April 3, 2025
Media Contact: press@humanrightsfirst.org As Pakistan’s latest deadline for a new wave of deportations and detentions of Afghans approaches on April 10, Human Rights First calls…
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Class Action Lawsuit Challenges Unlawful Deportations to Third Countries Without Notice and Opportunity to Seek Protection from Persecution or Torture
March 24, 2025
Boston, MA – Yesterday, four individuals with final removal orders filed a national class action in federal district court in Boston, Massachusetts. The lawsuit challenges the…