We found 358 results for “Ukraine”.
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Our Work in Ukraine
February 16, 2023
Human Rights First has been meaningfully engaged on human rights issues in Eastern Europe for decades, and particularly active with Ukrainian allies since the first…
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Supporting Responsible Reporting Efforts in Ukraine
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Recording of the discussion. Join us for a webinar marking the one-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Led by Human Rights First’s Senior…
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Deadline Passes for Biden to Address Sanctions for Kara-Murza’s Russian Persecutors
January 25, 2023
WASHINGTON, DC – The Biden administration has failed to provide a substantive response to the senators who set a January 20 deadline for a decision…
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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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Ukraine’s Gwara Media Fights For Truth in Kharkiv
January 11, 2023
By Brian Dooley Despite what United States Senator Hiram Johnson declared in 1918, truth wasn’t the first casualty of the Russian war on Ukraine. Russia…
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Biden Must Sanction Russians Involved in Kara-Murza’s Detention
January 10, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ahead of a January 20 deadline to respond to a letter from U.S. senators that calls for the Biden administration to consider…
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DIVOCHE.MEDIA: Amplifying Voices of Women in Ukraine
January 10, 2023
By Brian Dooley Kyiv — For over a decade, the independent media outlet DIVOCHE.MEDIA has provided a feminist perspective on Ukrainian society, health advice, and…
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Coping in the Kharkiv cold
January 9, 2023
https://humanrightsfirst.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/dooley-in-Kharkiv.mp4 By Brian Dooley For months, the city of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine has been bracing for a bitter winter. Back in August we reported…
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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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Undoing Some Damage, U.S. Commits to More Support for ICC
December 16, 2022
By Adam Keith In the fog on the outskirts of The Hague, governments and civil society representatives came together last week for the annual meeting…
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After Documenting Abuses at ICE Berks Detention Center, PHR and Human Rights First Welcome Biden Administration Decision to Close Facility
December 2, 2022
NEW YORK – Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) and Human Rights First welcome reports that the Biden administration will end a contract with the Berks…
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Friends Like These: U.S. Security Partners and Selectivity in the Global Magnitsky Sanctions Program
November 30, 2022
U.S. Security Partners and Selectivity in the Global Magnitsky Sanctions Program To live up to its commitments to protect human rights, Human Rights First urges…