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In response to today’s ruling by the Supreme Court, which allows the government to send eight men currently in Djibouti to war-torn South Sudan despite their hailing from other nations, Human Rights ...
Human Rights First strongly condemns the passage of the reconciliation bill, describing it as a historic rollback of legal protections for children, refugees, and other survivors of persecution.
Human Rights First today released an extensive new report detailing both positive developments and serious human rights concerns in Syria following the fall of the Assad government in December 2024.
Human Rights First (HRF) travelled to northeastern Syria to meet with human rights defenders as the country goes through a massive transition following the December 2024 overthrow of the Assad ...
Today, the United States Supreme Court granted the Trump administration’s request to stay a preliminary injunction issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in a nationwide ...
Dear Secretary Hegseth, As organizations representing thousands of military veterans and their families across the United States, we write to express our concern regarding reported proposed cuts to ...
Today, nine organizations representing thousands of military veterans and their families across the United States wrote to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth expressing concern regarding proposed cuts ...
I think that when you are in danger in your own country, the only option you have is to leave,” Darwin starts. He’s wearing a ...
By Yana Sliemzina, editor and reporter for GWARA MEDIA in Kharkiv, Ukraine and Brian Dooley, Senior Advisor Human Rights First In a promising step recognizing the rights of survivors of war-related ...
Judge’s ruling ensures that immigrants can pursue a more stable pathway to status if one is available BOSTON—A federal judge in Massachusetts issued two rulings in Svitlana Doe v. Noem today, this ...
Kharkiv: Early this morning, Russian missiles again hit Kharkiv city in northeastern Ukraine. This time, in a massive drone attack, local media reports 20 sites across the city were struck in an ...
Yesterday, I went to St. Thomas’s Hospital in London to visit Dr. Laila Soueif, who is on a protracted hunger strike to draw attention to her son in prison in Egypt, prominent activist Alaa Abdel ...