In response to Secretary of State Rubio’s firing of over 1,400 State Department employees, Human Rights First President and CEO Uzra Zeya said the following: Non-partisan, selfless public service is ...

New York, NY — Human Rights First today deplored the State Department’s misuse of financial sanctions to target a United Nations special rapporteur on the basis of her advocacy for action by the ...

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.

On the first day of the Trump-Vance Administration, the President issued a host of anti-immigrant and -refugee Executive Orders that undermine our national security, tarnish our global reputation, and ...

Human Rights First has researched and documented the impacts of the asylum ban, heightened screening standards, and deportation in reports from July and October 2023. The current discussion of U.S.

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 ...

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By Will Gronefeld, Joe Brand Human Rights Fellow Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has entered its fourth year, and Russian leaders have faced few repercussions for their actions. Despite ...

The withdrawal of the U.S. military from Afghanistan led to the arrival of tens of thousands of Afghans in the United States. In response, Human Rights First created Project: Afghan Legal Assistance ...

Under the Remain in Mexico policy (RMX), the Department of Homeland Security forced asylum seekers to wait in dangerous Mexican border cities while their U.S. immigration court cases were pending.

Asylum is a legal status that the U.S. government can grant to people who are at risk of harm in their home countries because of who they are—because of their religion, political opinion, sexual ...