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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

On May 11, 2023, Circumvention of Lawful Pathways – the “Asylum Ban” – took effect. The Biden administration’s rule bars nearly all asylum seekers who fail to enter the United States at a Port of ...

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 ...

WHAT IS XENOPHOBIA & ANTI-IMMIGRANT EXTREMISM? Xenophobia and anti-immigrant extremism perpetuate the idea that immigrants, or people who are perceived to be “foreign” or “outsiders,” threaten America ...

Human Rights First exists to actualize free and equal societies, leading actions that hold oppressors accountable and free people from injustice. Over our 40-year history, Human Rights First has ...

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 ...