In the wake of the Assad government’s fall in December 2024, I travelled to Syria in April 2025 to hear directly about the challenges the country was facing, further compounded by a devastating ...

Thirty days into the fiscal year, the Trump administration released their Presidential Determination on refugee admissions, slashing the annual resettlement goal to 7,500 — a historic low for the ...

Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Activists and Institutions Face New Wave of Assaults Introduction Human Rights Defenders (HRDs), ...

The Episcopal Diocese of New York, Human Rights First, and Bard College are calling for the immediate release of Ali ...

Greater political will from governments is needed to defend those who defend rights, UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders (HRDs), Mary Lawlor, told governments last week: ...

A new report from Human Rights First, titled Attacking the Watchdogs: Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Activists and Institutions Face New Wave of Assaults, reveals a deepening campaign of intimidation, ...

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Human Rights First Responds to Too-close-to-call Exit Polls in Polish Presidential Election: “migrants and people seeking asylum look to be the clear losers” In response to the too-close-to call exit ...

This report released by a panel of international human rights experts concludes that the British government operated a “widespread, systematic, and systemic” practice of impunity to protect security ...

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