As Congress votes today on spending bills, Human Rights First’s Senior Director of Refugee Advocacy, Robyn Barnard, issued the following statement: “Congress has to decide whether it will fund ...

Dr. Laila Souief looked small and frail, but her voice was determined as she addressed the media outside Downing Street in London yesterday. She is 134 days into a hunger strike to draw attention to ...

The new U.S. sanctions program targeting the International Criminal Court (ICC) that was announced by executive order on February 6 differs in only minor respects from the sanctions program created in ...

Human Rights First joined a coalition of immigrant rights advocates urging the U.S. government to provide immediate access to the individuals transferred from the U.S. to Guantánamo Bay. Holding any ...

Washington, DC– Human Rights First today launched Democracy Watch, a new AI-powered tool that tracks executive actions and legislation, federally and in all 50 states, that undermine civil and human ...

New York, NY– In response to news that the Trump administration will sanction officials of the International Criminal Court, Human Rights First’s Senior Director for Accountability, Adam Keith ...

“President Trump’s call for the population of the Gaza Strip to be removed is a call for war crimes and crimes against humanity on a large scale,” said Sue Hendrickson, President and CEO of Human ...

Overall, the U.S. sanctions are framed as a response to “persons undermining peace, security, and stability in the West Bank.” While the executive order generally does not use the language of human ...

Even the most authoritarian regimes care about their international reputation on human rights. This week, it was Egypt’s turn to be examined by the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal ...