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 ...

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 released the ...

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 rights, such as ...

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 ...

In response to reports that the Trump administration is considering sending tens of thousand of migrants to Guantanamo Bay, Human Rights First President and CEO, Sue Hendrickson released the following ...

In addition to the slew of anti-asylum, -refugee, and -immigrant orders that started the Trump administration’s tenure in office, a new directive issued on Thursday threatens over one million people ...

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 ...

In response to the Trump administration’s decision to freeze almost all foreign aid, Human Rights First’s President and CEO Sue Hendrickson issued the following statement: U.S. funding has been a ...

This week, the Trump administration announced its policy priorities and agenda in a series of cruel, brazenly overreaching executive orders that recklessly disregard human rights and the rule of law.

The right to asylum is under attack. For nearly 50 years, Human Rights First has been a leader in the asylum advocacy space, ...