Thank you Ranking Member Jayapal and other distinguished members of the committee for holding this hearing and for inviting me to testify today.  Human Rights First is a non-partisan organization that ...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has confirmed that the men it sought to remove to South Sudan on May 20, in violation of a federal court order, are still being held in a converted shipping ...

I went to St. Thomas’s Hospital in London to visit Dr. Laila Soueif, who is on a protracted hunger strike to draw attention ...

Human Rights First condemned the Trump administration’s action today imposing financial sanctions on four International Criminal Court (ICC) judges who have issued rulings over the last five years ...

Following Judge Naomi Buchwald’s ruling this afternoon in the case of Yunseo Chung v. the Trump Administration, in which the court rejected the Trump administration’s assertion that it should detain ...

Human Rights First condemns the Trump administration’s extensive travel ban Proclamation that will fully restrict and limit travel to the United States by nationals from a series of countries, ...

Trump Administration Policies Endanger Persecuted LGBTQI+ People LGBTQI+ people at risk of persecution have been effectively trapped in dangerous and life-threatening conditions due to a barrage of ...

As Pride Month begins and in the lead-up to World Refugee Day on June 20, a group of five human rights organizations has jointly released a new summary report that details the impact of Trump ...

Human Rights First and 37 civil society organizations representing human and civil rights advocates, veterans, and concerned ...

Human Rights First today condemned the proposed reorganization of the State Department under Secretary of State Marco Rubio, which would eliminate most offices in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights ...

Human Rights First and the undersigned 37 organizations, representing civil and human rights advocates, veterans, and concerned citizens, strongly urge you to unequivocally reject the confirmation of ...

By Adam Keith and Suchita Uppal Each year, the U.S. government provides billions of dollars in training, weapons, and other assistance to foreign security forces – including in countries where such ...