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Read Vladimir Kara-Murza's Pulitzer Prize-winning columns
Read Vladimir Kara-Murza's Pulitzer Prize-winning columns
Kara-Murza courageously wrote incisive, historically informed columns about Russia from confinement.
Register: How the Northern Ireland Conflict Continues to Shape Human Rights Today
Register: How the Northern Ireland Conflict Continues to Shape Human Rights Today
Press: Report finds “Widespread” State Impunity During Northern Ireland Conflict
Press: Report finds “Widespread” State Impunity During Northern Ireland Conflict
A report released today 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 forces from sanction during the conflict in Northern Ireland. The report, “Bitter Legacy: State Impunity in the Northern Ireland Conflict” was produced by an International Expert […]
Take Action: Tell Congress it is time to do its fair share of climate action!
Take Action: Tell Congress it is time to do its fair share of climate action!
Blog: Escaping Extremes - Climate Change's Role in Displacement and Migration
Blog: Escaping Extremes - Climate Change's Role in Displacement and Migration
Blog: Civil Rights are Human Rights: Reflections from Montgomery
Blog: Civil Rights are Human Rights: Reflections from Montgomery
By Maya Fernandez-Powell “True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Today marks 56 years since the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and last week was the 59th anniversary of Dr. King leading thousands in a march from Selma to […]
Blog: For trans migrants, violence continues at our border
Blog: For trans migrants, violence continues at our border
By Sydney Randall A few months ago in Tijuana, Mexico, our Director of Research and Analysis for Refugee Protection Christina Asenico met two couples from Russia – three of the four individuals identified as transgender men. In Russia they were targeted and persecuted for their identities. They watched as friends were arrested for their sexual […]
Blog: An Afghan woman’s fight for gender equity
Blog: An Afghan woman’s fight for gender equity
By Camila Rice-Aguilar “Being a human rights activist in Afghanistan – especially for women’s rights – it is impossible to live a simple life without risk,” Halima started, patting the soft pink chadar covering her head. Halima is a forty-five-year-old Afghan woman and refugee who dedicated her life to serving Afghan women and children before […]
Report: Inch by Inch - The Dangerous Work of Demining Ukraine
Report: Inch by Inch - The Dangerous Work of Demining Ukraine
Blog: Six Key Takeaways as Ukraine Marks 2 Years of War
Blog: Six Key Takeaways as Ukraine Marks 2 Years of War
By Brian Dooley and Maya Fernandez-Powell February 24th marks the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. While Human Rights First has been working with human rights defenders (HRDs) in Ukraine since 2014, we have made a dozen research visits to the eastern Ukrainian region of Kharkiv to support local HRDs since the February […]
Hidden Harm: Briefing on Ukraine research
Hidden Harm: Briefing on Ukraine research
U.S. Border and Asylum Policies Harm Black Asylum Seekers
U.S. Border and Asylum Policies Harm Black Asylum Seekers
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Call your Senators to Save Asylum!
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Write Congress to Save Asylum!
Report: "Hidden Harm," Ukraine confronts psychological cost of war
Report: "Hidden Harm," Ukraine confronts psychological cost of war
Ukraine confronts psychological cost of war Ukraine has so far survived the brutal winter despite continuing Russian missile attacks across the country. However, the sustained and intense Russian aggression is having a deep psychological impact on many in Ukraine. Human Rights First reported from the northeastern Ukrainian region of Kharkiv in November 2023. At the start […]
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Report: Upholding And Upgrading Asylum
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