Human Rights First deplores the extraordinary, last-minute decision by the Government of Zambia to cancel the RightsCon ...

A new Trump administration plan to transfer more than 1,100 at-risk Afghans, including former interpreters for the U.S.

More than fifty years after the Springhill/Westrock killings in West Belfast, a coroner has concluded that the five people ...

Today, Human Rights First released our annual Democracy Watch Report. The report’s findings are drawn from our legislative ...

Human Rights First submits this comment in opposition to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) titled “Employment Authorization Reform for Asylum Applicants.

Human Rights First created this template as a guide for civil society organizations interested in submitting evidence-based sanctions recommendations to the U.S. Departments of State and Treasury ...

The U.S. Department of Justice’s shocking indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is a dangerous attempt to ...

Human Rights First is proud to partner with acclaimed country music artist Bryan Andrews on his upcoming protest tour, “ICE ...

Our country is facing a grave threat as those in power leverage bias and disinformation to push rights-restricting ...

Since taking office on January 20, 2025, the Trump administration has pursued an unprecedented mass deportation agenda. U.S. officials have adopted a range of new tactics, that are legally ...

Washington D.C. — A new report from Human Rights First’s ICE Flight Monitor reveals the unprecedented scale, scope, and secrecy of the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign during its first ...

Following a July 24, 2025 public hearing held by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) that examined widespread human rights and refugee law violations inflicted by the U.S. government ...