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 ...

A new report reveals that Polish authorities are increasingly targeting local human rights defenders (HRDs) near the Poland-Belarus border for providing life-saving humanitarian and legal aid to ...

Executive Summary Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) aiding migrants and people seeking asylum at the Poland-Belarus border are facing increasing threats, legal harassment, and diminishing support of their ...

Boston, MA – Earlier today, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled that the Department of Homeland ...

Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, civilians in occupied and front-line areas have been subjected to ...

Secretary Rubio’s testimony at hearings this week on the State Department’s FY 26 budget request did not allay Human Rights ...

By Ellie Conover. Since day one of his second term, President Trump has drastically and negatively impacted the lives of ...

Human Rights First urges the Senate to reject the immensely harmful Reconciliation Bill narrowly passed by the House of Representatives last night. “The passage of the budget reconciliation bill ...

In response to the murder of two employees of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, Human Rights First’s President and CEO, Uzra Zeya, said the following: “The brutal murder of two young members of this ...

Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the government’s request to stay the district court’s order in NTPSA v. Noem, a case challenging DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s wrongful termination of Temporary ...

Maya Autorino, Communications Intern This guest post does not necessarily reflect the views or expertise of Human Rights First. In a troubling escalation of digital surveillance last month, a French ...

Desperate to Escape: The Fight to Save Civilians in Ukraine,” which reveals mounting challenges for civilians attempting to flee occupied or frontline areas in eastern Ukraine. The report details how ...