As prepared for delivery at Bridging the Hong Kong Sanctions Gap: US Leadership vs UK Hesitation Good afternoon, and thank you to the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong (CFHK) Foundation, the Global ...
Thank you to the INHR for hosting this event and to my esteemed co-panelists. I also want to welcome civil society colleagues ...
By Gretchen Klingler, Director, Veterans for American Ideals As Veterans Day arrives this year, many of us who once wore the uniform find ourselves reflecting not only on our time in service but on ...
In the wake of the Assad government’s fall in December 2024, I travelled to Syria in April 2025 to hear directly about the challenges the country was facing, further compounded by a devastating ...
By Suchita Uppal and Mohamed Lotfy Mohamed Lotfy is the Executive Director of the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms. On Monday, November 17, an Egyptian Court is due to decide whether to ...
A new report from ICE Flight Monitor, housed at Human Rights First, reveals that the Trump administration’s deportation campaign continues to ramp up in both scale and cruelty. In October 2025 alone, ...
Washington, D.C. – As African heads of state gather today at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, Human Rights First expressed disappointment that human rights principles and civil society leaders are not ...
Thirty days into the fiscal year, the Trump administration released their Presidential Determination on refugee admissions, slashing the annual resettlement goal to 7,500 — a historic low for the ...
It’s now been a year since the U.S. government launched its “ comprehensive strategy ” in September 2021, resulting in the mass expulsion of Haitian people who arrived at the U.S. border in Del Rio, ...