The Alaska summit this Friday between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin must not sideline human rights or justice for victims of Russia’s war on Ukraine. “Any deal that ...

Veterans for American Ideals, a nonpartisan Human Rights First initiative of veterans defending democracy and human rights, strongly condemns the National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C. and the ...

Human Rights First condemns the far-reaching cuts and politically driven revisions the Trump administration has reportedly made to the State Department’s soon to be released annual Country Reports on ...

On the first day of the Trump-Vance Administration, the President issued a host of anti-immigrant and -refugee Executive Orders that undermine our national security, tarnish our global reputation, and ...

Human Rights First’s Submission for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants pursuant to Human Rights Council Resolution 43/6 ...

Our efforts include Project: Afghan Legal Assistance (PALA), where attorneys can help with legal resettlement issues, and the Evacuate Our Allies coalition, which advocates for protections for at-risk ...

Recent data shows that asylum seekers continue to appear for immigration court proceedings at high rates. In fiscal year 2018, Department of Justice (DOJ) figures show that 89 percent of all asylum ...

Targeted human rights and anti-corruption sanctions like those authorized under the Global Magnitsky sanctions program and related authorities can hold accountable the world's worst human rights ...

Asylum is a legal status that the U.S. government can grant to people who are at risk of harm in their home countries because of who they are—because of their religion, political opinion, sexual ...

Chairman Peters, Ranking Member Portman, and esteemed members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to contribute to this critical discussion on examining white supremacist violence in the ...

WHAT IS XENOPHOBIA & ANTI-IMMIGRANT EXTREMISM? Xenophobia and anti-immigrant extremism perpetuate the idea that immigrants, or people who are perceived to be “foreign” or “outsiders,” threaten America ...