Around a hundred of us gathered this morning in the sub-freezing cold at a city cemetery to remember volunteer activist ...

News of peace talks to end the war on Ukraine seems like something from a parallel universe here at the eastern front. While ...

Human Rights First condemns the illegality of recent military action taken by the Trump administration in Venezuela and its announced plan to take over and run the country indefinitely. Venezuelans ...

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 ...

We press the U.S. government to end this harmful policy and permit individuals to pursue their claims in the community. Where additional support is determined necessary to ensure an individual's ...

People fleeing persecution and torture who are seeking refugee protection enjoy the fundamental right to apply for asylum under international law. That right, however, has been curtailed in many ...

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 ...

Human Rights First condena la ilegalidad de la reciente acción militar emprendida por la administración Trump en Venezuela y su plan anunciado de tomar el control del país y gobernarlo indefinidamente ...

According to DOJ statistics, between 2013 and 2017, 92 percent of asylum seekers appeared in court to receive a final decision on their claims. In FY 2018, 89.4 percent of those who applied for asylum ...

Human Rights First strongly condemns yesterday’s Travel Ban proclamation vastly expanding on the discriminatory June travel and entry bans targeting nationals from dozens of countries. Framed ...

Human Rights First exists to actualize free and equal societies, leading actions that hold oppressors accountable and free people from injustice. Over our 40-year history, Human Rights First has ...