Even the most authoritarian regimes care about their international reputation on human rights. This week, it was Egypt’s turn ...

The right to asylum is under attack. For nearly 50 years, Human Rights First has been a leader in the asylum advocacy space, ...

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 ...

In response to reports that the Trump administration is considering sending tens of thousand of migrants to Guantanamo Bay, Human Rights First President and CEO, Sue Hendrickson released the following ...

Human Rights First announced today that climate rights activist and lawyer Dang Dinh Bach, jailed in Vietnam since June 2021, ...

Detention of immigrant families inflicts irreversible harm. Medical experts, international authorities, members of Congress, ...

In response to the Trump administration’s decision to freeze almost all foreign aid, Human Rights First’s President and CEO Sue Hendrickson issued the following statement: U.S. funding has been a ...

Under the Remain in Mexico policy (RMX), the Department of Homeland Security forced asylum seekers to wait in dangerous Mexican border cities while their U.S. immigration court cases were pending.

Washington, DC – Human Rights First today called on Senators to exercise their Constitutional responsibility to oversee executive branch nominations and vote against confirming Peter Hegseth to serve ...