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 ...

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 First’s ongoing concerns that that request and the Secretary’s related ...

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 ...

Boston, Massachusetts – Earlier today, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) violated the court’s preliminary injunction when ...

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

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 ...

By Brian Dooley Who won the election in Poland? No-one, yet. Only three of the candidates got double figures, and none the required 50% needed, so the top two — Rafal Trzaskowski, who won 31.3%, and ...

This guest post does not necessarily reflect the views or expertise of Human Rights First. It is part of a partnership between UCLA Law and Human Rights First, where UCLA Law students use the new ...

Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in CASA v. Trump, a case challenging President Trump’s illegal Birthright Citizenship Executive Order. If the Executive Order is ...

Washington, D.C. — In response to today’s Senate vote that would—if passed—have obligated the State Department to report on El Salvador’s human rights record, Human Rights First’s President and CEO ...