Human Rights First today released an extensive new report detailing both positive developments and serious human rights concerns in Syria following the fall of the Assad government in December 2024.

By Yana Sliemzina, editor and reporter for GWARA MEDIA in Kharkiv, Ukraine and Brian Dooley, Senior Advisor Human Rights ...

Today, the United States Supreme Court granted the Trump administration’s request to stay a preliminary injunction issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in a nationwide ...

I think that when you are in danger in your own country, the only option you have is to leave,” Darwin starts. He’s wearing a ...

Human Rights First (HRF) travelled to northeastern Syria to meet with human rights defenders as the country goes through a massive transition following the December 2024 overthrow of the Assad ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Human Rights First has researched and documented the impacts of the asylum ban, heightened screening standards, and deportation in reports from July and October 2023. The current discussion of U.S.

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.

By Ellie Conover. Since day one of his second term, President Trump has drastically and negatively impacted the lives of people seeking asylum and protection in the United States by introducing ...

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 ...