Human Rights First has been documenting human rights issues in Ukraine since Russia’s 2014 invasion. Since the full-scale ...

The first time was in 1999, during the Kosovo War, when I was a teenager, praying with my two younger sisters for a quick ...

A joint submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants The U.S. and Mexican governments’ reliance on deterrence and externalization policies that violate human rights, and ...

Ukraine is in the middle of a really tough winter. The war is going badly, with a Russian offensive that began in May 2024 making slow but steady progress, eating into Ukrainian territory in the east.

The Biden administration finalized a new rule to allow consideration of bars to asylum during initial asylum screening interviews—when people have just arrived in the country, are often detained, and ...

Ensuring Safety and Support for Human Rights Defenders of Asylum Seekers, Refugees, and Other Migrants Targeted by Illegal Pushback Policies, Extremist Attacks, and Harassment by Government Officials ...

Human Rights First and our partners in the targeted human rights and anti-corruption sanctions coalition lead “Magnitsky Month” to advocate for the expanded and improved… ...