Kharkiv, Ukraine — Today Human Rights First released a new report: “Desperate to Escape: The Fight to Save Civilians in Ukraine,” which reveals mounting challenges for civilians attempting to flee ...

Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, civilians in occupied and front-line areas have been subjected to heavy bombing of their communities, torture, abductions, and forced ...

Secretary Rubio’s testimony at hearings this week on the State Department’s FY 26 budget request did not allay Human Rights ...

Boston, MA – Earlier today, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled that the Department of Homeland ...

WASHINGTON D.C.— 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 ...

Join Human Rights First for a critical briefing on the U.S. government’s renewed use of Guantanamo Bay, now to detain migrants and asylum seekers. Human Rights First’s litigation and advocacy efforts ...

Washington, D.C.– In response to the murder of two employees of the Israeli embassy in Washington, Human Rights First’s President and CEO, Uzra Zeya, said the following: “The brutal murder of two ...