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

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 ...

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 addition to the slew of anti-asylum, -refugee, and -immigrant orders that started the Trump administration’s tenure in office, a new directive issued on Thursday threatens over one million people ...

This week, the Trump administration announced its policy priorities and agenda in a series of cruel, brazenly overreaching executive orders that recklessly disregard human rights and the rule of law.

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 ...

Detention of immigrant families inflicts irreversible harm. Medical experts, international authorities, members of Congress, faith leaders, human rights advocates, whistleblowers, the American Bar ...

The Roger N. Baldwin Medal of Liberty Award was established in 1989 and named in honor of the principal founder of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the organization later known as the ...

The courage, leadership, and humanity of Dr. King, and his legacy of fighting for all categories of human rights, including the right to vote, economic and social justice, and racial equality through ...