Rights groups on Tuesday slammed the Trump administration’s decision to end protected status for Myanmar citizens due to the ...

Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear ...

Human Rights First condemns the Trump administration’s directive ordering a sweeping review of more than 230,000 refugees admitted under the Biden administration — a move that halts green-card ...

I’ve often thought about what a privilege and opportunity it would be to be the First Lady of the United States. What an ...

At the heart of current conversations around the East Africa region lies a sobering reality: the civic space is shrinking faster now than ever, the press, civic, and East Africa’s freedoms are under ...

Human rights issues—from equal treatment for minorities to freedoms enshrined in the U.S. Bill of Rights, such as speech, ...

“We broke the Somali fraud story and called on President Trump to revoke the Temporary Protected Status for all Somalis. Now, ...

The United Nations warned Monday that human rights work globally is fighting for its survival, as funding woes and rollbacks of accountability laws limit the ability to address widespread abuses.

The 2024 version of the State Department report issued by the Trump administration in August already removed or significantly reduced sections on political freedoms, corruption, gender-based violence, ...

Discover the impact of our work this year through the 2025 Human Rights First Snapshot—a concise overview of the progress, ...