Thank you, Dean Byrne, Director Sviridov, Provost Meeks, and distinguished faculty members for this extraordinary honor and one that I never imagined was possible. I’d like to think my late mother is ...

Washington, D.C. — A new report released today by ICE Flight Monitor, housed at Human Rights First, exposes the human toll of the Trump administration’s deportation campaign. In September 2025 the ...

On July 12, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) and the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations Subcommittee held ...

Washington, D.C. — Human Rights First strongly condemns the arbitrary detention without trial of Ruth López Alfaro by the Government of El Salvador one year after her unjust arrest. The Salvadoran ...

Bahrain’s ruling family has returned to its severe repression of a decade and a half ago in the context of the United States’ war on Iran. It has embarked on a fresh wave of arrests, stripping ...

Since taking office on January 20, 2025, the Trump administration has pursued an unprecedented mass deportation agenda. U.S. officials have adopted a range of new tactics, that are legally ...

Washington, D.C. — In April 2026, ICE Flight Monitor tracked 245 removal flights, a monthly record since independent flight tracking began in 2020, according to a new report from Human Rights First.

Last week, Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) carried out searches targeting former National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) detectives now working at Ukrzaliznytsia, the state railway operator. Media ...

Bahrain’s authorities have returned to their traditional methods of repression since the start of the U.S. war on Iran in February 2026. This includes detaining more than 400 people, stripping 69 of ...

Dear Chair Stack, Vice-Chair Singleton-Jackson, and members of the Committee: I am writing on behalf of Human Rights First to express our strong support for passing and fully funding the John R. Lewis ...