Human Rights First will award Clare Byarugaba, one of the few openly LGBTQI+ rights activists in Uganda, its Wiliam D. Zabel Award in recognition of her remarkable work advocating for the rights of ...

Human Rights First decries the Biden administration’s plans to expand and entrench its June 2024 asylum ban. The organization calls on the administration to end this harmful policy and prioritize real ...

Human Rights First today welcomed news from Bahrain that hundreds more prisoners are to be freed, and urged the Manama government to continue the momentum on releasing political prisoners. “We have ...

Human Rights First exists to actualize free and equal societies, leading actions that hold oppressors accountable and free people from injustice. Over our 40-year history, Human Rights First has ...

The experiences of people who identify as LGBTQAI+ are central to our work of protecting and extending human rights around the world. Whether we are working to protect members of the LGBT community in ...

On September 17, 1787, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention gathered in Philadelphia and signed a document that continues to define the shape of our democracy, the Constitution.  With its ...

The Biden administration should take urgent steps to ensure prompt and non-discriminatory access to U.S. ports of entry for people seeking asylum. The administration described its May 2023 and June ...

On June 30, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants charging three men with war crimes in connection with Russia’s invasion of a neighboring country. Working with Russian forces, ...