By Suchita Uppal and Mohamed Lotfy Mohamed Lotfy is the Executive Director of the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms. On Monday, November 17, an Egyptian Court is due to decide whether to ...

Thank you to the INHR for hosting this event and to my esteemed co-panelists. I also want to welcome civil society colleagues and representatives of UN member states joining this important discussion.

In the wake of the Assad government’s fall in December 2024, I travelled to Syria in April 2025 to hear directly about the challenges the country was facing, further compounded by a devastating ...

Thirty days into the fiscal year, the Trump administration released their Presidential Determination on refugee admissions, slashing the annual resettlement goal to 7,500 — a historic low for the ...

Greater political will from governments is needed to defend those who defend rights, UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders (HRDs), Mary Lawlor, told governments last week: ...

Today, Human Rights First’s Innovation Lab announced the launch of ReadyNow!, a free and secure mobile app designed to help immigrants prepare for possible detention and act quickly in moments of ...

You are cordially invited to join Human Rights First for a discussion on the importance of human rights, humanitarian, and refugee law treaties—cornerstones of the international rules-based order ...

This report released by a panel of international human rights experts concludes that the British government operated a “widespread, systematic, and systemic” practice of impunity to protect security ...

A new report from Human Rights First, titled Attacking the Watchdogs: Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Activists and Institutions Face New Wave of Assaults, reveals a deepening campaign of intimidation, ...