Yesterday, May 29, 2025, attorneys for Columbia University student Yunseo Chung appeared in court to seek continued protection against arrest and deportation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...

By Adam Keith and Suchita Uppal Each year, the U.S. government provides billions of dollars in training, weapons, and other assistance to foreign security forces – including in countries where such ...

The U.S. Supreme Court granted the Trump Administration’s request to stay a district court order in Svitlana Doe v. Noem, stripping the legal status and work permits of an estimated half a million ...

Boston, MA – Earlier today, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled that the Department of Homeland ...

Human Rights First today condemned the proposed reorganization of the State Department under Secretary of State Marco Rubio, which would eliminate most offices in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights ...

A new report reveals that Polish authorities are increasingly targeting local human rights defenders (HRDs) near the Poland-Belarus border for providing life-saving humanitarian and legal aid to ...

Executive Summary Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) aiding migrants and people seeking asylum at the Poland-Belarus border are facing increasing threats, legal harassment, and diminishing support of their ...

Secretary Rubio’s testimony at hearings this week on the State Department’s FY 26 budget request did not allay Human Rights ...

Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, civilians in occupied and front-line areas have been subjected to ...

Human Rights First urges the Senate to reject the immensely harmful Reconciliation Bill narrowly passed by the House of Representatives last night. “The passage of the budget reconciliation bill ...

Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the government’s request to stay the district court’s order in NTPSA v. Noem, a case challenging DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s wrongful termination of Temporary ...

Desperate to Escape: The Fight to Save Civilians in Ukraine,” which reveals mounting challenges for civilians attempting to flee occupied or frontline areas in eastern Ukraine. The report details how ...