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May 10, 2016

In the Balance: Backlogs Delay Protection in the U.S. Asylum and Immigration Court Systems

RSVP Here Human Rights First will host an event to discuss its recently released report “In the Balance: Backlogs Delay Protection in the U.S. Asylum and Immigration Court Systems,” and what the U...

March 15, 2016

U.S. Role in Syrian Refugee Crisis

Poised to enter its sixth year on March 16th, the conflict in Syria has displaced more than 11 million people. Nearly 4.7 million have fled the country. The failure to effectively address the...

March 02, 2016

Closing Guantanamo

It has been more than fourteen years since the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, opened and more than seven years since President Obama signed an executive order pledging to close it....

February 03, 2016

Conversation on the World Refugee Crisis

With Michael Abramowitz, director, USHMM Levine Institute for Holocaust Education and Elisa Massimino, president and CEO of Human Rights First; moderated by Nadine Strossen, former president,...

January 27, 2016

How to Navigate Egypt’s Enduring Human Rights Crisis: Blueprint for U.S. Government Policy

DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27th, 2016 On the fifth anniversary of the mass Tahrir Square protests against Egypt's former President...