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Autocratic leaders are gaining power around the world while many rights-respecting democracies are backsliding. To counter this trend, we are working to ensure that American and foreign institutions remain accountable to their human rights obligation and uphold the rule of law.

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January 27, 2022

On Bloody Sunday’s 50th Anniversary: Frustration at New British Proposal to Hide the Truth

By Brian Dooley This Sunday, at 4pm Irish time, people all over the world will put lighted candles in their windows to mark the anniversary of the Bloody Sunday Massacre in Derry. They will be...

November 24, 2021

U.S. Lifting Burundi Sanctions; Rights Groups Call for Accountability

WASHINGTON D.C. -- Human Rights First and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights expressed concern regarding the Biden Administration’s November 18 decision to terminate the targeted U.S. sanctions program...

October 29, 2021

What’s Happening Behind the UAE's PR Mask

For many years, the United Arab Emirates has been one of Washington’s most repressive military allies. Its brutal targeting of human rights defenders, its leadership role with Saudi Arabia in the war...

September 14, 2021

Human Rights First Disappointed with Egypt Aid Decision

WASHINGTON – Human Rights First today condemned the Biden administration’s decision not to permanently withhold any of the U.S. military financing to Egypt, which Congress has conditioned on...

August 02, 2021

Blinken’s Decision Imminent on Funding an Egyptian Government that Enables Terrorism

A few months ago, when the Biden administration was talking about “putting human rights at the center of foreign policy,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken met online with a group of leading human...