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Poland: Stop cooperating with ICE on unlawful returns of Ukrainians

Amnesty International and Human Rights First today published a joint letter to Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of ...
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Human Rights First and Refugees International Third Country Deportation Watch Details Scope, Secrecy, and Human Toll of Third Country Transfer Agreements

Today, Human Rights First and Refugees International released an update of its Banished by Bargain: Third Country Deportation ...
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Human Rights First Deplores Zambia’s Decision to Cancel RightsCon

Human Rights First deplores the extraordinary, last-minute decision by the Government of Zambia to cancel the RightsCon ...
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ICE Flight Monitor: January 2026 Report

Since taking office on January 20, 2025, the Trump administration has pursued an unprecedented mass deportation agenda. U.S. officials have adopted a range of new tactics, that are legally ...
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New ICE Flight Monitor Report Shows Avelo Airlines Flew Nearly One in Five ICE Flights as part of Massive Expansion of ICE Domestic Transfer and Deportation Flights

Washington D.C. — A new report from Human Rights First’s ICE Flight Monitor reveals the unprecedented scale, scope, and secrecy of the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign during its first ...
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Belfast Court Vindicates Springhill/Westrock Families’ Struggle for Truth

More than fifty years after the Springhill/Westrock killings in West Belfast, a coroner has concluded that the five people ...
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Human Rights First Galvanizing Action Against Widespread Abuses in the First Year of the Trump Administration

Washington, D.C — Human Rights First (HRF) is galvanizing cross-cutting action in response to the wide range of human and civil rights abuses—at home and abroad—committed by the Trump administration ...
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Immigrants’ Rights Organizations Submit Report to Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Documenting Escalating Abuses by U.S. Government

Following a July 24, 2025 public hearing held by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) that examined widespread human rights and refugee law violations inflicted by the U.S. government ...
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Trump Administration Plan to Transfer Afghan Allies to DRC Betrays Wartime Commitments and Puts Lives at Risk

Washington, D.C. — A new Trump administration plan to transfer more than 1,100 at-risk Afghans, including former interpreters for the U.S. military, former members of the Afghan Special Operations ...
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Risk and Response: Women Human Rights Defenders on Ukraine’s Frontline

Women human rights defenders (WHRDS) are taking enormous daily risks to help vulnerable people living on the frontline of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Some deliver humanitarian aid to those in desperate ...
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New ICE Flight Monitor Report Shows Immigration Enforcement Flights Reach Record High in March 2026 Amid Ongoing Third Country Transfers

Washington, D.C. — In March 2026, overall U.S. immigration enforcement flights reached a record high of 1,794, a 122% increase over March 2025, according to Human Rights First’s latest ICE Flight ...