On Al Jazeera’s The Stream, Tensions Flare Over “Reconciliation” in Bahrain
The June 4th episode of Al Jazeera’s live online show The Stream brought together prominent figures to discuss whether “reconciliation” is a possibility in Bahrain. Several guests claimed that the...
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Bahrain Ambassador Declines Dooley’s Invitation for a Public Debate on Reforms
Photo of Bahrain Ambassador to the United States Houda Nonoo. (Photo from POMED)Earlier this week, Human Rights First’s Brian Dooley sent a letter to Houda Nonoo, Bahrain’s ambassador to the United...
View ArticleMy Husband is NOT a Terrorist
My husband Arben and I have been forcibly separated for 5 years now. We are among thousands of families who have suffered because the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has failed to use its...
View ArticleTell Secretary Clinton to Support Egyptian Women!
This Saturday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will do something that no U.S. Secretary of State has ever done: meet with a democratically elected president of Egypt. The meeting should be about...
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Morsi Reaffirms Promise of Equality at Meeting with Clinton
Secretary Hillary Clinton and Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi discuss next steps in the country's transition to democracy. Photo: EPAWhen we first heard that Secretary Hillary Clinton was to meet...
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Christian Bale Calls Chen Guangcheng “A Giant Among Men”
This week’s FirstCast covers the story of the blind “barefoot” lawyer Chen Guangcheng. We honored him with the 2012 Human Rights First Award for his lifelong work fighting for the rule of law in...
View ArticleBringing the Human Rights Summit to You
We’re excited! Tomorrow is our inaugural Human Rights Summit, a packed two-day event that will gather policymakers, international civil society activists, and military and business leaders to discuss...
View ArticleTell President Obama: Demand Bahrain to Free Jailed Dissidents [Petition]
In Bahrain, home of the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet, a government crackdown on dissent and increasingly violent protests have led to mounting civilian and police casualties. Bahrain desperately needs an...
View ArticleWATCH: Elisa Massimino Testifies before Congress on Antisemitism
Human Rights First President and CEO Elisa Massimino will testify on Wednesday, February 27 at 9am EST before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on the alarming rise of antisemitism in Europe and...
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Chinese Officials Target Chen Kegui’s Child at School
Sign the petition. Tell Sec. John Kerry: Help Chen Guangcheng's Nephew in China. Chinaaid, via European Pressphoto AgencyAlthough blind human rights advocate and Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng is...
View ArticleBernie Ecclestone Plays Down Unrest in Bahrain as the Crisis Continues
Watch: Human Rights First’s Brian Dooley responds to Bernie Ecclestone’s comments on Formula One in Bahrain. President of Formula One Bernie Ecclestone was quoted in a Reuters piece today saying he...
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Increased Arrests Reported Around Bahrain Grand Prix Site
Less than two weeks before the Bahrain Grand Prix, the Bahrain Center for Human Rights expressed grave concerns about reports of increased house raids by masked men in civilian clothing and arrests in...
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Why Federal Court is the Right Way to Try Dzhokhar Tsarnaev [INFOGRAPHIC]
Federal prosecutors charged Dzhokhar Tsarnaev today with one count of “using a weapon of mass destruction” and one count of “malicious destruction of property by means of an explosive device resulting...
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Hitting Dzhokhar Tsarnaev with the Full Weight of Federal Courts #Boston
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) pushed hard earlier this week to classify Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as an enemy combatant. But this debate is over: Tsarnaev is an American citizen who confessed that he and...
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One Year After Dramatic Escape, Chen Guangcheng’s Family is at Heightened Risk
Chinaaid, via European Pressphoto AgencyOne year ago this week, blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng made his dramatic escape from his house arrest in Shandong, China—travelling 300 miles to seek...
View ArticleBiden, McCain Push for the Release of Senate Torture Report
Senator John McCain brought up torture with Vice President Joe Biden this weekend in a candid conversation about U.S. policy at the Sedona Forum 2013. “We should expose those abuses of human rights...
View ArticleTell President Obama: Work with Congress to Release the Senate Torture Report!
The argument about whether torture works is still raging. Four years after President Obama ended the torture program, torture proponents continue to claim that torture saved American lives and was...
View ArticleWhy are We Still Debating Torture?
Four years after President Obama signed an executive order to ban torture, we’re still debating whether it saved American lives. Why? Because the most authoritative record of the so-called “enhanced...
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China Denies Chen Guangcheng’s Jailed Nephew Medical Care
Chen Guangcheng Raises his Family's Safety at the 2012 Human Rights First Award Dinner The Chinese government is denying urgent medical care to Chen Kegui, the jailed nephew of blind Chinese dissident...
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To Obama: Don’t Let the CIA Change the Findings of the Torture Report
President Obama with Director of CIA John Brennan. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza.The Senate Intelligence Committee has produced and adopted the most comprehensive report on the post-9/11 CIA...
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