Despite the enormously difficult climate for human rights and those who defend them, over the last 12 months Human Rights First has been involved in a series of international courtroom successes invol...

Human Rights First today submitted a dossier of information to the Swedish police department dealing with international crimes, urging them to investigate Bahrain's Prince Nasser bin Hamad al Khalifa,...

More than four years after Russia’s full-scale invasion, and under continuing intense risk, local Human Rights Defenders in Ukraine say they are establishing the foundations for a post-war society und...

Around 5am on Tuesday morning this week, Naji Fateel was woken up by police banging hard on his bedroom door. They grabbed and arrested the Bahraini Human Rights Defender, and took him into custody. Speaking today from jail, he described how startled he was at what happened, because in 2024, after spending a decade in prison for his human rights work, he was given a “Royal Pardon” and told was no longer wanted by the police. “They rushed into the house, terrifying the children, terrifying my mother, first thing in the morning. They dragged me out and put me on a bus,” he said.

Lawyers, community workers, anti-racism activists, landlords and others serving migrants have faced death threats, arson threats, online harassment and abuse

UK Supreme Court rules that the Bahraini government can be held to account for hacking laptops of people in Britain.

Thousands of Ukrainians have protested in Kyiv and other cities after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy moved to replace Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov after only six months in office. The rare wartime...

In Northern Ireland, a horrific crime is being manipulated to justify racist violence and the targeting of migrants.

In Northern Ireland, a horrific crime is being manipulated to justify racist violence and the targeting of migrants.

In Northern Ireland, a horrific crime is being manipulated to justify racist violence and the targeting of migrants.

Human Rights First joins local human rights groups in Northern Ireland in condemning the knife attack in Belfast on Tuesday that left a man seriously injured, and in condemning too the ensuing large-s...

Ukraine’s Supreme Court recognized a same-sex family, but parliament is moving to block legal recognition for LGBTQ+ couples.

Bahrain’s ruling family has returned to its severe repression of a decade and a half ago in the context of the United States’ war on Iran. It has embarked on a fresh wave of arrests, stripping citizen...

International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action underscores that demining Ukraine may take decades.

By Brian Dooley and Suchita Uppal, Human Rights First Human rights activists in Ukraine warn that whether or not ongoing peace talks with Russia produce a breakthrough, many of the country’s most seri...

This week marks fifteen years since Bahraini authorities violently crushed peaceful pro-democracy protests, unleashing a campaign of arbitrary detention and torture. After more than a decade of docume...

Today marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and the start of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, an annual global campaign that ends on December...

Brian Dooley and Suchita UppalAs President Zelenskyy prepares to meet with President Trump to finalize an end to Russia’s war on Ukraine, we should realise what happens next isn’t just crucial for Ukr...

Today marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and the start of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, an annual global campaign that ends on December...

The coming months will show whether the UK has the political will to deliver long-overdue truth and justice in Northern Ireland.

Greater political will from governments is needed to defend those who defend rights, UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders (HRDs), Mary Lawlor, told governments last week: “...

Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Activists and Institutions Face New Wave of Assaults Introduction Human Rights Defenders (HRDs), journalists, and others in Ukraine working to counter corruption say they are...

By Brian Dooley and Suchita UppalLocal activists in Ukraine working to counter corruption report a fresh wave of attacks by their own authorities, with some openly accusing President Volodymyr Zelensk...

By Suchita Uppal Last week, Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) carried out searches targeting former National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) detectives now working at Ukrzaliznytsia, the state railway op...

Human Rights First welcomes today’s verdict of a Polish court to acquit five activists—known as the “Hajnówka Five”—who had faced years in prison for providing humanitarian aid to people who had cross...

Northern Ireland’s courts may deliver long-awaited answers for survivors and bereaved families of the conflict from 1969 to 1998.

Northern Ireland’s courts may deliver long-awaited answers for survivors and bereaved families of the conflict from 1969 to 1998.

Northern Ireland’s courts may deliver long-awaited answers for survivors and bereaved families of the conflict from 1969 to 1998.

Russia's invasions of Ukraine continue to strain these relations. Instead of standing alongside Western European and Ukrainian leaders against Putin, Trump is positioning himself to be a mediator, sit...

At the end of the last session of their trial in a Białystok court today, the ordeal for five Human Rights Defenders in Poland still isn’t over. They have to return Monday morning for the judge’s verd...

The conviction today of Latvian human rights defender Ieva Raubiško by the Latgale District Court is a dangerous attack on human rights and solidarity. Ieva has been sentenced to 200 hours of communit...

Just one week after Dr. Laila Soueif ended her 10-month hunger strike, an Egyptian court has removed her son, British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, from the country’s “terrorist” list. The deci...

Washington D.C. — The Alaska summit this Friday between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin must not sideline human rights or justice for victims of Russia’s war on Ukrain...