Our senior advisor Brian Brian Dooley spoke to Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Commission from Kyiv today on the plight of human rights defenders in Bahrain, and -- with coming elections & a papal visit -- how international & US gov't and media attention can help them.

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It's been over 40 days since Iranian woman #MahsaAmini died in police custody. Protests continue, despite brutal attacks & intimidation. The Iranian people need the support of the U.S & the entire int’l community to attain their rights & freedoms. bit.ly/3VyGqfc

Over and over, we see the tragic results of violent rhetoric & widespread disinformation on social media.

Content & enforcement policies should promote dialogue & engagement, not hate speech & violence.

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The violence exposed here -- CBP agents firing rubber bullets at Venezuelan migrants at the U.S.-Mexico -- is reprehensible and must STOP.

Human Rights First denounces the inhumane actions of CBP and demands more USG effort toward a just and workable #Asylum system.

Every call or message to your members of #Congress makes a difference. Keep letting your reps know that we must pass the #AfghanAdjustmentAct and #KeepThePromise to our #AfghanAllies .

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'The Afghan evacuee crisis will require unique, adept & broadly encompassing responses from resettlement countries,' which is why we need the Afghan Adjustment Act, writes Human Rights First Sr Supervising Staff Att'y Nadia Khalid in Dallas Bar Association Headnotes bit.ly/3DMTXcc

As digital attacks on leading QUBHumanRightsCentre human rights academic Colin Harvey -- Colin Harvey -- intensify, our senior advisor Brian Brian Dooley again shares his piece about the smears against Harvey and the need to protect defenders of human rights.

Russian dissident and our senior advisor Vladimir Kara-Murza has been arbitrarily detained in Russia since April 2022, after an arrest for allegedly disobeying the police. Now he is facing charges of treason. He must be released. #FreeVladimir .

The ideology driving the antidemocratic far-right extremist movement in the U.S. has become increasingly visible. In politics, in culture, in everyday life. We are working to mitigate this existential threat to our democracy at Human Rights First. bit.ly/3MIA9to

Pelosi's attacker was an antisemitic conspiracy theorist.

The consequences of the rampant spread of disinformation and extremism are emerging more and more quickly. Our democracy is under attack. We must hold the purveyors of disinformation responsible.

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If you are interested in challenging extremism, using technology in the service of human rights, countering systemic injustice, and opposing authoritarianism, you might be a welcome addition to our team. humanrightsfirst.org/careers/

Throughout his six months in prison, Vladimir Kara-Murza has been denied a fair trial, denied a public hearing, and accused of treason – all for speaking truth to power and vocally condemning Putin’s war crimes. He must be released. #FreeVladimir .

Thank you Azadeh Erfani National Immigrant Justice Center for plainly stating how President Biden expanded the racist, Trump/Steven Miller 'health policy' (nope, it never was), #Title42 . 'The Venezuela Parole Program Excludes More Than Protects: An Update On Biden’s Title 42 Asylum Ban': immigrantjustice.org/staff/blog/ven….

The decision to expand #Title42 is a decision to put more families & children in harm's way.

More separations, murder, rape, kidnappings, and other violent attacks. President Biden, you MUST end this inhumane policy now.

Senior Advisor to Human Rights First, Amy Spitalnick, speaks to the importance of holding all people accountable in the face of antisemitism & white supremacy. We must never become numb to hate & continue to stand against it.

Joe Biden’s campaign rested in part on rejecting the enforcement-first immigration policies of the Trump administration

With its decision to expel some Venezuelans, the administration has now embraced a Title 42 policy it’s simultaneously seeking to end
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4 years ago today, 11 lives were taken & so many more were changed forever.

If bigots are left unchallenged, they opportunistically promote hatred & violence. We must confront antisemitism directly. Today and every day. Human Rights First'

#WorldCupPause #ResumeTheMission