HRI is proud to announce that we have successfully represented a case and helped a victim of torture gain legal status in the United States. Our client, Mikael*, represents many […]
Read MoreMay 2013
Meet our new Intern Noor!
Meet one of our new Legal Interns, Noor Zafar. As an International Relations and Middle East Studies major, Noor graduated in 2012 from NYU. While at NYU, she spent a […]
Read MoreSenate Immigration Bill Approved by SJC Contains Key Elements for HRI’s Clients
Article and analysis by Katie Klein, HRI Legal Intern After five days of debate and markup on 300 Amendments, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved sending S.744, the Immigration Reform Bill, […]
Read MoreHuman Rights Initiative of North Texas Selected as Recipient of the 2013 Louise B. Raggio Award
For Immediate Release Media Contact: Kavita Khandekar Marketing and Development Director 214-273-4334 kavita.khandekar@hrionline.org (May 29, 2013) – DALLAS – Human Rights Initiative of North Texas (HRI) has been recognized by […]
Read MoreMeet the New Legal Intern Katrina!
Over the next couple weeks, we will be introducing our new interns here at HRI and we’d like you to meet Katrina Talavera. Katrina is currently in law school at […]
Read MoreNew Marketing & Development Director
Meet Kavita Khandekar! As of this week in May 2013, Kavita is our new Marketing & Development Director here at Human Rights Initiative. Here is a little bit from a […]
Read More5K Race Video
To all the 5K Run for Human Rights participants back in April, check yourself out at the start line! Thanks to the generous work of Sam Fleishman, we have an […]
Read MoreSenate to decide new amendments to the S.744 bill
On Thursday, May 8th, the Senate will begin to decide on the hundreds of proposed amendments for the new immigration bill, a number of them influencing refugee and asylum cases. […]
Read MoreLetter to our Senators
HRI signed on to the following letter sent to a number of U.S. Senators last week in support of these asylum and refugee related provisions. These provisions recognize the struggles […]
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