For weeks, medical professionals and advocates have been sounding the alarm: the spread of COVID-19 into our nation’s detention centers, jails, and prisons is inevitable, and it will be catastrophic […]
Read MoreMarch 2020
An Update on HRI’s Emergency Assistance Campaign
Truly believing that it is in times of strife and heartbreak that the true character of a people takes shape, HRI asked if you had resources to spare to support […]
Read MoreHRI Creates Online Campaign To Fortify Our Most Vulnerable Clients
Along with the rest of the world, HRI has been watching the COVID-19 situation as it evolves. Each passing day brings new developments and challenges as under the best circumstances, […]
Read MoreHRI Installs Covid-19 Prevention Protocol Beginning March 14, 2020
As a response to COVID 19, HRI will be doing the following to safely operate during the health-crisis. Permitting all staff who are able to work remotely to do so. […]
Read MoreHuman Rights Initiative Statement on Border Closure and Turnbacks of Asylum Seekers
MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 20, 2020Contact: Kali Cohn | kcohn@hrionline.org DALLAS – On March 20, 2020, President Trump announced a border shutdown, which appears to implement the President’s confirmation […]
Read MoreInternational Women’s Day 2020 at HRI
At HRI we are celebrating International Women’s Day by highlighting our courageous clients who inspire us daily with their strength, resilience, and perseverance. These clients are survivors of gender-based persecution: […]
Read MoreHypocrisy in Action
Last week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a letter to Cuba’s Minister of Foreign Affairs denouncing Cuba’s torture and unjust imprisonment of human rights defender José Daniel Ferrer García. […]
Read MoreWhat’s Happening in Immigration? Recent News Court rules Remain in Mexico is causing “extreme and irreversible harm,” but policy remains in effect On Friday, 2/28, a federal appeals court found […]
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