Friends of Human Rights

07/31/2026

Trump’s campaign of repression echoes the red scare. But now the government has bigger ambitions and more powerful tools

07/13/2026

In an interview, Ro Khanna recounts the fear at being detained and says anyone who visits the West Bank “would conclude that it is apartheid.”

04/22/2026

Rejoice, Florida: Domestic terrorism is about to be terrorized, thanks to a terrific team headed by our triumphant governor, the talented Cabinet, and our tough law enforcement hombres. The state — indeed, the nation — is riddled with no-goodniks determined to damage the domestic tranquility of ...

03/06/2026

Is everyone paying attention?

Slew of bills in veto-proof Republican state legislature harm individual rights and concentrate power, rights groups say

01/22/2026

ICE is arresting 5-year-olds?!!!!

In more news from Minnesota, school officials in Columbia Heights say ICE agents have detained four children in the school district in recent weeks, including a 5-year-old boy named Liam Ramos, who was detained on Tuesday along with his father as he returned home from preschool. The school released....

01/16/2026

Please donate to bring joy to the prisoners this Ramadan. Let them know they are not forgotten.

Since 2010, as part of our annual Ramadan Gifts Program, the Coalition for Civil Freedoms has sent $100 to the commissary accounts of the 200+ political prisoners for whom we advocate. These prisoners were targeted in the domestic “war on terror,” criminally prosecuted, and incarcerated due to t...

12/19/2025

"This is the crisis of our moment: When a Muslim is a victim, their humanity is erased; when a Muslim is a hero, their identity is erased."

(RNS) — The far-right response to a Muslim’s heroism in the Bondi Beach attack shows how Islamophobia depends on distortion and dehumanization.

07/30/2025