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Forbes: World Leaders Meeting In Davos Tests Political And Corporate Courage
Forbes reports that conversations at the 2026 World Economic Forum in Davos highlight a growing test of whether political and corporate leaders will treat human rights and resource limits as real constraints, rather than messaging challenges, as overlapping global crises place new pressure on institutions. Leaders across human rights, social innovation, and critical infrastructure emphasized…
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CNN En Español: The US deports a Colombian woman who is eight months pregnant and had applied for asylum
CNN En Español reports that on Wednesday, the U.S. government deported Zharik Daniela Buitrago Ortiz, a 21-year-old Colombian woman who is eight months pregnant and arrived at the Texas border in November seeking asylum with her mother and siblings. Her deportation proceeded despite a habeas corpus petition alleging she was in a medical emergency and…
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Bloomberg Law: ‘I Can’t Breathe.’ Police Use Restraint With Fatal Results
Bloomberg Law reports that law enforcement agencies across the United States have used a full-body restraint device known as “The Wrap” in at least 41 incidents in which the restrained person later died. The device, which immobilizes individuals from the shoulders to the feet, comes with extensive manufacturer warnings against use on people who are…
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El País: The Inter-American Court of Human Rights holds Honduras Responsible for Violating the Rights of Leonela Zelaya, a Transgender Woman
El País reports that the Inter-American Court of Human Rights has ruled Honduras responsible for violating the rights of Leonela Zelaya, a transgender woman whose killing in 2004 the court characterized as a transfemicide. The court found serious deficiencies in the investigation into Zelaya’s death, condemned repeated illegal and arbitrary arrests against her, and cited…
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Louisiana Illuminator: ACLU says Pregnant Immigrant in Medical Distress Deported through Atlanta Airport
The Louisiana Illuminator reports that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials placed a 21-year-old asylum seeker, Zharick Daniela Buitrago Ortiz, who is eight months pregnant, on a deportation flight on Wednesday afternoon, even though she was in medical distress. According to her attorneys at the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana and the Robert &…
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Jezebel: ICE Is Rushing to Deport a Woman Who’s Eight Months Pregnant
Jezebel reports that Zharick Daniela Buitrago Ortiz, a 21-year-old woman who is eight months pregnant and in need of emergency medical assistance, is being held in an Atlanta airport while awaiting deportation to Colombia. Ortiz and her mother fled to the United States after her father was killed for speaking out against corruption in their…
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11Alive: Rights group says 8 months pregnant 21-year-old deported out of Atlanta airport amid medical distress
11Alive reports that a 21-year-old woman who is eight months pregnant was deported out of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport amid a medical distress situation. The woman, identified as Zharick Daniela Buitrago Ortiz, was experiencing “intense, shooting pain in her back and abdomen” as ICE attempted to remove her while her asylum application was pending. Speaking…
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Guardian: Pregnant Woman in Medical Distress Deported from US, says Attorney
The Guardian reports that a 21-year-old woman who is eight months pregnant and in a state of medical distress was deported to Colombia Wednesday afternoon, despite a court order issued later that evening seeking to block her removal. Zharick Daniela Buitrago Ortiz, who had been in ICE custody, was placed on a plane before the…
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Newsweek: ICE Deporting 8-Month Pregnant Woman in Medical Distress—Attorney
Newsweek reports that a 21-year-old woman who is eight months pregnant and experiencing “serious medical distress” is facing deportation from Atlanta International Airport, according to her attorney. Zharick Daniela Buitrago Ortiz fled Colombia with her family after her father was murdered for reporting political corruption. She arrived in the United States seeking asylum, but was…
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Law360: Ga. Judge’s Halt Of Deportation Too Late For Pregnant Woman
Law360 reports that a Georgia federal judge temporarily blocked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from deporting Zharick Daniela Buitrago Ortiz, who said she was eight months pregnant and in medical distress, but the order came too late to stop her removal. Ortiz is represented by Alexandra M. Smolyar and Meredith Yoon of Asian Americans Advancing…
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Rolling Stone: The Inter-American Court of Human Rights condemns Honduras in the case of Leonela Zelaya
In a historic event for the LGBTIQ+ community, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled against the State of Honduras and in favor of Honduran Leonela Zelaya, a trans woman murdered more than two decades ago. The Court’s decision in the case, co-litigated by Red Lésbica Cattrachas and the Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights…
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