Quotes & Media Coverage
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Human rights attorneys urge UN to review the solitary confinement of Black Americans
Tags Share “The United States also has a very long and unfortunately active history of weaponizing solitary confinement against Black people, Black political prisoners and people exercising their constitutional rights.” Speaking with The Hill, our staff attorney Delia Addo-Yobo urges the United Nations to review abusive solitary confinement practices against Black people in the United…
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A small team works to aid immigrants in Louisiana
Tags Share Working alongside partners like the ACLU of Louisiana and the Southern Poverty Law Center, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights is helping to support immigrants and asylum seekers held in ICE detention centers in rural Louisiana. Learn more about our efforts in this New Orleans Public Radio piece.
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UN Rapporteurs Concerned over Harassment of Rights Groups in Bangladesh
Tags Share Angelita Baeyens, our VP of International Advocacy & Litigation, speaks with Voice of America about the harassment and intimidation of two well-known human rights groups in Bangladesh. She notes, “The persecution and criminalization of Odhikar executives, one of the most prestigious human rights organizations in the country, shows an intentional effort by the…
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‘Guerrilla Habeas’ brings inside look at team of lawyers determined to beat deportation cases
Tags Share “Once people are swept up in the detention system, they are essentially disappeared, and people do not see them.” A new documentary, ‘Guerrilla Habeas’, follows our very own Sarah Gillman as she fights to restore human rights and dignity of immigrant communities in the United States. Speaking with MSNBC about the upcoming film,…
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Justice Action Center: Immigrant Rights Organizations File FOIA Lawsuit Seeking Information on “Batavia” NY Detention Center
Tags Share A coalition of legal and advocacy groups, including Justice for Migrant Families WNY, Prisoners’ Legal Services of NY, and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, has filed a FOIA lawsuit against ICE for failing to release records on policies at the Buffalo Service Processing Center, known as Batavia. The lawsuit follows eight months of…
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Investigative Post: Allegations of ICE Mistreatment of Detainees
Tags Share According to the Investigative Post, a coalition of immigrants’ rights advocates, including Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, has filed a FOIA request with ICE, alleging severe mistreatment at the Batavia federal detention center. The allegations include beatings, medical neglect, and unsafe release practices, such as abandoning detainees at remote locations without proper clothing…
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Biden Promised to End the Trump-Era Immigration Policy. On the Ground, It’s More of the Same
Roughly 2,000 Black migrants in Del Rio, Texas, were sent back to Haiti in one of the largest mass expulsions in recent U.S. history.
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Louisiana ICE Jail Under Fire Over Claims of Abuse
RFK Human Rights’ staff attorney Sarah Decker spoke with KLFY in Louisiana on our latest immigration report.
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Report Details Rampant Abuse at Louisiana ICE Detention Center
Inhumane conditions and overuse of solitary confinement were just some of the egregious human rights violations found at the Pine Prairie immigrant detention center.
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Can Slavery Reparations Happen Under the Biden Administration?
Tags Share In an effort to correct the ongoing and state-sanctioned harms of slavery, support for H.R. 40—a bill that would create a slavery reparations commission—has been mounting in both the House and Senate. The overarching thought is that if there is ever an apology for slavery, it will be followed by a form of…
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U.S. Advocates Fear Creation of a Hierarchy of Human Rights
Tags Share As the Trump administration tries to further limit the fundamental rights of U.S. citizens, advocates are particularly concerned by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s controversial Commission on Unalienable Rights, which would relegate some rights, including marriage equality and abortion, to the status of “political controversies” or “preferences.” While a new administration could disregard…
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Nigeria Aims to Silence Dissent With Charges Against Prominent Journalist
Tags Share After months in prison and a prolonged legal fight, prominent Nigerian journalist and client of RFK Human Rights, Omoyele Sowore, is now facing charges of treason. Sowore had been arbitrarily arrested and detained after organizing an event, Revolution Now, to protest corruption and unfair elections. His wife, Opeyemi Sowore told VOA News that…
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