Litigation
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Seeking justice after murder of environmental activist
What is the status of the case? Awaiting a decision by the IACHR on admissibility of the case. Tags Share Case Partners
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United States Abuses Cameroonian Asylum Seekers Before Deporting Them Back To Persecutors
This pair of related cases seeks accountability for the delivery of Cameroonian asylum back to persecution and for their abuse during immigration detention and deportation flights, in retaliation for speaking out against unjust conditions of confinement.
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United States Inflicts Egregious Physical Abuse On Asylum Seekers During Deportation Flights
This case seeks accountability for severe physical and mental harm that U.S. officials inflicted on Cameroonian asylum seekers during their immigration detention and deportation, including physical abuse, medical neglect, and improper use of a full-body restraint device called The WRAP.
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Indigenous women victims of sexual violence, tortured by Mexican Army
When Mexico’s war on drugs turns on its most vulnerable: sexual violence perpetrated by members of the Mexican army against a 73-year-old Indigenous woman.
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Justice Achieved in Cuban Dissident’s Death
Oswaldo Payá’s death in a suspicious car crash highlights the dangers for human rights defenders in Cuba.
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New York’s Largest Immigrant Detention Center Inflicts Abuse In Secret
This case is a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking documents related to policies and procedures governing conditions of confinement in the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility (BFDF).
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Anti-Haitian Discrimination Taints The U.S. Immigration System
This case is a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking documents related to the mass detention and expulsion of more than 15,000 people at the U.S. southern border in Del Rio, Texas in September 2021. The majority of those expelled were Haitian and other Black immigrants.
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United States Holds Thousands In Prolonged Civil Detention Without The Chance To Ask A Judge For Freedom
This case seeks to affirm immigrants’ rights to U.S. constitutional protections against unjustly prolonged civil detention.
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Renowned investigative journalist persecuted for exposing corruption and collusion in Brazil’s judicial system
Valente’s case exemplifies how a corrupt judiciary protects wrongdoers and perpetuates human rights violations.
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United States Inflicts Cruel And Degrading Treatment On Transgender People In Immigration Detention
This case is a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking documents related to standards of care for transgender people in immigration detention.
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Racial and Gender Discrimination In U.S. Citizenship Law Leaves Thousands at Risk of Deportation
This case seeks to affirm U.S. constitutional protections against racial and gender discrimination in U.S. immigration law.
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United States Holds Thousands In Prolonged Civil Detention Without The Chance To Ask A Judge For Freedom
This case seeks to affirm immigrants’ rights to U.S. constitutional protections against unjustly prolonged civil detention.
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