Litigation
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J.K.A. v. United States of America: Stopping Retaliation for Protesting Detention Center Abuses
These cases seek accountability for torture and other cruel and degrading treatment the government inflicted on individuals it held in immigration detention in Louisiana and during and after their deportation flights to Cameroon.
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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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Haitian Bridge Alliance v. DHS: Exposing Anti-Black Discrimination at the Border
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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Davis v. Garland: Fighting 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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Transgender Law Center v. ICE: Exposing Cruel And Degrading Treatment of Trans 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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Pigott v. Gintz: Defending Children against Race-Motivated Police Seizures
This case seeks accountability for a Louisiana police officer’s use of race-motivated excessive force during a police seizure.
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Trans Woman Extrajudicially Executed
A discriminatory culture against trans people in Honduras is to blame for trans activist Vicky Hernandez’s murder.
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RFK Human Rights Sues Trump, Pompeo
A bold effort to check the powers of a secret State Department commission formed to revoke human rights from millions.
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