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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share Pregnant Women Describe Miscarrying and Bleeding Out While in ICE Custody, Advocates Say Over a dozen women told advocates and their attorneys that they suffered mistreatment and neglect while they were pregnant and held in immigration custody, including “medical neglect” and substandard care during pregnancy and miscarriage, such as being shackled, placed in…
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Letter to Chief Adviser Yunus: Follow-up on Human Rights CSO Meeting during UNGA 2025
Tags Share H.E. Prof. Muhammad YunusChief Adviser, Interim Government of BangladeshDhaka, Bangladesh Re: Follow-up on Human Rights CSO Meeting during UNGA 2025 Dear Chief Adviser Yunus: We write to express our deep appreciation to you for meeting with our group of international human rights organizations during the U.N. General Assembly to discuss the human rights…
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days When the Supreme Court recently allowed immigration agents in the Los Angeles area to take race into consideration during sweeps, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn’t be concerned. “If the officers…
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The Guardian: Queer and trans immigrants allege forced labor and sexual assault in ICE facility: ‘I was treated worse than an animal’
Tags Share Last month, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, the ACLU of Louisiana, and the National Immigration Project filed multiple complaints exposing systemic abuse against immigrants at the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center. Three of our clients, Mario Garcia-Valenzuela, Kenia Campos-Flores, and Monica Renteria-Gonzalez – all of whom identify as transgender – recently shared their…
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National Post: The Iranian regime is on the ropes. Canada can help knock it out
Tags Share Human rights activist Reza Khandan remains imprisoned for advocating for the end of Iran’s mandatory hijab laws. This National Post piece references recent efforts from Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and partners to free Khandan, and calls for continued international pressure on Iran’s regime. Read the full story here.
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Iran International: Iran bars jailed activist’s wife visits over hijab refusal, inmates say
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and partners have filed a petition and urgent action request with the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention regarding the unlawful and life-threatening detention of Iranian human rights activist Reza Khandan. Khandan has been denied visits with his wife, human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, because she refuses to…
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share Deaths of Migrants in ICE Custody Reach Highest Level in 20 Years Huabing Xie, an undocumented migrant from China, became the latest person to die in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody in fiscal year 2025, after passing away on September 29. His death also brought the total to at least 22 between…
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Human Rights Groups Petition UN on Behalf of Prominent Iranian Human Rights Defender Reza Khandan
Tags Share Washington, D.C. / New York / Montreal – October 9, 2025 — Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, PEN America, and the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights have filed a petition and urgent action request with the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) over the unlawful imprisonment of Iranian human rights…
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KLFY News: Ukrainian woman freed from Louisiana ICE facility; legal battle continues
Tags Share A longtime Brooklyn resident, 50-year-old Larysa Kostak, was recently released from ICE custody following a lawsuit by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and partners – but her freedom remains uncertain. Speaking with KLFY News, our Director of U.S Strategic Litigation Sarah Gillman said, “ICE officers detained Larysa at her court hearing without notice…
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Louisiana Illuminator: ACLU sues to free Angola ICE detainee who’s already served sentence, has deportation protection
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a man illegally held in ICE detention in Louisiana’s notorious Angola prison, despite having court-ordered protection from deportation and having already served his full criminal sentence for past convictions. Read more about the story here.
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U.N. Rohingya Conference Must Spark Concrete Action
Tags Share As the Rohingya community faces compounding crises, this week’s U.N. High-level Conference on the Situation of Rohingya Muslims and Other Minorities in Myanmar was held at a critical moment. The Rohingya, who are one of the most persecuted communities in the world, face existential threats, including international crimes by the Myanmar military and…
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The Washington Post: Issues with ICE
RFKHR attorneys Anthony Enriquez and Danielle McClain call out widespread corruption in the immigration detention system in a Washington Post letter to the editor.
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