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Verite News: Mahmoud Khalil still detained in notorious Louisiana detention center as case is moved to New Jersey
Tags Share Following his arrest earlier this month, student protest leader Mahmoud Khalil remains detained in a notorious Louisiana ICE facility. Speaking with Verite News, attorney Anthony Enriquez calls out Louisiana’s rural, isolated ICE jails and the government’s practice of “forum shopping” immigration cases – arresting someone in a jurisdiction where the case law is…
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Confronting the Digital Rights Crisis: Insights from RightsCon Taipei
Tags Share Two weeks ago, every hallway and corner of the Taipei International Convention Center buzzed with digital rights advocates strategizing, innovating, and forging solutions. In a global moment of unprecedented uncertainty, RightsCon provided a platform for advocates to roadmap a plan of action as powerful as the challenges ahead. During the last week of…
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USA Today: You say you’re American? You’d better be ready to prove it to police, ICE
Tags Share “President Donald Trump, an avowed fan of stop-and-frisk policing, now aims to take those practices national. His executive order requires federal law enforcement to treat a non-citizen’s failure to register or to carry proof of registration as a civil and criminal enforcement priority, punishable anywhere from one to six months in federal prison.” In…
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share US Added to Human Rights Watchlist For ‘Narrowing’ Freedom and Now Ranks Near Serbia and Congo The U.S. was added to a watchlist of countries with “faltering civic freedoms” after a global watchdog group raised alarm bells over recent actions taken by President Donald Trump and his administration. The U.S. joins the Democratic Republic…
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RFK Human Rights Submits Petition to the UNWGAD on Behalf of Mr. Ouro-Gouni Motala of Togo
Tags Share RFK Human Rights submitted a petition to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) on behalf of Ouro-Gouni Motala, a Togolese metalsmith who was arbitrarily detained in a discriminatory wave of arrests by the Togolese authorities targeting members of the Kotokoli ethnic group. Mr. Ouro-Gouni was first arrested in late 2019…
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Newsweek: Inside the Louisiana Detention Center Where Mahmoud Khalil Is Being Held
Tags Share Palestinian activist and legal permanent resident Mahmoud Khalil remains detained at the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center after being apprehended by federal immigration authorities at a university residence. His arrest followed his participation in a 2024 Gaza solidarity encampment at Columbia University. As activists fight to halt his deportation, Khalil’s fate now lies…
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The New Orleans Advocate: What to Know About Louisiana’s ICE Detention Centers After Mahmoud Khalil’s Arrest
Tags Share A Louisiana ICE detention facility made national news this week after Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil was arrested and taken there by federal immigration officials. Khalil, who led pro-Palestinian demonstrations on campus, was detained by ICE agents in New York and transferred to Louisiana despite holding a green card. According to the New…
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Fortune: Most Powerful Women newsletter – Board Members Lisa Osborne Ross and Pamela Pavkov
Tags Share Fortune highlights RFKHR’s recent appointment of two new board members, communications expert Lisa Osborne Ross and TPG NEXT partner Pamela Pavkov. Read more in Fortune’s Most Powerful Women newsletter. Read the full article here.
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The New Orleans Advocate: Arrest of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, detention in Jena stir small protest in New Orleans
Tags Share The arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a recent Columbia University graduate and pro-Palestinian activist, and his swift transfer to a Louisiana detention facility, prompted New Orleans students and demonstrators to rally Tuesday outside U.S. Rep. Troy Carter’s office. Joining nationwide protests, they opposed the detention of Khalil, a U.S. green card holder. Anthony Enriquez,…
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Dhaka Tribune: Rights Organizations Demand Transparent Digital Laws in Bangladesh
Tags Share On Tuesday, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, Access Now, ARTICLE 19, Human Rights Watch, PEN International, and Tech Global Institute stated that Bangladesh is experiencing significant systemic and structural changes, including reforms to cybersecurity and data protection laws. The groups stated,”Acknowledging the interim government of Bangladesh’s timely and necessary efforts to reform digital…
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The Daily News: Civil rights groups sue feds over Buffalo Federal Detention Facility mail privacy
Tags Share The Daily News has reported that three civil rights organizations—including Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights—have filed a lawsuit against the federal government over mail privacy at the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility. The suit, announced Monday, targets the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, and the detention…
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MSN: Democrats Blast Trump Admin for Revoking Palestinian Protester’s Green Card: It’s ‘Straight Out of the Fascist Playbook
Tags Share Democrats are criticizing the Trump administration for collaborating with Columbia University to arrest pro-Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil, a Syrian-born U.S. permanent resident and recent graduate. Following his arrest, Khalil was transferred to the La Salle Detention Facility in Jena, Louisiana, which was condemned by RFK Human Rights in a 2024 report that found…
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