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CNN: Kerry Kennedy on Erin Burnett OutFront
The Trump administration’s agreement with El Salvador to detain alleged criminal gang members has been made public for the first time, as part of a lawsuit challenging the use of the Alien Enemies Act (AEA).
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz Detainees Drop Off the Grid After Leaving Site As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald. Around 800 detainees showed no record on ICE’s online database.…
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USA Today: Stephen Colbert joins former presidents in receiving major honor after CBS cancellation
The Trump administration’s agreement with El Salvador to detain alleged criminal gang members has been made public for the first time, as part of a lawsuit challenging the use of the Alien Enemies Act (AEA).
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TheWrap: Stephen Colbert to Receive Ripple of Hope Award from RFK Human Rights Center
The Trump administration’s agreement with El Salvador to detain alleged criminal gang members has been made public for the first time, as part of a lawsuit challenging the use of the Alien Enemies Act (AEA).
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WIRED: DHS Has Been Collecting US Citizens’ DNA for Years
The Trump administration’s agreement with El Salvador to detain alleged criminal gang members has been made public for the first time, as part of a lawsuit challenging the use of the Alien Enemies Act (AEA).
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Save the International Criminal Court and the Rule of Law
Tags Share Reliable sources indicate that the United States (US) plans to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) as an institution in the coming weeks. This follows a series of designations, first against the ICC Prosecutor, Deputy Prosecutors, judges, Palestinian NGOs, and also the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory. Now is the…
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RFKHR Book Club Discusses Jonathan Blitzer’s Everyone Who is Gone is Here
Tags Share On August 21st, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights hosted its most recent book club with author and journalist Jonathan Blitzer to discuss his Robert F. Kennedy Book Award-winning debut. Everyone Who is Gone is Here tells the epic story of the people whose lives ebb and flow across the border, delving into the…
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share Trump Administration Increasingly Places Immigrants in Solitary Confinement, Report Finds Use of solitary confinement in immigration detention is soaring under the Trump administration, according to a report published by Physicians for Human Rights using federal data and records obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests. Immigration and Customs Enforcement placed at least 10,588 people…
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News 15 (KADN): Civil rights groups blame private contractor after sexual abuse accusations at Basile ICE facility
The Trump administration’s agreement with El Salvador to detain alleged criminal gang members has been made public for the first time, as part of a lawsuit challenging the use of the Alien Enemies Act (AEA).
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The Buffalo News: Human rights groups sue Trump administration over arrest of Cuban citizen in Buffalo
The Trump administration’s agreement with El Salvador to detain alleged criminal gang members has been made public for the first time, as part of a lawsuit challenging the use of the Alien Enemies Act (AEA).
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CNN en Español: Disappearances in Venezuela are not “irregularities” but a “government strategy to show power,” report says
The Trump administration’s agreement with El Salvador to detain alleged criminal gang members has been made public for the first time, as part of a lawsuit challenging the use of the Alien Enemies Act (AEA).
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ECOWAS Court Petition highlights the pervasive challenges faced by women journalists in West Africa
Tags Share Women in the Media Sierra Leone (WIMSAL) and RFK Human Rights have submitted a petition to the Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on behalf of Umu Thoronka, a Sierra Leonean journalist who was unlawfully dismissed from her position at the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC)…
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