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Louisiana Illuminator: LSU students detained by ICE released after judge’s order
Tags Share Two Iranian-born LSU Ph.D. students were released from ICE detention after a federal judge intervened, following weeks of being held under questionable and deceptive circumstances. Despite having valid legal status to study in the U.S., they were arrested shortly after U.S. military action in Iran, raising serious concerns about politically motivated targeting. Robert…
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WBRZ: Attorneys, advocates for released LSU Iranian students concerned with timing of clients’ arrest
Tags Share Two Iranian LSU students were arrested by ICE under false pretenses just one day after U.S. bombings in Iran. They were then held for weeks without any clear explanation of the charges against them. Represented in federal court by the ACLU of Louisiana and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, the students were eventually…
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Slate: A Former ICE Official Is Worried the Agency Is About to Go on a Spree of Hiring Proud Boys
Tags Share ICE just received a staggering $29.9 billion from President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill”, tripling its budget while dismantling the very oversight designed to prevent abuse. As part of its mass deportation agenda, the Trump administration eliminated key DHS oversight offices until a lawsuit filed by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights forced them…
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WIRED: DHS Faces New Pressure Over DNA Taken From Immigrant Children
Tags Share The U.S. government has been quietly collecting DNA from migrant children on a massive scale and is now storing their genetic profiles in an FBI criminal database built to track violent offenders. In a searing new report, Senator Ron Wyden demanded answers from the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security, accusing the Trump…
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Dispatches from Detention: Detained for Riding a Bike without a Light
Tags Share Dispatches from Detention shares stories of people encountered by RFK Human Rights attorneys in legal outreach trips to the country’s most isolated immigration detention centers. Names have been changed to protect privacy. Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center, Jena, Louisiana “I was just going home from the store.” – Wilmer, 19, from Nicaragua Wilmer,…
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share U.S. Botched a Deal to Swap Venezuelans Held in El Salvador for Americans The Trump administration’s top diplomat, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, was overseeing a deal to free several Americans and dozens of political prisoners held in Venezuela in exchange for sending home about 250 Venezuelan migrants the United States had deported…
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Newsweek: More ICE Deaths ‘Inevitable’ as Detention Numbers Soar
Tags Share Deaths in U.S. immigration detention have already matched last year’s total, with months still left in the fiscal year, and advocates warn the toll will rise. Amid record-high detention levels under the Trump administration, RFK Human Rights and the ACLU are sounding the alarm on dangerous, preventable conditions inside ICE facilities. Speaking with…
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CNN: Cuts to DHS watchdogs spark more questions as deportation efforts increase
Tags Share As deaths in immigration detention rise and new facilities rapidly expand, the Trump administration has slashed oversight mechanisms within the Department of Homeland Security. Advocates, including RFK Human Rights, warn that the gutting of key accountability offices mandated by Congress puts lives at risk due to the “inhumane conditions, medical neglect, and abuse…
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El Salvador: Alto a la Criminalización de Personas Defensoras de Derechos Humanos y al Desmantelamiento del Estado de Derecho
Tags Share Las organizaciones firmantes expresamos nuestra profunda preocupación ante el creciente uso del derecho penal sin las garantías del debido proceso, el acoso, estigmatización y la persecución que ejercen las autoridades salvadoreñas contra personas defensoras de derechos humanos, líderes comunitarios, activistas ambientales, profesores universitarios abogados, periodistas y otras voces críticas hacia el poder. Destacados…
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El Salvador: Stop the Criminalization of Human Rights Defenders and the Dismantling of the Rule of Law
Tags Share We, the undersigned organizations, express our deep concern over the increasing use of criminal law without due process guarantees, the harassment, the stigmatization, and the persecution by Salvadoran authorities against human rights defenders, community leaders, environmental activists, university professors, lawyers, journalists, and other voices critical of the government. Prominent journalists, activists, and lawyers,…
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Mississippi Public Broadcasting: Kerry Kennedy joins Mississippi Edition at Medgar Evers’ Legacy at 100th Birthday Celebration
Tags Share Kerry Kennedy, daughter of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, recently joined other daughters of very influential public figures who lost their lives to violence to commemorate what would have been Medgar Evers’ 100th birthday. In this interview with Mississippi Public Broadcasting, Kerry describes these activists as people who would “run into the flames” to…
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The Associated Press: Daughter of assassinated civil rights leader sees painful echoes of political violence in America
Tags Share In Jackson, Mississippi, daughters of civil rights icons Medgar Evers, Vernon Dahmer, and Robert F. Kennedy gathered to honor Evers’ 100th birthday and reflect on the enduring threat of political violence in America. Kerry Kennedy urged the crowd to remember not only the legacy of these leaders, but also the hatred that cut…
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