United States
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US police use lethal, military-grade force against Black people and civic space activists: report to UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary, or Arbitrary Executions
Police use of lethal force in the United States is on the rise, with more police killings reported in 2024 than any other year on record. This gruesome milestone was reached due to increased access to military-grade weaponry, aggressive suppression of civic space, and the continuation of a historical pattern of violence against Black people.
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RFK Human Rights Submits Evidence to UN Special Rapporteur of Disproportionate, Deadly Policing in the U.S.
Tags Share Washington, D.C., June 6, 2025 – Today, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (“RFK Human Rights”), submitted a detailed report to the Special Rapporteur, an independent expert appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council, highlighting emerging trends and patterns in U.S. law enforcement’s use of lethal force. Submitted ahead of the 80th Session…
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Courthouse News Services: State Department faces lawsuit over migrant detention agreement with El Salvador
Tags Share “Ten of our clients were kidnapped from U.S. streets and locked away in one of the world’s most notorious blackhole prisons in a scheme to use U.S. taxpayer dollars for enforced disappearances, incommunicado detention and torture.” Quoted in Courthouse News Service, our vice president of U.S. Advocacy and Litigation Anthony Enriquez describes RFK…
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The Hill: State Department sued over Trump deal to house migrants in El Salvador prison
Tags Share RFK Human Rights and other immigrant advocacy groups have filed a lawsuit against the State Department over a controversial Trump administration deal that pays El Salvador to house deported migrants in a new prison facility. The lawsuit argues that the agreement is not only a violation of U.S. asylum laws but also illegal…
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AP News: Immigrant rights groups sue to invalidate Trump administration’s El Salvador prison deal
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, along with other immigrant rights groups, has filed a lawsuit to invalidate the Trump administration’s controversial deal with El Salvador, which allows the transfer of deported individuals to a new prison facility in the country. The groups argue that the agreement violates U.S. asylum laws and international human…
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Bloomberg: Trump Faces New Lawsuit Over Migrants Sent to Salvadoran Prison
Tags Share The Trump administration faces a new legal challenge over its agreement with El Salvador to detain migrants in the notoriously harsh CECOT prison. Filed in federal court, the lawsuit alleges that the arrangement violates U.S. laws by denying due process, using unauthorized federal funds, and subjecting detainees to cruel and unusual punishment. Robert…
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WABI 5: Gov. Mills receives Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award
Tags Share Maine Governor Janet Mills has been named one of three 2025 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award Laureates, honored for her moral courage and steadfast defense of civil rights. RFK Human Rights recognized her for successfully suing the federal government and the Trump administration to restore school nutrition funding for 172,000 Maine children.…
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WMTW: Gov. Mills receives RFK Human Rights Award
Tags Share “I feel it is the responsibility of all Americans to speak in defense of their principles, for the rights of others, and for the rule of law which protects us all.” Governor Janet Mills was honored with the 2025 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award in Washington, D.C., recognized for her legal advocacy…
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Suit Challenges Trump Administration’s Black Site Agreement with El Salvador to Disappear People
Tags Share Washington, DC — Today, a coalition of immigrants rights organizations and criminal defense lawyers filed a lawsuit to block the U.S. State Department’s backdoor agreement with El Salvador to implement the Trump-Vance administration’s practice of disappearing people indefinitely from U.S. territory into El Salvador’s prison system without due process, legal justification, or public…
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CBS News: Immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra’s daughters accept RFK award while she remains in ICE custody
Tags Share Denver immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra was honored with a Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award, but was unable to accept it in person as she remains in ICE custody. Her daughters, Luna and Zury Vizguerra, accepted the award on her behalf during the ceremony, highlighting her ongoing fight for immigrant rights and justice. …
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WIRED: ICE Quietly Scales Back Rules for Courthouse Raids
Tags Share ICE has quietly rescinded guidance that required its agents to respect state and local laws during courthouse raids, giving frontline officers more discretion to make arrests without legal review. Anthony Enriquez of RFK Human Rights calls this move “another attack” on protections for sensitive places like courthouses and schools. Recent high-profile arrests at…
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