Arbitrary Detention
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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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Practice Advisory: Challenging Revocation of Orders of Supervision through Habeas Corpus
This advisory and template brief outline arguments to prevent arrest or seek release from detention for a non-citizen with a final order of removal whose order of supervision has been or may be revoked at an ICE check-in.
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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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Electoral Repression, Enforced Disappearances and Political Control in Venezuela
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and Foro Penal have published a new report outlining patterns of political repression in Venezuela following the July 2024 presidential elections, and the 2025 parliamentary and regional elections. The report, titled Electoral Repression, Enforced Disappearances and Political Control in Venezuela, analyzes how President Nicolas Maduro’s regime has increasingly…
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Newsweek: Trump Admin’s $4.7 Million Deal With El Salvador Revealed in Court Filing
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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US inflicts systemic human rights abuses on Black people in Louisiana immigration detention centers: report to UN International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement
This submission to the United Nations International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in the Context of Law Enforcement urges accountability for systemic human rights abuses against Black people incarcerated in Louisiana’s immigration detention network.
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Kostak v. Trump: Stopping the expansion of mandatory detention
This case challenges the mandatory detention of Larysa Kostak, a 50-year-old Ukrainian woman who has lived in the United States for nearly two decades. She fled Ukraine for political reasons and entered the United States without inspection in 2005. No longer living in Brooklyn, New York, her home for the past 20 years, she now…
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Lucero v. United States: Accountability for anti-Latino racism and violence
This case seeks international accountability for the creation by the United States government of a climate that fosters discrimination and violence against Latinos residing in the country. This climate has led to a sharp increase in the number of human rights violations committed against Latinos in the United States.
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The Marshall Project: The Next Alligator Alcatraz Could Be in Your State
Tags Share Immigrants held in detention are increasingly being sent to state and federal prisons, including many with troubling human rights records. This new practice has already led to abuses, as the unclear legal authority dictating the status of ICE detainees held in prisons means that they are often unable to contact their attorneys or…
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Pataraia v. Noem: Fighting indefinite detention after winning an immigration case
This case challenges the U.S. government’s policy of indefinitely detaining people who have won immigration relief from deportation after a finding that they will be persecuted or tortured if deported to their countries of origin.
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The Intercept: Teen Immigrant’s Release Propels Lawsuit to End ICE’s Courthouse Arrests
Tags Share A Buffalo teen arrested outside of his asylum hearing has been released after a judge ruled his arrest was unlawful. Following this victory, the New York Civil Liberties Union and other organizations are suing the Trump administration to end courthouse arrests nationwide. Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights staff attorney Sarah Gillman said, “We…
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Savane v. Francis: Stopping the expansion of mandatory detention
This case challenges the mandatory detention of Ousmane Savane, a 22-year-old asylum seeker. Under a new interpretation of an old law that was previously applied only to people seeking admission at the border, the U.S. government claims that people like Ousmane, who have resided for years in the United States, must be locked in mandatory…
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