Human Rights & Public Liberties

Human Rights & Public Liberties

Newsletter
13 Jan, 2021

Migrants & Refugees

Deaths In Ice Custody Draw UN Censure

Transparency has been limited throughout. The administration has offered little public accounting of conditions inside its facilities, and the DHS investigations were announced only after…

29 June, 2026

Deaths In US Immigration Custody: A Crisis of Accountability

ICE currently holds more than 60,000 people in immigration detention, with plans announced to expand that capacity to 90,000 by the end of the year.…

28 June, 2026

Dying in Detention: America’s Immigration Custody Crisis

Human Rights Watch and Physicians for Human Rights have been documenting abusive conditions in American immigration detention facilities since the 1990s. What is new is…

25 June, 2026

Refugees Contribute to Their Host Communities. The World Must Do More to Support Them

This year’s World Refugee Day also marks the 75th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention, adopted in the aftermath of the Second World War. The…

22 June, 2026

Refugees: The Resettlement Gap Grows Wider

The shortfall in resettlement places is driven by policy changes in destination countries, including pauses in admissions, more restrictive criteria, and growing backlogs in processing.…

17 June, 2026

From Refugee to Reconciler in The Central African Republic

As a young woman in what she describes as a patriarchal context, she has faced resistance from elders and traditional leaders who question her authority.…

15 June, 2026

Forced displacement fell in 2025, but millions remain trapped in perpetual exile

The profile of global displacement has shifted from an emergency phenomenon to a chronic one. Nearly seven in ten refugees worldwide are in protracted situations,…

11 June, 2026

Europe’s New Asylum Rules: What They Mean for Rights

Unaccompanied children under twelve travelling with family are exempt from the border procedure. Children aged thirteen and over travelling with family may be detained under…

10 June, 2026

The Rohingya Cannot Wait Much Longer

With conflict inside Myanmar showing no sign of abating and prospects for safe repatriation fading, more Rohingya are resorting to dangerous sea crossings in search…

3 June, 2026

A Detention Centre That Should Not Exist

The accounts emerging from inside are grim. Families report prolonged incarceration without due process, denial of adequate medical care and insufficient access to clean drinking…

24 May, 2026

Homes for Ukraine Scheme

When war broke out, Dr Soldatenko fled Kharkiv with her two daughters, her parents and her cat, carrying little more than a few documents and…

24 May, 2026

Handcuffs for All

The directive is a blunt response to a string of security failures that have embarrassed the company and alarmed the government. The most serious incident…

13 April, 2026