ICE fights to keep conditions in detention facilities secret
Photographs released by court order cause the Department of Homeland Security to consider following the Department of Justice’s lead and end their use of private for profit prisons.
Human Rights
Tribally-Sanctioned Pedophilia?
In Southern Malawi, there exists an unspeakable practice.
Bachelor of rape: higher learning in victimization
Sexual assaults in and around our nation’s universities are occurring at an alarming rate, and it is often being swept under the rug.
How a South African Olympic medalist left stadiums for prison: the trial and appeals of Oscar Pistorius
Oscar Pistorius, South African Olympic runner, will receive his prison sentence next month for murdering his girlfriend back in 2013.
Deporter-In-Chief: The Obama administration continues to deport thousands to the world’s most dangerous countries
To start the New Year, the Obama Administration has deported over one hundred immigrants back to their violent homeland countries in Central America.
Protecting the door without fencing it in
As the EU struggles to recover from the recent terrorist attacks, while simultaneously trying to address the continued influx of refugees, the fate of the Schengen Zone as well as those seeking asylum hangs in the balance.
“You shall not pass” – The ongoing debate of deportation in the United States
With the Fifth Circuit’s decision to not halt deportation of immigrants and the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, France, there is a nationwide debate regarding immigration, national security, and allowing refugees inside the United States.
How do you say no when you cannot say no?
When it comes to refugees seeking asylum in the European Union (“EU”), it is not as easy as “just saying no.” Legally speaking, human rights trump all, regardless of the cost. This has created a Catch-22 that is testing the mettle of the twenty-eight member states.
Refugee Status for Fear of Being Killed by Police Based on Race: U.S. Citizen Seeks Asylum in Canada
A United States citizen applying for refugee status in Canada based on fear for his life due to his race hopes to be one of the very few refugee applicants who is granted refugee status. Whether his application will be granted will be determined on whether his fear is “well-founded.”