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(photos from right to left): Hilarion Warren Joseph, a decorated veteran of the 1990-91 Persian Gulf War and a lawful permanent resident, with his son, Japeri, who wears the jacket from Joseph’s US Army uniform. Evie Liu was trafficked into the United States when she was 18 years old. Melida Ruiz, a 52-year-old grandmother, photographed with her daughter, Mercedez Ruiz, and her grandson, Christopher.

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US: Act on Immigration Reform in 2015

President Barack Obama’s 2014 executive action on immigration protects millions of families in the US but leaves major rights concerns unaddressed. Obama and the Congress should act to end harsh treatment at the border, unnecessary detention, and unfair criminal penalties that tear families apart.

Dispatches: Racial Bias in US Policing - in Ferguson and Beyond

Mar 4, 2015
Statement to the Law Enforcement Equipment Working Group

Mar 4, 2015
Dispatches: What the White House Isn’t Saying About Israel

Mar 4, 2015
Statement to the US Commission on Civil Rights on Immigration Detention Facilities

Mar 2, 2015

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Human Rights Council: Interactive Dialogue with the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Mar 5, 2015

In the face of massive human rights abuses, the Human Rights Council has a responsibility to be part of the solution. It needs to resist the temptation to retreat into political and regional factionalism, to undermine the independence of your Office, High Commissioner, invoke selectivity to deflect attention from situations demanding international attention, or engage in procedural tactics to silence debate.
Dispatches: Racial Bias in US Policing - in Ferguson and Beyond

Mar 4, 2015
Statement to the Law Enforcement Equipment Working Group

Mar 4, 2015

On March 3rd, 2015, Human Rights Watch sent this written statement to the Law Enforcement Equipment Working Group, an interagency group which will provide recommendations to President Barack Obama regarding actions that can be taken to improve the provision of Federal support for the acquisition of controlled equipment by law enforcement agencies.
Dispatches: What the White House Isn’t Saying About Israel

Mar 4, 2015
Statement to the US Commission on Civil Rights on Immigration Detention Facilities

Mar 2, 2015

On March 2nd, 2015, Human Rights Watch sent this written statement to the United States Commission on Civil Rights for its January 30, 2015 briefing on the “State of Civil Rights at Immigration Detention Facilities.”
U.S. Has Taken In 335 Syrian Refugees Out of 3.8 Million

Feb 27, 2015

After four years of conflict, the crisis inside Syria not only shows no signs of letting up, but is now expanding into the region as never before.
Florida: Limit Prosecuting Children as Adults

Feb 19, 2015

Florida legislators should approve Senate Bill 1082, which would allow judges rather than prosecutors to decide when to prosecute a child as an adult. If enacted, the proposed law would greatly reduce the number of children prosecuted in Florida’s adult courts.
Dispatches: The Human Rights Case for Encryption

Feb 18, 2015
Dispatches: US Court Decision Could Prolong Immigrant Abuses

Feb 17, 2015
Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee urging support for the CORRECTIONS Act

Feb 11, 2015

On February 11th, 2015, Human Rights Watch sent this letter to Senators Chuck Grassley and Patrick Leahy, chairman and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, respectively, to urge support for the CORRECTIONS Act that would reduce excessively long periods of incarceration for federal prisoners.

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