Tag: arbitrary detention

If America Reviewed Itself Like It Reviews Uganda …

July 17, 2026

Is Uganda paying an American lobbyist to sell the normalization of repression? By Melanie Nathan, July 17, 2026, When America’s own human rights record has become similar to Uganda’s, what exactly is Uganda paying an American lobbyist to sell? Reform, or the normalization of repression? Uganda’s Embassy in Washington has retained Skyline Capitol, through Moran … More If America Reviewed Itself Like It Reviews Uganda …

Challenging the Trump Administration’s Arbitrary Detention of Asylum Seekers

March 15, 2018

Washington, D.C. (March 15, 2018) – The American Civil Liberties Union, Center for Gender and Refugee Studies, Human Rights First, and Covington & Burling LLP filed a federal lawsuit today challenging the Trump administration’s arbitrary detention of asylum seekers fleeing persecution, torture, or death in their countries of origin. All the plaintiffs have passed credible fear screenings — … More Challenging the Trump Administration’s Arbitrary Detention of Asylum Seekers

Unprecedented Ruling on Immigrants’ Right | Freedom from Arbitrary Detention

January 23, 2012

Posted by Melanie Nathan, January 20, 2012 District Court Rules that “Arriving Aliens” May Not Be Subjected to Prolonged Detention Without a Hearing To Determine Whether Detention Is Justified SAN DIEGO — A district court today ruled that the Department of Homeland Security may not detain an immigrant for a prolonged period without proving that … More Unprecedented Ruling on Immigrants’ Right | Freedom from Arbitrary Detention