Human Rights in United States

News and reports covering human rights developments in United States (USA).

Human Rights Concerns at the South Florida Detention Facility (“Alligator Alcatraz”)

Human Rights Concerns at the South Florida Detention Facility (Alligator Alcatraz)

The South Florida Detention Facility, informally dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” due to its remote swamplands location, opened in July 2025 as

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A caricature of Trump silencing the Statue of Liberty, by Cartooning for Peace

Trump’s record of human rights abuses

It has been less than a year since Trump’s second term as the US president, yet his record of human

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Trump Administration Moves to Reject Transgender Identity

Within hours of reclaiming the presidency on Monday, United States President Donald Trump signed an extensive executive order that aims

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Leonard Peltier

Leonard Peltier is an Anishinaabe-Lakota Native American and a member of the American Indian Movement (AIM), which fights for the

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