Originally published in WBUR News by Shannon Dooling Excerpt below: UPDATE: Attorney Ira Alkalay tells WBUR that his client was removed from the deportation flight to Haiti Tuesday morning. An…
This page is now archived. Haiti's long struggle for democracy and justice is undergoing a particularly difficult period. The chronic challenges of underdevelopment, weak rule of law and foreign interference…
Latest article on the upcoming TPS trial featuring Steve Forester, IJDH's Immigration Policy Coordinator. Federal trial begins Monday to protect more than 50,000 immigrants and their families from being forcibly separated by…
Please note that LGB asylum differs from asylum for trans people. Successful trans asylum cases are few and rely not on gender identity as much as perceived sexual orientation. Indeed,…
In December 2016, after six years of trying to avoid blame for the cholera epidemic it brought to Haiti in 2010, the United Nations apologized for its role and announced…
Haiti hosts a peacekeeping mission with one of the largest numbers of reported sexual exploitation and abuse. The UN Secretary-General is urging MINUSTAH to appoint a victims' rights advocate to address the…