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Michael Bochenek

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Children's rights, migration @hrw.org London once upon a time, now New York/Paris https://www.hrw.org/about/people/michael-garcia-bochenek

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La France manque à ses obligations envers les enfants migrants non accompagnés Dans un rapport accablant publié la semaine dernière, le Comité des droits de l'enfant des Nations unies a conclu que la France était responsable de violations graves et systématiques des droits des e...

La France est responsable de violations graves et systématiques des droits des enfants migrants non accompagnés selon le Comité des droits de l'enfant de l'ONU.

Les autorités devraient veiller de toute urgence à ce que ces enfants vulnérables bénéficient de la protection à laquelle ils ont droit.

24.10.2025 13:15 — 👍 8    🔁 10    💬 0    📌 0
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US: Immigrants Abused in Florida Detention Sites The United States government has subjected immigrants detained in three Florida facilities to abusive, degrading, and in some cases life-threatening conditions, Americans for Immigrant Justice, Human ...

Novo relatório da @hrw.org revela que imigrantes sofrem tratamento desumano, superlotação, falta de cuidados médicos e outros abusos em centros de detenção na Flórida. Duas mortes já ocorreram.

Os EUA deveriam parar com estes abusos.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...

21.07.2025 16:37 — 👍 1    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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“You Feel Like Your Life is Over” The 92-page report, “‘You Feel Like Your Life is Over’: Abusive Practices at Three Florida Immigration Detention Centers Since January 2025,” documents that people detained at Krome North Service Proc...

A new report by Human Rights Watch and partner nonprofits released today confirms that migrants at the downtown Miami ICE facility were indeed shackled with hands tied behind their backs, forced to kneel, and made to eat from styrofoam plates “like dogs.”

21.07.2025 16:45 — 👍 6401    🔁 3476    💬 461    📌 358
3.	Leonel called me and told me that he was arrested. He said immigration officers went up to him at his ISAP check-in and told him he was under arrest. Leonel said he asked the officers why and informed them he had an order from the judge. The officers said something like ''judges' orders don't matter, only the president."
4.	Leonel told me that he told the officers he had an attorney, but the officers said, ''that doesn't matter either.''
5.	Leonel later called me from jail in Santa Ana. He said that it was a small space, and he heard people there were being taken to San Diego or Texas. Then he had to hang up.

3. Leonel called me and told me that he was arrested. He said immigration officers went up to him at his ISAP check-in and told him he was under arrest. Leonel said he asked the officers why and informed them he had an order from the judge. The officers said something like ''judges' orders don't matter, only the president." 4. Leonel told me that he told the officers he had an attorney, but the officers said, ''that doesn't matter either.'' 5. Leonel later called me from jail in Santa Ana. He said that it was a small space, and he heard people there were being taken to San Diego or Texas. Then he had to hang up.

In a habeas corpus suit against DHS, Lionel Flores was arrested at his ISAP check-in. When he ask ICE agents why he was being arrested they, said "judges orders don't matter, only the President." After telling them he had a lawyer, they replied "that doesn't matter either."

21.07.2025 16:37 — 👍 1284    🔁 649    💬 25    📌 78
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US: Immigrants Abused in Florida Detention Sites The United States government has subjected immigrants detained in three Florida facilities to abusive, degrading, and in some cases life-threatening conditions, Americans for Immigrant Justice, Human ...

NEW REPORT: “You Feel Like Your Life is Over” — @hrw.org AI Justice @sanctuarylegalservices.com expose abusive conditions at 3 Florida immigration detention centers. Overcrowding, medical neglect & degrading treatment are rampant. #HumanRights #ImmigrationJustice www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...

21.07.2025 16:55 — 👍 1    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
15-year-old boy with no criminal record held at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ for three days: Miami Herald
YouTube video by MSNBC 15-year-old boy with no criminal record held at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ for three days: Miami Herald

Trump's immigration agenda has never been about keeping children safe. It is about cruelty, abducting children from their families, indefinitely detaining them, in Alexis' case with adults, and deporting them regardless of their wishes.

Alexis needs to be reunited with his family immediately.

18.07.2025 20:31 — 👍 6    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1
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Gender Apartheid Should Be an International Crime All States should ensure the inclusion of gender apartheid in international law, including in the draft crimes against humanity treaty.

Excited to share this new piece on why @hrw.org is calling for gender apartheid to be recognized as a crime under international law. This comes after long & careful discussion w/many colleagues about if there is need for such a law and any potential downsides. www.justsecurity.org/116780/gende...

14.07.2025 13:53 — 👍 108    🔁 61    💬 1    📌 4
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ICE declares millions of undocumented immigrants ineligible for bond hearings A memo from ICE’s acting director instructs officers to hold immigrants who entered the country illegally “for the duration of their removal proceedings,” which can take months or years.

Due process isn’t optional. Stripping bond hearings and forced incarceration immigrants is state-sanctioned cruelty. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

15.07.2025 09:58 — 👍 7    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0
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🚨New @hrw.org finds that #Thailand is threatening, extorting, and detaining #Myanmar nationals who have fled the abusive military junta to seek safety in Thailand.

The Thai government should introduce a temporary protection regime for Myanmar nationals.

www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...

15.07.2025 00:29 — 👍 10    🔁 14    💬 0    📌 0
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Noticias de América - HRW denuncia expulsiones abusivas de EE. UU. y cuestiona el rol de Costa Rica La ONG HRW denuncia que Estados Unidos expulsó 'injustamente' a 200 personas de diversos países, incluidos menores de edad, tras retenerlos 'en condiciones de detención abusivas' antes de trasladarlos...

HRW denuncia expulsiones abusivas de EE. UU. y cuestiona el rol de Costa Rica

@rfi.fr

www.rfi.fr/es/programas...

23.05.2025 13:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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HRW denuncia el trato “abusivo” contra los 200 inmigrantes deportados de Estados Unidos a Costa Rica Un informe de Human Rights Watch denuncia la expulsión arbitraria de este grupo de extranjeros y los “mensajes contradictorios” que recibieron por parte de las autoridades costarricenses

HRW denuncia el trato “abusivo” contra los 200 inmigrantes deportados de Estados Unidos a Costa Rica

@elpais.com

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23.05.2025 10:19 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Trump administration seeks to end basic rights and protections for child immigrants in its custody Flores Settlement Agreement limits how long children can be detained and requires they be provided with food, water and clean clothes

The Trump administration is trying to end an immigration policy that requires govt to provide basic rights to detained child immigrants.

The agreement limits the time children can be detained and requires them to be provided with adequate food, water & clothes.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

23.05.2025 09:45 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1
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The Rushed, Blundering Effort to Send Deportees to Third Countries Many of those sent to countries that aren’t their own are at heightened risk for abuse.

The Rushed, Blundering Effort to Send Deportees to Third Countries

Many of those sent to countries that aren’t their own are at heightened risk for abuse.

@nickmiroff.bsky.social @theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

22.05.2025 22:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Human Rights Watch: Costa Rica dañó su legado histórico al colaborar con Estados Unidos en deportación de migrantes La organización internacional Human Rights Watch emitió fuertes críticas contra el acuerdo migratorio entre los gobiernos de Rodrigo Chaves y Donald Trump

Human Rights Watch: Costa Rica dañó su legado histórico al colaborar con Estados Unidos en deportación de migrantes

Lucía Astorga de La Nación
www.nacion.com/politica/hum...

22.05.2025 21:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Aux îles Canaries, des réfugiés mineurs victimes de violence et d’insultes racistes L’archipel espagnol des Canaries, confronté à un afflux massif de migrants en provenance d’Afrique, est régulièrement épinglé pour les conditions indignes d’accueil des mineurs isolés, entre agressions, surpopulation, et manque de personnel

L’archipel espagnol des Canaries, confronté à un afflux massif de migrants en provenance d’Afrique, est régulièrement épinglé pour les conditions indignes d’accueil des mineurs isolés, entre agressions, surpopulation, et manque de personnel qualifié.

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22.05.2025 21:17 — 👍 10    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0
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Trump administration moves to end settlement that protects immigrant children; Flores counsel vow to defend vital safeguards | National Center for Youth Law Today, the Trump administration filed a motion to terminate the Flores Settlement Agreement, which for years has set the standards for the humane treatment of immigrant children in government custody,...

NEW: Today, the Trump admin filed to end the Flores Settlement-an agreement that provides basic safeguards for children in federal immigration custody.
We, @chrclla.bsky.social & @childrens-rights.bsky.social will keep fighting to defend these children’s health & safety. youthlaw.org/news/trump-a...

22.05.2025 20:54 — 👍 102    🔁 69    💬 7    📌 12
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США: выдворенные в Коста-Рику искатели убежища сообщают о нарушениях их прав Соединенные Штаты Америки должны предложить вернуть на свою территорию около 200 граждан третьих стран, в том числе детей, которые были незаконно выдворены в Коста-Рику в феврале, и рассмотреть их зая...

США: выдворенные в Коста-Рику искатели убежища сообщают о нарушениях их прав
www.hrw.org/ru/news/2025...

22.05.2025 21:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Inmigrantes fueron expulsados "injustamente" de Estados Unidos a Costa Rica en febrero, según HRW Estados Unidos deberá retornar y procesar las solicitudes de asilo de cerca de 200 inmigrantes, incluidos 81 niños de hasta 17 años, que fueron enviados a Costa Rica sin el debido proceso y en condici...

Inmigrantes fueron expulsados "injustamente" de Estados Unidos a Costa Rica en febrero, según HRW

larepublica.pe/estados-unid...

22.05.2025 21:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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HRW: EE. UU. expulsó "injustamente" a migrantes a Costa Rica – DW – 22/05/2025 Estados Unidos debería retornar y tramitar las solicitudes de asilo de unos 200 nacionales de terceros países, incluidos niños, expulsados "​​injustamente" a Costa Rica en febrero, exige Human Rights ...

HRW: EE. UU. expulsó "injustamente" a migrantes a Costa Rica

www.dw.com/es/hrw-ee-uu...

22.05.2025 21:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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HRW exige a EEUU revertir expulsiones de migrantes a Costa Rica - CB24 Human Rights Watch (HRW) denunció que unos 200 migrantes de terceros países —incluidos 81 niños— fueron expulsados injustamente desde Estados Unidos a Costa Rica en febrero, sin poder ejercer su derec...

HRW exige a EEUU revertir expulsiones de migrantes a Costa Rica
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22.05.2025 20:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Costa Rica has sullied its proud reputation as a country that defends human rights and protects refugees. It can and should provide meaningful, practical, immediate redress to the people it accepted, including by giving people language training, job placement assistance, and other support.

22.05.2025 15:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The US government should offer to bring back and hear the asylum claims of everyone it wrongfully expelled to Costa Rica.

22.05.2025 15:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

Once in Costa Rica, people received mixed messages about the options open to them. Children have had no access to education. For 2 months, everyone was arbitrarily deprived of their liberty in a remote migrant center 300 km from the capital.

22.05.2025 15:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

People expelled to Costa Rica had no connection to that country. None were Costa Rican citizens. Many had never been there. Some could not find it on a map.

22.05.2025 15:38 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

US expulsions to Costa Rica followed weeks and in some cases more than a month of detention in squalid, overcrowded US immigration holding cells. These transfers provided no notice, no chance to seek asylum, and no opportunity to challenge the government's decision.

22.05.2025 15:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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US: Asylum Seekers Expelled to Costa Rica Detail Abuses The United States should offer to bring back and hear the asylum claims of approximately 200 third-party nationals, including children, who were wrongfully expelled to Costa Rica in February.

New @hrw.org research on 200 asylum seekers, including 81 children, expelled from the US to Costa Rica in February. "It’s reprehensible to dump families in a country they never chose, with no process and no regard for their safety," says @michaelbochenek.bsky.social www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...

22.05.2025 14:42 — 👍 3    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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États-Unis : Des demandeurs d’asile expulsés vers le Costa Rica décrivent des abus Le Costa Rica devrait aider les ressortissants de pays tiers et refuser de futurs transferts.

En février, les États-Unis ont expulsé sommairement vers le Costa Rica 200 ressortissants de pays tiers, dont 81 enfants. Ils détaillent les abus dont ils ont été victimes dans les deux pays dans un rapport de @hrw-fr.hrw.org publié aujourd'hui.

www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025...

22.05.2025 12:26 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Estados Unidos: Solicitantes de asilo expulsados a Costa Rica detallan abusos El gobierno de Estados Unidos debería ofrecerse a traer de vuelta y atender las solicitudes de asilo de aproximadamente 200 ciudadanos de terceros países, incluidos niños, niñas y adolescentes, que fu...

En febrero, Estados Unidos expulsó sumariamente a Costa Rica a 200 ciudadanos de terceros países, entre ellos 81 niños. En los últimos dos meses, hemos entrevistado a 36 de ellos. En un informe de @hrwespanol.bsky.social publicado hoy, detallan los abusos que sufrieron.

www.hrw.org/es/news/2025...

22.05.2025 12:23 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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US: Asylum Seekers Expelled to Costa Rica Detail Abuses The United States should offer to bring back and hear the asylum claims of approximately 200 third-party nationals, including children, who were wrongfully expelled to Costa Rica in February.

The US summarily expelled 200 third-country nationals, including 81 children, to Costa Rica in February. We interviewed 36 of them over the last two months. They detail the abuses they faced in both countries in a @hrw.org report out today.

www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...

22.05.2025 12:21 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1