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Month: October 2021

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement does not adequately monitor and track its use of solitary confinement inside immigration detention facilities across the country

ICE doesn’t adequately track solitary confinement in detention facilities, watchdog finds

By Geneva Sands, CNN US Immigration and Customs Enforcement does not adequately monitor and track its use of solitary confinement inside immigration detention facilities across the country, according to a watchdog review of the agency’s standards. The Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general found that the immigration agency lacks effective oversight and clear policies to

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President Joe Biden delivered sweeping remarks Friday about human rights

Biden delivers sweeping remarks about human rights: ‘To deal with the past you must face the truth’

By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden delivered sweeping remarks Friday about human rights, zeroing in on ongoing human rights abuses around the world and underscoring the importance of truth in a time of disinformation. Biden spoke at the Dodd Center for Human Rights at the University of Connecticut, named after Nuremberg prosecutor and former

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Central African Republic leader offers cease-fire to rebels

By JEAN FERNAND KOENA Associated Press BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — The president of Central African Republic has declared a unilateral cease-fire with the armed rebels who tried to overthrow his government earlier this year. President Faustin Archange Touadera made the announcement on national radio, saying that the military’s operations against the rebels would

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