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The U.S. is skipping its UN human rights review & is the first country ever to do so.

We're joining partners in Geneva exposing U.S. human rights abuses this week.

Accountability isn't optional.

We’ll have updates & a video to share after the convening!

Alabama prison officials punished Carlos Anderson for speaking out about forced prison labor. Now, he’s fighting back.

After exposing exploitative labor practices to The New York Times, Anderson faced retaliation, including forced unpaid labor, loss of privileges, and a transfer to a more dangerous prison.

Working with us, Anderson is suing the officials responsible for violating his First Amendment rights.

Speaking out against abuse is a right, not a crime.

Read more: ccrjustice.org/home/press-cen…

Alina Das, a professor at the NYU School of Law and the director of the Immigrant Rights Clinic, makes clear how intentionally targeted Mahmoud and other immigrants are in the United States, "No one in this country should fear being jailed for speaking out, but that is exactly what happened to Mahmoud Khalil … who was targeted by the government for his pro-Palestinian speech.”

We are representing Mahmoud as he seeks a fair review from the Supreme Court, after a federal appeals court reversed a lower court’s decision to end his detention.

Justice will prevail.

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Breaking! Today, Mahmoud Khalil asked SCOTUS to review his case. The petition challenges the appeal court's ruling—arguing that the federal courts have always had the authority to deem unconstitutional detention by the executive and to order their release.

nytimes.com/2026/10/19/us/…

We're not giving up the fight.

Today Mahmoud Khalil asked SCOTUS to review the case challenging his detention after the appeals court in January overturned a lower court’s order that released him.

More: bit.ly/mahmoud-petiti…