Human Rights

Lawsuits Claim Cruel Conditions At Delaney Hall

June 6, 2026 Jose Pagliery, Not Us. Resist! Delaney Hall, Human Rights, Immigrants, Legal System, Torture

Newark, N.J. — A woman says in court papers that guards starved her for five days straight. A man claims “conditions violate basic standards of human dignity.” And several plead for help as the drinking water tastes like “raw sewage.” The mistreatment of immigrant detainees that has led to daily protests outside a privately-run ICE jail in New Jersey is laid bare in lawsuits describing deplorable conditions as well as first-hand accounts of wretched treatment some believe is intentionally cruel. NOTUS visited the site on Thursday just as the Delaney Hall detention facility released Emanuel Rodrigues, a Brazilian man with a rare life-threatening medical condition, who spent what he says were 130 excruciating days in solitary confinement — labeled “medical isolation” by officials.

‘We Demand Freedom’: Immigrants On Strike In New Jersey Prison

May 31, 2026 Luis Feliz Leon, In These Times. Resist! Human Rights, Hunger Strike, Immigrants, Prisoner rights

On a patch of sidewalk on a busy industrial corridor in Newark, federal agents with rifles, metal batons, flak vests, and balaclavas faced off against unarmed activists with cardboard signs and a bullhorn. Detained workers could be heard on the soccer field behind the prison walls, shouting in Spanish: “¡Libertad!” (Freedom!) Since May 22, 300 of them are on a work stoppage and hunger strike. Over video chat, one worker told the crowd outside that they had stopped eating and working for as little as $1 an hour (or no pay at all) to demand an improvement in their living conditions.

Delaney Hall ICE Detainees Take Aim At GEO Group’s Bottom Line

May 29, 2026 Whitney Curry Wimbish, American Prospect. Resistance Report Detention Centers, GEO Group, Human Rights, ICE, Immigrants

GEO Group’s Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, runs on immigrant labor. Detainees cook, clean, and repair the facility for as little as $1 a day and sometimes for nothing at all. So when 300 migrants imprisoned in Delaney Hall went on a hunger and labor strike last Friday over conditions they likened to physical and mental torture, they were taking aim at GEO Group’s bottom line. Executives at the for-profit public corporation can keep their overhead low and their profits high by hiring as few employees as possible and shifting essential jobs to people who have no choice but to do them for free.

Global Sumud Flotilla Releases Horrific, Newly Emerging Testimonies

May 25, 2026 the Global Sumud Flotilla. Educate! Global Sumud Flotilla, Human Rights, Israel, Prison, Torture

As civilian participants from the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) begin landing in their respective home countries and some continue their recovery in Istanbul, the full, devastating scale of the violence executed by the israeli Occupation Forces (iOF) is being laid bare. Following the most recent unlawful interception of the flotilla in international waters on 18 May, newly emerging and harrowing testimonies confirm a coordinated campaign of systematic torture, severe physical and psychological trauma, and targeted gender-based and sexual violence.

Gaza Flotilla Activists Recount ‘Super Sadistic’ Torture, Sexual Abuse During Abduction In Israel

May 23, 2026 News Desk, The Cradle. Educate! Freedom Flotilla, Human Rights, Israel, Prisons, Violence

International activists with the Global Sumud Flotilla revealed upon their arrival in Turkiye on 21 May that they were subjected to sexual abuse and torture during their abduction in Israel. Survivors reported prolonged beatings, starvation, and degrading strip searches, with reports of rape and sexual assault. Arriving in Istanbul, the activists bore clear signs of torture and mistreatment with swollen hands, broken bones, and severely bruised by the violence. Footage captured upon their arrival showed detainees displaying their injuries, one removing a scarf to reveal painful wounds sustained in custody.

Ben Gvir Sparks Global Outrage After Harassing Gaza Flotilla Activists

May 21, 2026 News Desk, The Cradle. Educate! Ben-Gvir, Freedom Flotilla, Human Rights, Israel, Prisons

On 20 May, several western countries summoned Israeli ambassadors and issued strong condemnations against Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir after he released a video showing a humiliating “welcome party” for abducted activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla. The activists are seen zip-tied, kneeling, and forced into grueling stress positions while Israel’s national anthem blares over them. Ben Gvir posted the degrading spectacle with the caption “Welcome to Israel,” telling security personnel in the video, “don’t be bothered by their screams” as a bound activist cried out in the background.

Immigrants Held At ‘Inhumane’ ICE Facility Start Hunger Strike

May 21, 2026 Clara-Sophia Daly, Mission Local. Uncategorized California, Detention Center, Human Rights, Hunger Strike, ICE

Conditions at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in the high desert of Southern California are so bad that at least 20 people detained there have declared a hunger strike. “There are many people suffering here. This is the only way we have to raise our voice, this is a call to stop the suffering and respect our dignity as human beings,” read a statement written by the strikers that was read during an press conference held online Wednesday morning. It was put on by a coalition of advocacy groups. The immigrants at the Adelanto ICE detention complex have not eaten since Tuesday, organizers said.

Hundreds On Hunger Strike At Michigan Detention Center

May 8, 2026 Jack Kelly and Eli Folts, People's World. Resist! Human Rights, Hunger Strike, Michigan, Prisons

Baldwin, Michigan — Hundreds of detained immigrants have launched a rolling hunger and work strike at the North Lake Detention Center, the largest detention center in the Midwest, operated by the private prison corporation GEO Group in Baldwin, Michigan. They are protesting what they describe as inhumane conditions, medical neglect, and a systematic denial of due process. The strike, which began on April 19 and escalated into a coordinated action across all facility blocks on Saturday, April 25, involves a majority of the prison population. Organizers with No Detention Centers Michigan report that detainees are refusing to eat and refusing to work to demand immediate improvements to their treatment and living conditions.

When Do ‘Detention Centers’ Become ‘Concentration Camps’?

May 6, 2026 Katie Moore, People's World. Educate! Concentration Camps, Detention Centers, Human Rights, ICE, immigrants rights

Are U.S. immigration agents sending migrants and asylum seekers to “detention centers” or “internment camps”? Are they being held in “processing centers” or “concentration camps”? It depends on who you talk to. Sometimes the U.S. government uses bureaucratic and benign terms like “detention centers,” which immigrant advocates argue minimize often harsh conditions. At other times, they use sensational nicknames like the “Speedway Slammer” that suggest their purpose is for punishment. Journalist Andrea Pitzer said in a recent interview with The Marshall Project that each tone serves a purpose for a different audience.

Israelis Pursue Another Extension To Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya’s Imprisonment

April 28, 2026 Ana Vracar, People's Dispatch. Resist! Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, Human Rights, Israel, Political Prisoner

Israeli authorities are reportedly pursuing another six-month extension to the imprisonment of Palestinian pediatrician Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, taken by Israeli occupation forces from Kamal Adwan Hospital over two years ago, ahead of a hearing announced for Tuesday, April 28. Dr. Abu Safiya has been held in administrative detention – a status that allows Israeli authorities to imprison Palestinians for an undefined amount of time without charge or trial – ever since he was taken captive in December 2024. Over the past months, family members, health workers, and UN experts have raised the alarm over Dr. Abu Safiya’s condition.

The Declaration Of Independence From The Medical-Industrial Complex

April 27, 2026 National Single Payer, Popular Resistance. Organize! Declaration of Independence, Health Care, Human Rights, National Improved Medicare for All

Skyrocketing health insurance premiums, deductibles, copays, and denials, and crushing medical debt are overwhelming millions of Americans while expired ACA tax credits, life-threatening cuts to Medicaid, and rising health care costs deepen uncertainty for families. The closure of rural hospitals will put millions of rural residents at risk. Historic public support for a national health program, free from insurance companies and financed through progressive taxes, presents us with a new opening for National Improved Medicare for All, free from profit, guaranteeing coverage for everyone, permanently resolving these crises, lowering costs, and ending medical debt.

The NYPD Reminds Us That Police Don’t Protect People, Only Power

April 19, 2026 Sophie Shepherd, Counter Punch. Educate! Human Rights, New York City (NYC), Police, State Violence

In a lawsuit complaining that the New York City Police Department failed to protect a woman from assaults by a Zionist mob, the city’s lawyers are arguing that police have no legal obligation to protect individuals from assault. This defense and its legal precedent are a salient reminder that police do not create safety. Despite billions in funding and never-ending calls for more training, more body cameras, more specialized teams – the police have consistently proven that they only function to uphold existing power systems, not to “protect and serve” our communities.

Palestinian Students Are Fighting For Their Right To Education

April 16, 2026 Ashley Ver Beek, Waging Nonviolence. Resist! Education, Genocide, Human Rights, Palestine, Student Activism

The scenic campus of Birzeit University sits on a hill near Ramallah, 12 miles northwest of Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank. Vast blue sky is visible from every road and sidewalk. Palestinian flags wave in the breeze. The familiar campus bustle of classes, friends and events was violently interrupted on Jan. 6, 2026, when Israeli forces raided the university in broad daylight, firing live rounds and employing sound grenades and tear gas to disperse crowds of students. Forty-one people were injured, with three students sustaining gunshot wounds and three hit by shrapnel, according to Al Jazeera.

Amnesty International Defends US Regime-Change NGOs

April 1, 2026 John Perry and Roger D. Harris, Popular Resistance. Educate! Amnesty International, Cuba, Human Rights, National Endowment for Democracy (NED), Nicaragua, Nonprofits, US Imperialism, Venezuela, Weaponization

Why are many Latin American countries shutting down nonprofit organizations? Amnesty International claims it has the answer: in every case, it’s part of a drive to restrict human rights and “tear up the social fabric.” Amnesty’s new 95-page report (in Spanish, with an English summary), criticizes governments across the political spectrum for attacking what it calls “civil society organizations.” But Amnesty ignores the history of many such organizations and therefore why governments might be justified in closing them. Here we focus on the report’s deficiencies in relation to Nicaragua, Venezuela (two NGOs interviewed in each) and Cuba (none).

UN ‘Experts’ Fueling Washington’s Attacks On Nicaragua

March 26, 2026 John Perry, Covert Action Magazine. Educate! Coup Attempt, Human Rights, Nicaragua, United States

United Nations “experts” on Nicaragua, working to sanitize the effects of a failed, U.S.-inspired coup attempt, have not visited the country since the violence occurred eight years ago. Yet, for them, Nicaragua is “a giant prison” in which the Sandinista government “has effectively taken its own population hostage.” According to lawyer Jan-Michael Simon, the German leader of the group who is not known to have ever visited Nicaragua, its government is doing “exactly what the Nazi regime did.” Simon’s group of “experts,” which includes lawyers from Hungary and Uruguay, have now published a dozen UN-funded reports on Nicaragua, each with more exaggerated allegations than its predecessor.

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