New York Times | Nathan Fenno and Carson Kessler: “ICE’s go-to charter airline for deportations also flew NCAA teams, Inter Miami and more” cites UWCHR’s “Abuses in the Air” report and ICE Air research. Read the full article →

As part of UWCHR’s Unfinished Sentences project, faculty lead and Center Director Angelina Snodgrass Godoy reflects on major developments in Salvadoran efforts for truth and accountability of crimes against humanity committed in the context of El Salvador’s armed conflict.   On June 3, 2025, a judge in El Salvador rendered a historic ruling, in what

International Examiner | Dany Villarreal Martinez: “Responding to violence against massage workers, Massage Parlor Outreach Project launches Midnight Supper Club in the Chinatown-ID” cites news from partner org MPOP and UWCHR’s collaboration in the Strategies for Massage Parlor Workers’ Rights project. Read the full article →

In 2025, the UW Center for Human Rights is proud to present fellowships to seven students carrying out human rights research and projects.   HANADY SHAQUR, ABE OSHEROFF AND GUNNEL CLARK FELLOW Hanady Shaqur is an undergraduate student studying medical anthropology. She is the co-president of Zaytoon UW, where she works to advocate for the

La Opinión | Armando Hernández: Familia es detenida en “celda de prisión” de instalación fronteriza en Washington por casi un mes” cites UWCHR’s monitoring of immigration detention in WA state. Read the full article →

New York Times | Neil Vigdor: “JD Vance’s Campaign Plane Is Being Used for Migrant Deportation Flights” cites UWCHR’s monitoring of ICE Air deportation flights. Read the full article →

AZ Mirror | Jerod Macdonald-Evoy: “J.D. Vance’s campaign plane carried anti-immigrant rhetoric. Now it carries shackled deportees.” cites UWCHR’s monitoring of ICE Air deportation flights. Read the full article →

Oregon Public Broadcasting | Troy Brynelson: “‘Like a jail cell’: Family of six detained at Washington state border facility for more than three weeks” cites UWCHR’s monitoring of immigration detention in WA state. Read the full article →

Since 2017, as part of a longstanding effort to examine the human rights implications of federal immigration enforcement, the Center for Human Rights has sought to obtain information about conditions of immigrant detention in Washington state.  Our findings are published in an ongoing series of reports, Conditions at the Northwest Detention Center, with the newest

Vanity Fair | Kase Wickman: “What Was the New England Patriots’ Team Jet Doing at Guantánamo Bay?” cites UWCHR’s research on ICE Air deportation flights. Read the full article →