Prism Reports | Alexandra Martinez: “Over 85 people incarcerated at Northwest Detention Center go on hunger strike against inhumane treatment” cites UWCHR’s reporting on conditions at the Northwest Detention Center. Read the full article →  

KUOW | Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez: “Ongoing sanitation concerns at Tacoma ICE facility have been ignored, says UW report” cites UWCHR’s reporting on conditions at the Northwest Detention Center. Read the full article →  

This report is part of a series regarding Human Rights Conditions at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington, based on ongoing research efforts and released to highlight initial findings in the urgent context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Contents: • Introduction • Background, Methodology, and Human Rights Standards • Sanitation of Food and Laundry •

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Real Change News | Guy Oron: “Immigrants and people seeking abortions at risk through new license plate–reading tech” sites UWCHR’s “Who’s Watching Washington?” report. Read the full article →

El Faro English | Víctor Peña: “45 Years after the National Guard of El Salvador Killed Efraín Arévalo, His Family Bids Him Farewell” cites reporting from UWCHR’s Unfinished Sentences project.  Read the full article →  

KNKX | Lilly Ana Fowler: “UW researchers call for regulation of automated license plate readers” cites UWCHR’s “Who’s Watching Washington?” report. Listen here →

I used the Dr. Lisa Sable Brown Fund to finance a research trip to Washington DC this autumn.  My doctoral research looks at human rights and humanitarianism in North Korea, with a focus on US and South Korean nonprofit organizations (NGOs) working in both fields. While I had gone to Seoul this spring to interview

Introduction In recent years, local and state governments in Washington have taken important legislative and executive action to protect vulnerable residents from rights abuses. Many of these actions, such as the so-called “sanctuary” laws of Keep Washington Working (2019) and Courts Open to All (2020) Acts, seek to protect the rights of migrants by limiting

We sat down with the three student researchers behind “Abuses in the Air” to ask them about their experiences working on this report.  Here’s what they had to say:   Andrea Marcos: Can you tell us how the “Abuses in the Air” report started out? Trevor Helmy: It started with someone reaching out to the