Tag: detention
Champion for LGBTQ+ refugees discusses his story of resilience, fight to live freely | ABCNL
ABC News’ Linsey Davis spoke with Nigerian LGBTQ+ activist Edafe Okporo on his new book “Asylum: Memoir & Manifesto.” ABC News Live Prime, Weekdays at…
Latest on WNBA star Brittney Griner’s wrongful detention in Russia
Tom Firestone, a former resident legal adviser at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, discusses the Griner case. WATCH the ABC News Live Stream Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_Ma8oQLmSM…
Richardson helping to release Brittney Griner from Russian detention l ABC News
Former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. has carried out diplomatic missions to bring back many Americans held overseas. #ABCNews #BillRichardson #BrittneyGriner #Russia source
Americans on FBI watchlist face detention, extra screenings when flying
ABC News’ Trevor Ault tells the story of two Muslim Americans who say they were put on the FBI’s terrorist screening watchlist without due process….
American freed from Russian detention
After more than a week in Russian captivity, Tyler Jacob is set free. He opens up about his ordeal. SUBSCRIBE to ABC News: https://bit.ly/2vZb6yP WATCH…
‘Russians are perpetrating war crimes’: US State Department spokesperson
ABC News’ Linsey Davis speaks with U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price about Russia targeting civilians in Ukraine, and the latest on the detention of…
By the Numbers: Brittney Griner’s Russian detention
Here is a look at WNBA star Brittney Griner’s ongoing detention following a Russian court order that she be held for at least two months….
13-year-old girl wrongly arrested, detained over school threat
Nia Whims, 13, was wrongfully handcuffed and detained for 14 days before police found she’d apparently been framed for making a bomb threat over Instagram….
Tennis star Novak Djokovic fights to stay at Australian Open
Novak Djokovoic was confined to an immigration detention hotel and could face deportation from Australia after he was initially granted a medical exemption from being…
‘Every year there is an eternity’: Trevor Reed’s father on Russian detention
Following President Joe Biden’s call with Vladimir Putin, ABC News’ Linsey Davis speaks with Joey Reed on the detention of his son Trevor Reed, detained…
How Guantanamo’s ‘forever prisoner’ has been held for 20 years
ABC News’ Mireya Villarreal speaks with acclaimed director Alex Gibney about his new HBO documentary on the 20-year detention and alleged torture of Guantanamo captive…
Guatemalan toddler who died after ICE detention subject of $60 million legal claim
Mariee Juarez’s mother alleges the medical care she received at the Texas detention facility was “woefully inadequate, neglectful, and substandard.” source
US border chief on child deaths in CBP custody: ‘Absolutely devastating for us’
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan explains how the agency is responding to the migrant influx on the U.S.-Mexico border. SUBSCRIBE to ABC…
Mother of Belarusian activist held in detention speaks out
ABC News’ Patrick Reevell reports on pressure facing Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko to release activist Roman Protasevich after his flight was forcibly grounded to detain…
ABC News Exclusive: Teen sent to juvenile detention for not doing homework speaks out
ABC News’ Linsey Davis speaks exclusively with “Grace,” a Black teenager with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder who was sent to juvenile detention for not doing…
A Turkic Muslim family’s journey to safety after facing persecution in China | Nightline
The U.N. and human rights groups say more than a half-million Turkic Muslims are forced into detention camps in China, with some made to carry…
Mayors across the country are challenging Trump’s sanctuary city proposal
The president has proposed to bus migrants from detention centers along the southern U.S. border to cities he claims do not follow federal immigration laws….
NTL 4/17 Part 2: An inside look at an ICE detention center
WATCH THE FULL EPISODE: https://bit.ly/2V7orQQ A family reunites after months apart – but their journey to possible asylum has only just begun. #ABCNews #Nightline #immigration…
Though zero tolerance policy on hold, lasting effects of child separation: Part 1
At the southern border, parents who were deported without their children are trying to reenter the U.S. to reunite their families. Lawyers help them locate…
US moving hundreds of migrant children from facility amid outrage
President Trump has given lawmakers two weeks to act on immigration or says he will go ahead with sweeping raids of families in the U.S….
