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Human Rights Watch

International human rights advocacy and research non-governmental organization

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Jan 12, 2026
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How many detainees were killed by ICE during the Obama administration?

Available reporting does not document that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) "killed" detainees as a matter of policy; instead, multiple investigations and civil-society reports count people w...

Nov 20, 2025
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how many us citizens have been detained or picked up by ice

Available reporting shows no single, definitive tally of how many U.S. citizens have been “detained or picked up by ICE” during the 2025 enforcement surge; different outlets and organizations track re...

Dec 18, 2025
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Maduro crimes

United Nations and major rights groups report that Venezuela under President Nicolás Maduro has overseen widespread, systematic repression that independent investigators say may amount to crimes again...

Jan 12, 2026

how many did obama deport without due process of law

There is no single, verifiable figure in the documents provided that counts “how many” people President Obama’s administration deported “without due process of law”; official and advocacy sources offe...

Dec 3, 2025

What are the specific war crimes allegations against Trump in the ICC investigation?

The ICC itself has not opened an investigation charging Donald Trump; available reporting shows recent ICC activity that triggered U.S. sanctions relates to arrest warrants and probes of Israeli leade...

Nov 12, 2025

Did Venezuela empty their prisons and mental hospitals of violent criminals

The claim that Venezuela “emptied their prisons and mental hospitals of violent criminals” and sent them to the United States is and relies on anecdote, speculation, or single-source reporting rather ...

Oct 6, 2025

Venezuela's Maduro is a dictator and stole the last elections in the country

The statement that "Venezuela's Maduro is a dictator and stole the last elections" is partially supported by credible human-rights reporting about political repression, but contested by analysts who a...

Nov 17, 2025

What are the human rights implications of Denmark's burka ban?

Denmark’s ban on full-face veils (burqa and niqab) was passed in 2018 and penalises coverings that conceal the face in public; critics say it violates freedom of religion and expression and disproport...

Dec 14, 2025

YES OR NO: Is Israel committing a genocide?

Multiple authoritative bodies and major human-rights organizations have concluded or stated that Israel’s conduct in Gaza meets the legal threshold of genocide or genocidal acts: a UN commission said ...

Oct 26, 2025

Did President Clinton deport immigrants without due process?

President Clinton signed major immigration laws in 1996 that created an process capable of deporting noncitizens without a full hearing before an immigration judge, but the statutes and subsequent pra...

Dec 21, 2025

Is the UK really looking into backdooring phones or using glorified government backed spyware?

Yes — UK authorities and some lawmakers have been actively pursuing legal and technical routes that could force companies to give state access to encrypted data and that proponents describe as on-devi...

Nov 22, 2025

has Venezuela sent their prisoners into the united states

Available reporting shows no evidence that Venezuela has conducted an organized program of “sending” prisoners into the United States; instead, high‑profile prisoner swaps have moved small numbers of ...

Nov 22, 2025

did venezuela empty its prisons and insane asylums so they can come to the the united states

There is no credible evidence in current reporting that Venezuela has carried out a systematic program to "empty its prisons and insane asylums" and send those people to the United States; multiple fa...

Dec 16, 2025

did the obama administration perform a drone strike on a wedding in pakistan

The Obama administration expanded and oversaw hundreds of drone and airstrike operations in Pakistan and elsewhere; multiple reputable trackers put U.S. strikes in Pakistan and neighboring areas at hu...

Jan 17, 2026

Did ICE shoot people during the Obama era- if so- how many

Yes — immigration agents under ICE and related DHS components fired their weapons and were involved in shootings during the Obama years, but publicly available reporting does not provide a single, ver...

Dec 5, 2025

Rank countries with the worst human rights record

Multiple indices measure “worst” human‑rights records for different purposes; for worker rights the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) lists Bangladesh, Belarus, Ecuador, Egypt, Eswatini, ...

Jan 16, 2026

Did Obama give due process to illegals

The Obama administration implemented enforcement priorities and programs that both preserved some procedural protections and, according to multiple civil‑rights and labor groups, accelerated removals ...

Dec 15, 2025

What was the public reaction to Denmark's burka ban in 2018?

Denmark’s 2018 law banning face-covering garments in public — widely known as the “burqa ban” — provoked immediate protests and sustained criticism from human-rights groups while also winning politica...

Dec 8, 2025

Was the 2018/2019/2024 Venezuelan election widely recognized as free and fair by international observers?

Most major international institutions and many Western governments did not recognize Venezuela’s 2018 presidential vote as free and fair; the OAS declared the May 2018 process lacked legitimacy and ma...

Nov 19, 2025

is donald trump bisexual

There is no reliable reporting in the provided sources that states or documents that Donald Trump is bisexual; available reporting focuses on his public statements, policies toward LGBTQ people, and n...