UN calls for ‘prompt investigations’ of deaths in US immigration custody
by José Olivares in New York from World news | The Guardian on (#76KAD)
High commissioner for human rights calls for those responsible for violations of the law' to be held to account
The United Nations high commissioner for human rights, Volker Turk, on Friday raised the alarm internationally about deaths in US government immigration custody and called for prompt, independent, impartial and effective investigations".
Turk's call came as the Trump administration faced investigations by watchdogs at its own Department of Homeland Security (DHS) into deaths and use of force against people detained in its expanding immigration detention system across the country.
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