Lindsay M. Harris (she/her/mum)

Immigrant. Mother. Advocate. Yogi. Professor.

[Human Rights First @humanrights1st]

“This Interim Final Rule is part of a multi-layered attack on the U.S. asylum system."

Today, we joined immigration legal service providers and advocacy organizations in filing a federal lawsuit to protect due process for people seeking asylum.

https://t.co/RFvh2VABt0

[Lindsay M. Harris (she/her/mum) @Prof_LMHarris]

Important challenge by a strong suit of immigrants rights organizations challenging the new rule bypassing the #asylum office and sending asylum seekers straight to removal proceedings. #DueProcess #Refugees

https://t.co/j0R4eNncxi

[UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett @SR_Afghanistan]

Decree #18 traps women and girls in abusive marriages while appearing to license and validate child marriage by regulating the separation of such marriages rather than prohibiting them. I call for it to be revised in line with human rights standards or reversed. #Afghanistan 👇

[Lindsay M. Harris (she/her/mum) @Prof_LMHarris]

Clinic grads Madeline Coke, Raniele Reyes, Grace Wainscoat, Adrian Wong ('25), Alexandra Beatriz Coll Friedman, Sandy Rubuye, and Siva Vemireddy ('26) contributed to the interviews + fieldwork. Thank you to our Clinic admin staff & law school administration for their support!

[Lindsay M. Harris (she/her/mum) @Prof_LMHarris]

This #WorldRefugeeDay falls in the 75th anniversary year of the 1951 Refugee Convention — a fitting moment for the #InternationalHumanRightsClinic at the @usflaw to release our report: #Human Rights in Limbo: #Kakuma Refugee Camp and #FreedomOfMovement in #Kenya.

[Lindsay M. Harris (she/her/mum) @Prof_LMHarris]

The report is the product of 2 years of clinic work — from designing the research + securing access through fieldwork in Kakuma + Kalobeyei, drafting, + revision — carried out in partnership with refugee-led partner organizations.

[Lindsay M. Harris (she/her/mum) @Prof_LMHarris]

As the Kenyan govt moves towards implementation of the #ShirikaPlan, our report offers concrete, constructive recommendations grounded in the words of #Refugees themselves.

"You are just controlled... We are just left here."

[Lindsay M. Harris (she/her/mum) @Prof_LMHarris]

#FreedomOfMovement is among the rights the Convention guarantees, yet the report documents how the systems governing refugees' movement in Kenya erode that right and, with it, access to health, education, livelihood, and expression.

Full report link: https://t.co/IrpIFfE9db

[Lindsay M. Harris (she/her/mum) @Prof_LMHarris]

Proud to see #USFLaw student Meagan Kindrat's piece in Pass Blue highlighting the Int'l #HumanRights Clinic's recent filings with the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with #Disabilities:
https://t.co/lwKNezktwr

#KafalaSystem #Migrants #Kenya #DomesticWorkers

[Lindsay M. Harris (she/her/mum) @Prof_LMHarris]

Returning Afghans to #Afghanistan under Taliban rule while welcoming Afrikaner South Africans with open arms is such a blatant statement of the current U.S. Administration's racist, exclusionary agenda. Shameful.

#WelcomeRefugees #AfghanAllies

https://t.co/qHIqnxc2q6

[UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett @SR_Afghanistan]

Extremely disappointing new US sanctions against ICC officials - including some who have worked on #Afghanistan - assault the independence of the Court & are a devastating blow to victims worldwide. Imperative they be reversed. The Afghanistan investigation is crucial for justice

[Solo Sandeng Foundation. @SoloSandengFoun]

Michael Sang Correa has been sentenced to 135 months for each of the six counts, totaling 810 months in prison — equivalent to 67 years and 6 months. The sentences will be served consecutively.

#correatrialusa #solosandengfoundation

[Lindsay M. Harris (she/her/mum) @Prof_LMHarris]

Less than 12 hours away!

[Yalda Royan @YaldaRoyan]

📢 Join Us for an Online Report Launch

🗓️ Friday, August 22
⏰ 9:30 AM PST / 12:30 PM EST
We’re launching our new report: “Life Has Become Like a Prison: Hazara Women Who Served in the Security Forces in Afghanistan.”

Published by Sisterhood and Solidarity (Afghan-women-led NGO) with support from the University of San Francisco International Human Rights Clinic, this report details the experiences of Hazara women forced to flee Afghanistan based on their gender, ethnicity, and their service.

Special guest: UN Special Rapporteur on Afghanistan, Richard Bennett

Co-sponsored by Global Friends of Afghanistan and No One Left Behind.

🔗 RSVP here to attend online: https://t.co/cNd4R9EmOc

[Solo Sandeng Foundation. @SoloSandengFoun]

Tomorrow, Friday August 22, the sentencing hearing for Michael Sang Correa will be held in Denver, Colorado, USA. The Solo Sandeng Foundation is organizing a Twitter (X) Space to discuss the verdict and the upcoming sentencing.

Event Details:
Date: Saturday, August 23, 2025
Time: 20:00 GMT
Join via: https://t.co/YMhQG07S41

Note: You can also tune in to Hilltop Radio 104.7.

[Lindsay M. Harris (she/her/mum) @Prof_LMHarris]

Please spread the word about this event and let’s continue to shine a light on these harms. We welcome media, advocates, policymakers, students, and allies to attend. 4/4

#EndGenderApartheid #AfghanAdjustmentAct #Afghanistan #WomensRightsAreHumanRights

[Lindsay M. Harris (she/her/mum) @Prof_LMHarris]

With heavy hearts on this 4th anniversary of the Taliban takeover of hashtag#Afghanistan, Yalda Royan, Afghan women’s rights activist and founder of Sisterhood and Solidarity, and I invite you to our online report launch on Friday August 22.

RSVP here: https://t.co/2bCQsKLmPs

[Lindsay M. Harris (she/her/mum) @Prof_LMHarris]

On Friday August 22 at 12:30 EST we will be joined by UN Special Rapporteur for Afghanistan, @SR_Afghanistan Richard Bennett, who endorses the report, to discuss our findings + recommendations. We are grateful to @GFAfghanistan + @n1leftbehind for their co-sponsorship. 3/4

[Lindsay M. Harris (she/her/mum) @Prof_LMHarris]

The report ('Life Has Become Like a Prison': Hazara Women Who Served in the Security Forces in Afghanistan) details the experiences of #Hazara women forced to flee Afghanistan based on their gender, ethnicity, + their service in the Ministries of Defense, Interior + Intelligence

[Lindsay M. Harris (she/her/mum) @Prof_LMHarris]

A #HumanRights Disaster Waiting to Happen -- the new detention center Trump Admin plans int he Everglades #Florida.

https://t.co/YQ1Iyi8lgB

[Lindsay M. Harris (she/her/mum) @Prof_LMHarris]

Shameful. Wrong.

[Human Rights First @humanrights1st]

In an order issued without reasons or rationale, SCOTUS allowed the Trump administration to deport migrants to countries not their own without first having the opportunity to demonstrate that they face a risk of torture.

https://t.co/41uXGYEOAr