Day 386
February 9, 2026
5 documented events
- Serious Rights Violation Foreign Policy & War
HRW calls deal 'a deadly regression'
Human Rights Watch publishes a statement calling the cluster munitions purchase 'a deadly regression' that further weakens global norms protecting civilians from widely banned weapons.
From: Pentagon Signs $210M+ Deal to Purchase Cluster Munitions From Israel
- Serious Rights Violation Deportation & Immigration
NPR reports on fast-tracked Somali asylum hearings
NPR publishes an investigation documenting the Somali rocket docket, reporting that hearings are conducted remotely with observers rarely allowed. Immigrants are in Minnesota while judges and government attorneys are in other states.
From: Immigration Rocket Dockets: Mass Fast-Tracked Hearings and In Absentia Removal Orders
- Serious Rights Violation Civil Rights
Immigration judge terminates Ozturk removal proceedings
An immigration judge terminates removal proceedings against Rumeysa Ozturk, the Tufts PhD student who was detained for over a month. The termination effectively acknowledges the lack of valid grounds for her deportation.
From: Political Prisoners: Detention of Campus Activists for Pro-Palestinian Speech
- Serious Rights Violation Deportation & Immigration
Ninth Circuit restores Honduras/Nicaragua/Nepal terminations
A three-judge Ninth Circuit panel stayed the district court's order that had paused TPS terminations for Honduras, Nicaragua, and Nepal.
From: Mass Termination of Temporary Protected Status Across 11 Countries
- Serious Rights Violation Civil Rights
Immigration judge terminates Ozturk removal proceedings
An immigration judge terminates removal proceedings against Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts doctoral student detained by the Trump administration, due to a procedural misstep by government attorneys.
From: Mass Student Visa Revocations Targeting Pro-Palestine Protesters