Available Cases

E.A. is a Nicaraguan national who faces political persecution due to his opposition to the government. He participated in the 2018 protests and was repeatedly targeted by police; he was followed, beaten, chased on his bicycle, robbed, injured, and denied medical attention.

M.S was persecuted by Christian extremist because he is Muslim, resulting in the brutal murder of his brother. M.S. fears he would be tortured or killed by this group if he were to return to his home country.

Case #25-0075773 (Needs Interpreter)<br /> Interview<br /> AS, a Nicaraguan university student, participated in the April 18, 2018 anti-government protests against the Ortega regime and expressed his opposition publicly and on social media. After the protests, police and pro-government paramilitary groups targeted student activists at his university, including AS, through surveillance, threats, and repeated visits to his home. As many fellow students were detained or killed and the police themselves were responsible for the harassment, AS fled Nicaragua fearing imprisonment and retaliation.

Case #25-0076099 (Needs Interpreter)<br /> Interview<br /> ES, a Nicaraguan university student and activist, became politically active after her former boyfriend, a member of the student organization CUUN, was murdered under suspicious circumstances. After participating in anti-government protests, including the April 18 demonstrations, she was targeted by police and pro-government actors who surveilled her, threatened her with violence and death, and assaulted her. As threats escalated and extended to her partner, ES went into hiding before ultimately fleeing Nicaragua in 2024 to seek safety in the United States.

P.R. is seeking asylum after being targeted by gangs in Haiti for his involvement in a youth group that opposed their control and violence. He has no safe place in Haiti and fears for his life.

JLF is a Haitian national persecuted by members of the PHTK political party for his outspoken opposition and refusal to join them, resulting in repeated threats and attacks.

Case #25-0085669 (Needs Interpreter)<br /> <br /> Court Appearance Required<br /> <br /> MH is a survivor of over a decade of severe domestic violence. Police failed to protect her, and her ex-partner avoided consequences due to family ties to a prosecutor. After she sought child support, he escalated threats and harassment, including targeting her son. She is also a women’s rights advocate with Economía Popular y Solidaria (EPS), promoting economic independence and leading trainings on gender-based violence, which led to further threats.

Ms. XX is a victim of labor trafficking in the United States after paying a coyote for safe transit. She was harbored and obtained through fraud and coercion for the purpose of involuntary servitude—domestic servitude.

M.O.G from Colombia is eligible for SIJS based on abandonment and neglect by father.

Case #25-0089728 (Needs Interpreter)<br /> <br /> Interview<br /> <br /> GK from Côte d’Ivoire who identifies as lesbian woman and has albinism, suffered severe abuse from her family after they discovered her relationship with another woman, leading to her expulsion in 2015. After relocating to Abidjan, she was repeatedly assaulted by a neighbor, including a violent 2023 attack that led to hospitalization. Despite reporting the violence, authorities failed to protect her, forcing her to flee and seek asylum in the United States.

Case# 26-0095668<br /> <br /> Interview<br /> <br /> MN, a Ugandan democracy activist and supporter of the opposition People’s Power Party, was targeted by authorities for her political work against the ruling NRM. She was arrested twice and, tortured and raped in detention. After reporting the assault, she and her father received ongoing death threats, and officials repeatedly raided her home. While she was in the U.S. on a J-1 visa, authorities continued searching for her and threatening her family as recently as 2024, making it unsafe for her to return.