UN calls for ‘prompt investigations’ of deaths in US immigration custody (opens in new tab)

High commissioner for human rights calls for ‘those responsible for violations of the law’ to be held to accountThe United Nations high commissioner for human rights, Volker Türk, on Friday raised the alarm internationally about deaths in US government immigration custody and called for “prompt, independent, impartial and effective investigations”.Türk’s call came as the Trump administration faced investigations by watchdogs at its own Department of Homeland Security (DHS) into deaths and use...