expert witness for a Brazilian asylum seeker

[Linda R]

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

A law student at an immigration law clinic is seeking an expert on Brazilian domestic violence. She is representing “a woman from a small town in Brazil who fled serious domestic violence. Upon arrival in the US she was separated from her two children (ages 9 and 17) for nearly three months in ICE detention. The family fled physical and sexual violence in Brazil and both she and her children are  struggling with the trauma they have suffered.” They are seeking asylum in the US.

 

The expert would provide “an affidavit on the country conditions in Brazil. Specifically, the conditions faced for survivors of domestic violence, the lack of police support in poor neighborhoods and evidence that Brazil is a male dominated society where women's rights are not taken seriously.” The law student needs a country-conditions affidavit by February 2019, as well as the expert’s telephonic testimony at the hearing in April 2019. 

 

I’d do this myself, but I haven’t been back to Brazil in a long time or kept up with recent research in this area. Do you know of someone who has recent research experience on Brazilian domestic violence and experience writing expert asylum affidavits, or who would like to acquire affidavit experience? Having done this kind of work in the past, I’d be happy to help a researcher in the latter category.

 

Please let me know if you know of a capable, reliable, well-qualified person to take on this task, preferably pro bono.

Thanks for any suggestions or leads you can provide.

 

Happy holiday wishes,

Linda Rabben

Associate Research Professor of Anthropology, University of Maryland

 

 

 

[Carole Nagengast]

Hello Linda,

Sadly I do not.  I will keep my ears/out.

Best,

Carole

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Carole Nagengast

I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change.  I am changing the things I cannot accept. 

[Linda R]

Thanks, Carole. Good to hear from you. What are you up to these days?

Linda R

 

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Hello Linda,

Sadly I do not.  I will keep my ears/out.

Best,

Carole

 

On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 11:23 AM Linda R <lra...@verizon.net> wrote:

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

A law student at an immigration law clinic is seeking an expert on Brazilian domestic violence. She is representing “a woman from a small town in Brazil who fled serious domestic violence. Upon arrival in the US she was separated from her two children (ages 9 and 17) for nearly three months in ICE detention The family fled physical and sexual violence in Brazil and both she and her children are  struggling with the trauma they have suffered.” They are seeking asylum in the US.

 

The expert would provide “an affidavit on the country conditions in Brazil. Specifically, the conditions faced for survivors of domestic violence, the lack of police support in poor neighborhoods and evidence that Brazil is a male dominated society where women's rights are not taken seriously.” The law student needs a country-conditions affidavit by February 2019, as well as the expert’s telephonic testimony at the hearing in April 2019. 

 

I’d do this myself, but I haven’t been back to Brazil in a long time or kept up with recent research in this area. Do you know of someone who has recent research experience on Brazilian domestic violence and experience writing expert asylum affidavits, or who would like to acquire affidavit experience? Having done this kind of work in the past, I’d be happy to help a researcher in the latter category.

 

Please let me know if you know of a capable, reliable, well-qualified person to take on this task, preferably pro bono.

Thanks for any suggestions or leads you can provide.

 

Happy holiday wishes,

Linda Rabben

Associate Research Professor of Anthropology, University of Maryland

 

 

 

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[Theodora Tsongas]

Have you tried Physicians for Human Rights?  A colleague in Boston recommended them.  Does the person have to be inMaryland?

Theodora

On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 11:23 AM Linda R <lra...@verizon.net> wrote:

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[Linda R]

Thanks for the message. The client is in the Boston area.

I’ll contact PHR.

Linda R

 

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Have you tried Physicians for Human Rights?  A colleague in Boston recommended them.  Does the person have to be inMaryland?

Theodora