Press Release
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2018 RFK Ripple of Hope Award Laureates Announced
President Barack Obama, Discovery President and CEO David Zaslav, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, and Humana CEO Bruce D. Broussard were named this year’s Ripple of Hope Award laureates.
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Kerry Kennedy to Kick-Off Immigration Fast and Prayer Chain
RFK Human Rights and our partners have organized a 24-hour hunger strike and prayer chain in honor of the more than 2,400 children separated from their parents.
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Landmark Ruling for Freedom of Expression in the Americas
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights held the State of Colombia accountable for failing to provide justice in the murder case of journalist Nelson Carvajal.
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Winners of Our 2018 Speak Up Sing Out Music Contest
Tags Share The greatest voice is the voice of the people – speaking out – in prose, or painting or poetry or music; speaking out – in homes and halls, streets and farms, courts and cafes – let that voice speak and the stillness you hear will be the gratitude of mankind.” —- Robert F.…
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2018 RFK Book and Journalism Award Winners
Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights celebrated World Press Freedom Day by announcing the winners of its 2018 Robert F. Kennedy Book & Journalism Awards.
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2018 Speak Truth to Power Video Contest Winners Featured at Tribeca Film Festival
The contest called on students to create short films that connected a human rights defender of their choice to the work of Robert F. Kennedy.
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The Winners of Our 2017 Speak Truth to Power Video Contest
Tags Share Since 2010, the Speak Truth to Power Video Contest has inspired students to use film to take a stand against some of the world’s most pressing human rights abuses. Each year, young people from around the country submit short documentaries on human rights defenders who have been relentless in creating a more just…
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RFK Human Rights Joins Coalition Fighting Impunity in Mexico
The group, called the International Observatory on Mexico, will set out to monitor and document the country’s deteriorating human rights situation.
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RFK Human Rights Launches New North Korea Report
The report calls for North Korean officials to be prosecuted for crimes against humanity committed in the country’s political prisons.
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RFK Human Rights Wins Stella Nyanzi Case
The decision by the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention determined that Stella Nyanzi—a prominent human rights defender, social activist, and academic in Uganda—was arbitrarily detained for her Facebook posts criticizing Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni.
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El Premio Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights 2017
Tags Share MEDIA CONTACT Max Burnsburns@rfkhumanrights.org646-809-0120 Washington, 7 de agosto, 2017 | El activista de derechos humanos y abogado venezolano Alfredo Romero ha sido nombrado como el ganador del Premio Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights para el 2017, uno de los más altos reconocimientos al trabajo de defensa de los derechos humanos. Romero ha sido…
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Venezuela’s Alfredo Romero Named 2017 RFK Human Rights Award Laureate
As executive director of Foro Penal Venezolano, Alfredo Romero has dedicated his life to protecting all Venezuelans from arbitrary detention and other human rights violations.
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