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In Memoriam: Marianna Vardinoyannis
Tags Share In loving memory of Marianna Vardinoyannis 2014 RFK Ripple of Hope Honoree and Leadership Council member. A global champion for human rights, an angel to children with cancer, an advocate for refugees and abused women and children and a UNESCO ambassador, she truly “made gentle the life of this world”.
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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights celebrates student filmmakers at Tribeca Festival
Tags Share NEW YORK, JUNE 9, 2023 – Last night, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights partnered with the Tribeca Festival to debut the works of eight student finalists from its annual Speak Truth to Power video competition. Bringing together students, educators, and human rights defenders, the showcase also featured The Archewell Foundation Award for Gender…
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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Announces 2023 Human Rights Award Laureate
Tags Share WASHINGTON, D.C., May 15, 2023 – Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today announced the Guatemalan organization Parlamento del Pueblo Xinka (Parliament of the Xinka People) as the recipient of its 40th annual Human Rights Award. A ceremony honoring Xinka Parliament will take place Tuesday, June 6 at 11 am in the Kennedy Caucus…
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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights anuncia al ganador del Premio de Derechos Humanos de 2023
Tags Share WASHINGTON, D.C., 15 de mayo de 2023 – Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights anuncia hoy la selección de la organización guatemalteca Parlamento del Pueblo Xinka como ganadora de su 40º Premio Anual de Derechos Humanos. La ceremonia de homenaje al Parlamento Xinka tendrá lugar el martes 6 de junio a las 11 de…
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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Announces 2023 Book and Journalism Awards Winners
Tags Share NEW YORK, MAY 3, 2023 – Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today announced the winners of its 2023 RFK Book and Journalism Awards during a virtual ceremony with remarks by President Kerry Kennedy and featuring special guest presenters Michael Beschloss, David Cullen, Peggy Engel, Peniel Joseph, Rory Kennedy, Nick Kristoff, Arantxa Loizaga, Craig…
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AP-NORC and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Survey: Americans are concerned about threats to the free press
Tags Share Chicago, IL and New York, NY, May 1, 2023 — Ahead of World Press Freedom Day on Wednesday, May 3, a new study from Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research reveals Americans are concerned about attacks on journalists, restrictions on press freedoms, and the spread…
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Statement on the death of Harry Belafonte
Tags Share NEW YORK— Harry Belafonte often described himself as “an artist, not a politician.” Few Americans have done so much to advance the causes of civil rights and social justice in our country as he has. All of us at Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights are saddened, and we are inspired by a life…
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Immigrants’ Rights and Human Rights Organizations File Civil Rights Complaint Exposing Torture, Sexual Abuse, and Medical Neglect of a Hunger Striker at a Louisiana ICE Detention Center
Tags Share Washington, D.C., March 30, 2023 – Yesterday, a group of legal and community organizations including Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, Freedom for Immigrants, ACLU-LA, Southern Poverty Law Center, Mujeres Luchadoras, Home is Here NOLA, and Louisiana AID filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties…
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Human Rights Organizations Urge Biden Administration to Withdraw Proposed Regulations that Would Effectively Ban Black Asylum Seekers
Tags Share Washington, D.C., March 28, 2023 – Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, alongside the Black Immigrant Bail Fund, Cameroon Advocacy Network, and Haitian Bridge Alliance, strongly opposes a new regulatory framework that would all but ban asylum for Black asylum seekers. On March 27, 2023, the human rights organizations submitted a public comment to…
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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights announces three new board members
Tags Share NEW YORK, MARCH 23, 2023 – Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today announced the appointment of three new members to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. With backgrounds spanning marketing, law, finance, and venture capital, the new members bring decades of experience in their respective fields and a deep commitment to social justice.…
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Human Rights Organizations Testify Before Inter-American Commission on the United States Government’s Ongoing Abusive Practice of Deporting Individuals to Haiti
Tags Share LOS ANGELES, MARCH 9, 2023 – Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFKHR), the Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA), Alternative Chance, the Transnational Legal Clinic at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, and the Human Rights Clinic at the University of Miami School of Law testified today before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights…
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Human Rights Organizations Urge United Nations to Review Abusive Solitary Confinement Practices in California, New York, Louisiana, and Minnesota
Tags Share Washington, D.C., February 28, 2023 – Last week, a group of human rights organizations including Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, the California Mandela Campaign, Atlas of Blackness, Unlock the Box Campaign, and the NY #HALTsolitary campaign, filed a joint submission urging the United Nations to review abusive solitary confinement practices against Black people…
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