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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Hosts 33rd Annual Golf Tournament in Hyannis Port
Tags Share NEW YORK, September 29, 2022 – Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights will be hosting its 33rd annual golf tournament on Friday, October 14, at the Hyannisport Club in Hyannis Port, Mass. Kerry Kennedy, president of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, will be joined by a number of special guests from the worlds of…
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Workshop with Foro Penal on the Istanbul Protocol
Tags Share For several years RFK Human Rights has been working on the documentation and investigation of the use of torture and enforced disappearance in Venezuela as a tool of political repression. Additionally, it has worked closely with local partners representing cases of serious human rights violations and advocating on behalf of victims. On September…
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Taller con Foro Penal sobre el Protocolo de Estambul
Tags Share Por varios años RFK Human Rights ha venido trabajando en la documentación e investigación del uso de la tortura y la desaparición forzada en Venezuela como herramienta de la persecución política. Adicionalmente, también ha trabajado con aliados en el terreno en la representación e incidencia en casos de graves violaciones a los derechos…
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On Anniversary of Del Rio Disaster, Immigration Advocates Demand End to Haitian Removals
Tags Share FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 15th, 2022 Contact: Alexandra Gulden alexandra@quixote.org Washington DC—On the one-year anniversary of the human rights disaster in Del Rio, Texas, the Quixote Center and 19 organizational co-sponsors are delivering a petition to the White House calling on the Biden administration to halt all removals of Haitian migrants, including interdictions…
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Human rights groups mark release of new United Nations report on racial discrimination in U.S. immigration system
Tags Share NEW YORK, AUGUST 30, 2022 – The Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA), the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today marked the release of a report from the UN’s Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), analyzing racial discrimination in the United States. The report, informed by…
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Human rights groups support United Nations in confronting U.S. government on racially discriminatory immigration policies
Tags Share GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, AUGUST 12, 2022 – Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA), the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights applaud the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) for asking poignant and demanding questions to the U.S. government about its racially discriminatory immigration practices, particularly those…
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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights names 2022 Ripple of Hope Award laureates
Tags Share New York, NY, July 6, 2022 —Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today announced the winners of its 2022 Ripple of Hope Awards: Frank Baker, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Siris, and Brian Moynihan, Chair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Bank of America. The laureates will be honored on Tuesday, December…
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New Report Shows Venezuela Uses Criminal Justice System to Repress Critical Voices
Tags Share Washington, D.C., June 21, 2022 – Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and Foro Penal have published a new report illustrating how the Venezuelan government systematically uses the criminal justice system to persecute critical voices, human rights defenders and perceived political opponents. The report, available in both English and Spanish, analyzes more than 480…
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Speak Truth to Power video contestants shine at Tribeca Festival
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights on Thursday announced five students as winners of the 2022 Speak Truth to Power video contest at an event held at the Tribeca Film Screening Room in New York. “Your commitment to human rights, your commitment to creating a more just and peaceful world is a source of…
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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights honors Cameroonian activists Ngo Mbe and Nkongho at 39th annual Human Rights Awards
Tags Share WASHINGTON, D.C., June 7, 2022 – Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today honored two Cameroonian human rights defenders – Maximilienne C. Ngo Mbe and Felix Agbor Nkongho (Balla) – and presented them with its 39th annual Human Rights Award at a ceremony in the U.S. Senate’s Kennedy Caucus Room in Washington, D.C. “We…
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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Announces 2022 Book and Journalism Awards Winners
Tags Share NEW YORK, MAY 24, 2022 – Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today announced the winners of its 2022 RFK Book and Journalism Awards during a virtual ceremony emceed by Michael Beschloss with remarks by Kerry Kennedy and featuring special guest presenters Kimberly Adams, Dan Blackburn, Doug Brinkley, Margaret Engel, Annette Gordon-Reed, John Harwood,…
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Mining company ‘Yanococha’ must be held accountable for human rights violations
Tags Share The International Service for Human Rights (ISHR), and the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFKHR) intervened before the Constitutional Court of the Superior Court of Justice of Lima to express their support for an Amparo appeal filed by the National Coordinator of Human Rights (CNDDHH) in a case regarding human rights violations committed…
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