Staff Article
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Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America’s Heartland
Tags Share Speakers: Jonathan Metzl received the 2020 RFK Book Award for Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America’s Heartland. With the rise of the Tea Party and the election of Donald Trump, many middle- and lower-income white Americans threw their support behind conservative politicians who pledged to make life…
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IACHR Grants Protective Measures for Maury Carrero
Tags Share On July 17, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) granted precautionary measures to Maury Carolina Carrero Mendoza, who had been arbitrarily detained on April 2 in Venezuela for her alleged connection to an advisor to National Assembly President Juan Guaido. Carrero was arrested at her home by members of the counterintelligence division…
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Defending Human Rights During COVID-19
States must address the underlying conditions threatening the work of human rights defenders, not just the symptoms.
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A Renewed Commitment to Workplace Dignity in a Collective Moment of Reckoning
Tags Share As Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights completed its third month of remote work during a worldwide pandemic, some previously unthinkable habits have emerged as new normals. We’ve spent time talking about the increased physical and emotional demands of caring for children, partners and aging parents, as well as the added stresses and complexities…
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11 años De Impunidad Castrense Ilustran El Impacto De La Militarización De La Seguridad en México
Tags Share Washington D.C y Tlapa de Comonfort, Guerrero – El 20 de junio de 2009, fue ejecutado extrajudicialmente en un retén militar el joven nahua Bonfilio Rubio Villegas por elementos del ejército mexicano. Su caso, como muchos otros en el país, se vio fuertemente marcado por un contexto de pobreza, desigualdad, militarización e impunidad.…
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11 Years of Impunity Show the Impact of Militarization in Mexico
In June 2009, Bonfilio Rubio Villegas was extrajudicially executed at a military checkpoint. His case, like so many others, was characterized by a context of poverty, inequality, militarization, and impunity.
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Defending the Right to Social Protest in Colombia
Tags Share On May 12, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and Media Legal Defense Initiative (MLDI) submitted an amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Court of Justice in Colombia in a tutela (protection action) defending the right to social protest. The case was brought on behalf of nine human rights organizations whose right to protest…
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Omoyele Sowore Faces Life in Prison for Organizing Peaceful Protests
The journalist and human rights defender has spent 143 days in arbitrary detention in Nigeria.
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Amicus Brief: Flores Bedregal y Otros V. Bolivia
Restrictions on access to information on grave human rights violations cannot be justified on national security grounds.
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Kerry Kennedy Calls on Business Leaders to Protect Civic Space in Mexico
At a gathering of Mexico’s top business leaders, including the CEOs of Nestlé Mexico and Philip Morris Mexico, Kerry Kennedy called for their support to protect civic space.
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Shaping Human Rights Education for Years to Come
At a retreat in early November, RFK Human Rights had the opportunity to convene 15 experienced human rights teachers to gain insight into the design, real-life implementation, and impact of the Speak Truth to Power lesson series.
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Human Rights Takes Center Stage in Mexico City
Tags Share In Mexico, where corruption is now rampant among state officials and organized crime is taking hold in local- and state-level government, homicides are frequently met with inaction and impunity. Al Jazeera reported in January that violence in Mexico reached unprecedented levels, with over 31,000 homicides in 2019. During the time that former President…
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