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Protecting Civic Space: The Case of Omoyele Sowore
Tags Share New Jersey journalist and human rights activist Omoyele “Yele” Sowore was violently detained in his native Nigeria in August 2019 after his online publication, Sahara Reporters, called for a nationwide protest of the country’s president. He’s been unlawfully imprisoned for months on trumped up charges of cyberstalking and treason, and potentially faces life…
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RFK Board Member Robert Smith on ESG Investing
Tags Share In a Bloomberg interview with Francine Lacqua from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Robert Smith, Vista Equity Partners Chief Executive Officer and board member of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, discussed the importance of ESG investing, the genesis of the RFK Compass Investor Conference and the challenges facing the next generation of…
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The Opportunity Cost of Incarceration
Tags Share At the 2019 Compass Investor Conference, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Chief Operating Officer Michael Schreiber moderated a panel on the economic impact and opportunity costs of mass incarceration. Joined by Vera Institute of Justice Vice President Insha Raman, Kadens Family Foundation Chair Pete Kadens, and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Staff Attorney…
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