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Lawsuit Challenges the Department of Education Over New Public Service Loan Forgiveness Rule
Tags Share Washington, D.C. — Four non-profit public-interest organizations filed a lawsuit today to challenge a new rule issued by the U.S. Department of Education (ED) that threatens to disqualify certain employers from eligibility for the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. The plaintiffs in the case — Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, the…
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18-year-old New Yorker with special immigration status freed from Louisiana ICE facility after ICE defies court order
Tags Share November 3, 2025 – The National Immigration Project, ACLU of Louisiana, and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today announced the release of 18-year-old Carlos Guerra Leon after his unlawful, months-long detention in a Louisiana ICE facility. Guerra Leon was released on October 31 after a federal judge from the United States District Court…
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2026 RFK Book and Journalism Awards Now Open for Submissions
Tags Share New York, NY, October 31, 2025 – Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today announced it has opened its 2026 RFK Book and Journalism Awards for submissions. Submitted works must have been published, aired, or broadcast between January 1 and December 31, 2025. The deadline for all entries is January 30, 2026. The annual…
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ICE Deports Man Claiming U.S. Citizenship to Laos Despite Federal Court Order
Tags Share BATON ROUGE – In a stunning violation of a federal court order, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has deported Chanthila Souvannarath, to Laos. Mr. Souvannarath, who has claims to American citizenship for over 20 years, is now detained in a foreign country despite a federal court ruling that recognized his substantial claim to…
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Nonprofits Urge ICE to End Detention of Pregnant People Following Reports of Abuse and Medical Neglect
Tags Share CONTACT: Gabby Arias, media@aclu.org Jesse Vad, media@laaclu.org Emma Gillett, gillett@rfkhumanrights.org WASHINGTON — A group of civil and human rights organizations today urged U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to end the detention of pregnant people immediately and to investigate alarming reports of medical neglect and abuse in ICE facilities in Louisiana and Georgia. In…
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Nonprofits file FOIA request regarding Trump administration’s decommissioning of national police accountability database
Tags Share Washington, D.C., October 14, 2025 – Earlier this month, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, National Police Accountability Project, Black Lives Matter, D.C., National Immigration Project, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and Human Rights Data Analysis Group submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request seeking information about the construction, operation, and…
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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights to Host the Ethel Kennedy Golf Classic in Hyannis Port
Tags Share NEW YORK, NY, October 7, 2025 – Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights will host its 35th annual golf tournament on Friday, October 17 at the Hyannisport Club in Hyannis Port, MA. Rebranded in honor of its legendary founder, the late Ethel Kennedy, the tournament will raise funds for the organization she founded in…
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Attorneys File Habeas Petition Challenging Unconstitutional Indefinite Detention at Angola’s “Camp 57”
Tags Share BATON ROUGE, LA — The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus on behalf of Oscar Amaya, an immigrant who has been granted protection from deportation but remains indefinitely detained at Camp 57, the newly opened immigration detention center…
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Longtime NY Resident Released from Louisiana ICE Facility, but Freedom Remains Uncertain
Tags Share NEW ORLEANS – After months of unlawful detention following a federal court order granting her bond, Larysa Kostak has been released from the Richwood Correctional Center in Monroe, Louisiana. However, her freedom remains at risk as the government continues to challenge the ruling that vindicated her constitutional rights. It’s a case with sweeping…
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Habeas Petition Filed Seeking Release of 18-Year-Old with Special Immigration Status Unlawfully Detained in Louisiana ICE Facility
Tags Share Washington, DC – Today, the National Immigration Project, the ACLU of Louisiana, and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights filed a habeas petition in federal court seeking the release of 18-year-old Carlos Guerra Leon. Carlos, who just graduated from high school in Spring Valley, New York earlier this year, has approved Special Immigrant Juvenile…
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Stephen Colbert to Receive 2025 Ripple of Hope Award from RFK Human Rights
Tags Share New York, NY, September 24, 2025 – Kerry Kennedy, president of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, today announced that Stephen Colbert, Host, Executive Producer, and Writer of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, has been named a 2025 Ripple of Hope Award laureate. As one of the most influential satirists of his generation,…
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New report analyzes increasing political repression in Venezuela following 2024 presidential elections
Tags Share Washington, D.C., September 18, 2025 – Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and Foro Penal today published a new report outlining patterns of political repression in Venezuela following the July 2024 presidential elections, and the 2025 parliamentary and regional elections. The report, titled Electoral Repression, Enforced Disappearances and Political Control in Venezuela, analyzes how…
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