Tags Share Dispatches from Detention shares stories of people encountered by RFK Human Rights attorneys in legal outreach trips to the country’s most isolated immigration detention centers. Names have been changed to protect privacy. Buffalo Federal Detention Facility, Batavia, New York “When will this end?” – Marcus, a lawful permanent resident Marcus, a Black man…
Tags Share August 25, 2025, marks eight years since the Myanmar military and authorities launched widespread atrocities against the Rohingya population in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. Starting in August 2017, Myanmar security forces razed several hundred Rohingya villages and killed Rohingya women, men, and children throughout northern Rakhine State, forcing at least 700,000 to flee to…
Tags Share Mogadishu, Somalia / Washington, DC, U.S. – 22 August 2025 – The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFKHR) strongly denounce the attempts of Premier Bank to silence Abdalle Mumin, a human rights defender and journalist. At the behest of Premier Bank, a major Somali financial institution with strong…
Tags Share Trump’s ‘Law and Order’ Push in D.C. Looks a Lot Like an Immigration Raid When Trump announced on Aug. 11 that he would deploy hundreds of National Guard members and federalize the local police to “take back” the capital, he framed the mission as a crackdown on violent crime. He cited cases of…
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights’ virtual Book Club on May 29 explored the responsibilities of global business in an era of profound political, economic, and social change. Headlining the conversation was Michael Posner, author of Conscience Incorporated, and founding director of the first human rights center at a business school located at NYU…
Tags Share Since the disputed presidential elections on July 28, 2024, Venezuela has experienced a chilling escalation of repression, with human rights defenders (HRDs) at the center of targeted attacks by state actors. What began as a crackdown on protesters evolved into a sustained campaign to silence civil society. The post-election climate has left independent…
Tags Share Brazil is in the midst of a high-stakes battle over Indigenous land rights, centered on the controversial concept of the Marco Temporal, or “time frame” thesis. This legal theory would limit Indigenous territorial claims to lands physically occupied – or under legal dispute – on October 5, 1988, the date Brazil’s current Constitution…
Tags Share Two immigrants are suing Florida’s Baker County Detention Center, alleging abuse in solitary confinement. Guillermo Serrabi says officers pressured him to sign deportation papers, assaulted him, and denied medical care during 88 days in isolation. A second lawsuit, filed by “Ana Doe,” claims she was punished after requesting menstrual products and strapped into…
Tags Share Hoy, 12 de agosto, se cumplen 100 años del natalicio de Guillermo Cano Isaza, periodista y director de El Espectador, durante más de tres décadas, hasta su asesinato el 17 de diciembre de 1986, en Bogotá. Su coraje, su ética y rigor periodístico lo hicieron un referente y ejemplo para generaciones de periodistas.…
Tags Share Today, August 12, marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Guillermo Cano Isaza, journalist and editor of El Espectador for more than three decades until his assassination on December 17, 1986, in Bogotá. His courage, ethics, and journalistic rigor made him a role model and example for generations of journalists. Today, we…
Tags Share In late July, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement gave civil rights advocates access to three of Louisiana’s nine detention centers, including the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Alexandria that is now a hub for transfers from across the country. Advocates say the facilities, ringed with barbed wire and run like prisons, reveal…
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