Our Voices
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share Private Prison Operator CoreCivic Saw 55% Increase in Immigration Detainee Contracts CoreCivic has seen a substantial increase in revenue over the past six months, driven by a steady rise in new federal government contracts signed as part of President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement policies. The Brentwood, Tennessee-based private prison operator announced its quarterly earnings Wednesday,…
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Reuters: US snubs UN meeting on its human rights record
Speaking with Reuters, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights senior staff attorney Sarah Decker denounces the United States’ unprecedented refusal to participate in a formal UN review process.
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Defending Environmental Human Rights Defenders: Legal Frameworks
Tags Share Amid the escalating climate emergency and widespread environmental degradation, now widely recognized as urgent human rights concerns by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, the International Court of Justice, and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the work of environmental human rights defenders (EHRDs) has never been more vital. Environmental…
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The Intercept: New York’s Largest ICE Prison Dogged by Allegations of Shoddy Medical Care
This new investigation into the Buffalo Federal Detention Center exposes deeply troubling human rights violations.
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Civil Society Organizations strongly condemn the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights’ Congratulatory Letter to President Paul Biya and the Deepening Crisis of Democracy in Africa
Tags Share We, the undersigned, express our deep concern and disappointment over the recent letter of congratulations purportedly issued in the name of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (‘African Commission’) on 27 October 2025 to President Paul Biya of Cameroon following the disputed elections conducted on 12 October 2025. This letter compromises…
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Verite News: Can this Louisiana case be a thorn in Trump’s immigration detention plans?
Our client Carlos Ventura Martinez has returned home after more than four months in ICE detention in Louisiana.
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Guapinol: A 2 años de las medidas cautelares de la CIDH, el Estado de Honduras sigue sin garantizar la protección de las personas defensoras
Tags Share A 2 años de que la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) otorgara la Medida Cautelar No. 137-23 a favor de integrantes del Comité Municipal para la Defensa de los Bienes Comunes y Públicos de Tocoa y el Bufete Justicia para los Pueblos en Honduras, el Estado de Honduras no ha cumplido con…
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Guapinol: Two years after the IACHR precautionary measures, the State of Honduras continues to fail to guarantee the protection of human rights defenders
Tags Share Two years after the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) granted Precautionary Measure No. 137-23 on behalf of members of the Comité Municipal para la Defensa de los Bienes Comunes y Públicos de Tocoa (Municipal Committee for the Defense of the Common and Public Goods of Tocoa) and the Bufete Justicia para los…
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RFK Human Rights and 2008 Human Rights Laureate Aminatou Haidar express grave concern over the latest UN Security Council resolution on Western Sahara
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and its 2008 Human Rights Award Laureate, Aminatou Haidar, express grave concern about the adoption of the U.S.-sponsored United Nations Security Council Resolution 2797 on October 31. The resolution, which renews the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) for another year, openly reflects the…
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The Guardian: Senators demand answers on ICE’s use of full-body restraints on deportees
Democratic Senators call for transparency and accountability about ICE’s use of the device
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Manhattanville Magazine: Empowering the Next Generation
Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and Manhtattanville University hosted the inaugural edition of Young Women’s Leadership Summit: Carry Ethel Kennedy’s Legacy Forward last spring which brought together dozens of young women and educators.
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Cameroon: Authorities Must Desist from Violent Repression of Protests
Tags Share RFK Human Rights strongly condemns the attacks against peaceful protesters in Cameroon following the country’s presidential elections. We call on authorities to refrain from their attacks on their citizens and stress that authorities must act in accordance with their constitutional and international obligations. Further, authorities must investigate all claims of arbitrary detention, excessive…
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