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The Guardian: ‘Not what we signed up for’: inside Trump’s ‘shocking’ Kennedy Center takeover
Tags Share Former President Donald Trump has appointed Ric Grenell, the former acting director of national intelligence, as the interim president of the Kennedy Center, sparking controversy and backlash from the arts community and longtime patrons. Established in 1971 as a national hub for the arts and a living memorial to President John F. Kennedy,…
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The Tennessean: As U.S Justice Advocates, We Hold CoreCivic Responsible for TN Understaffing Woes
Tags Share In The Tennessean, a letter to the editor written by Anthony Enriquez, VP of U.S. Advocacy at Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, exposes how private prison industry executives have exploited small-town workers while enabling the inhumane treatment of detainees- all for their profit. Enriquez highlights the empty promises made by private prison corporations…
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Investigative Post: ICE abuse of Detainees in Batavia Facility
Tags Share Recently released federal audits of ICE detention facilities in Batavia have exposed the inhumane and abusive treatment of detainees by facility guards. The 2023 audit detailed excessive force and deplorable living conditions within the center. In addition, former detainees have spoken out, leading 40 individuals to file a civil rights complaint with the…
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share ICE Wants to Know if You’re Posting Negative Things About It Online Amid anger and protest over the Trump administration’s plan to deport millions of immigrants, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to monitor and locate “negative” social media discussion about the agency and its top officials, according to contract documents reviewed by…
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Letter to Congress on the Freezing of U.S. Foreign Assistance
Tags Share Dear Senators and Representatives, On behalf of the millions of Americans represented by our faith, humanitarian, health, education, foreign policy, development, human rights, business, labor, peace, women’s advocacy, science, and environmental organizations, we strongly urge you to oppose efforts to shut down U.S. foreign assistance, including the critical work of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).…
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RFK Human Rights exige la liberación inmediata del activista venezolano Jesús Armas
Tags Share Washington D.C.: El 10 de diciembre de 2024, Jesús Armas fue secuestrado por las fuerzas de seguridad venezolanas en un contexto de represión política generalizada. Testigos informan que Armas—quien había estado abogando por elecciones libres y justas en el país—fue secuestrado en el “Café Canel” en el vecindario Las Mercedes de Caracas. Aproximadamente…
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RFK Human Rights calls for the immediate release of Venezuelan activist Jesús Armas
Tags Share Washington D.C.: On December 10, 2024, Jesús Armas was abducted by the Venezuelan security forces amid a context of widespread political repression. Witnesses report that Armas—who had been advocating for free and fair elections in the country—was abducted at the “Café Canel” in Caracas’s Las Mercedes neighborhood. At approximately 9:20 PM, six masked…
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Egypt: CFJ and RFK Human Rights Highlight Human Rights Situation in Egypt’s Universal Periodic Review
Tags Share Geneva, Switzerland and Washington D.C., United States [February 10, 2025] – The Committee for Justice (CFJ) and RFK Human Rights highlighted the situation of human rights in a joint submission to the United Nations around Egypt’s Universal Periodic Review. In the joint submission, CFJ and RFK Human Rights provide an overview of the…
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RFK Human Rights Joins Demand to Trump Administration to Provide Information, Access to Immigrants Transferred to Guantánamo Bay
Tags Share Immigrants’ rights advocates, including Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, signed a letter today urging the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department of Defense (DOD), and State Department to provide immediate access to the noncitizens transferred from immigration detention facilities in the United States and currently detained at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Their letter comes ahead of…
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share Why Former Guard and Others Say CoreCivic Understaffs This Troubled Small Town Prison Corrections Corporation of America, now CoreCivic, in 2008 announced it was going to build Tennessee’s largest prison in the shadow of a 500-foot abandoned cooling tower. The tower was a remnant of a massive promise and stinging loss for Trousdale…
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share Will Trump’s Executive Order Require Americans to Carry ID or Face Arrest? Among President Donald Trump’s slew of immigration-related executive orders signed in his first week is mention of an 80-year law that went largely unnoticed. In seeking to tighten border security, Trump invoked a rule requiring immigrants to carry identification proving their status — something civil-rights groups…
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La Jornada Veracruz: Today, historic hearing at the IACHR for the murder of Ernestina Ascencio
Tags Share La Jornada Veracruz has reported that on January 30, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) will hold a critical public hearing against the Mexican State in the case of Ernestina Ascencio Rosario, a Nahua woman who suffered sexual violence and torture at the hands of the Mexican Army before her death in…
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