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Heat, Humidity, and Inhumanity: Inside Florida’s Heat Protection Preemption Law
Tags Share Florida is the hottest state in the US. Yet, Governor Ron DeSantis just signed a bill banning local measures aimed at protecting outdoor workers from extreme heat exposure. This decision displays not only cruelty but also reflects a shortsightedness that harms the well-being of Floridians. The evidence is extensive: extreme heat poses severe…
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USA Unveiled: Human Rights in the United States
Tags Share John Lewis Young Leader Profile: Mya MacNeil Numerous human rights activists and organizations, including RFK Human Rights, continue to bring attention to alarming human rights concerns in the United States. From the inhumane treatment of prisoners and immigrants, to the exploitation of child labor and the growing challenges to freedom of the press,…
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Charting the Course: Interviews with David Brand, Jeremy Heer, Scott Pittman, Robert Q. Holley, and Daniel Gottlieb
Tags Share David Brand, Chair, Investment Committee, City of Atlanta The City of Atlanta has been firm about its commitment to closing gaps in capital allocation to women and people of color—and has been recognized by the DEIC Power 100 for its work. Can you share about how your commitment to embedding diversity, equity, inclusion,…
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Egypt: RFK Human Rights Condemns the Arrest of HRA Laureate Ragia Omran and other 15 Defenders and Calls for the Charges Against Them to be Dropped
Tags Share RFK Human Rights strongly condemns the arbitrary arrest and detention of our 2013 Human Rights Award Laureate Ragia Omran – along with 15 other human rights defenders – and demands the Egyptian authorities immediately and unconditionally drop the unfounded charges against them. Omran is a lawyer, feminist, and human rights activist who founded…
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Ballooning immigrant detention enrages advocates
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights joins 200 organizations nationwide in calling on the Biden administration to end our country’s cruel and unnecessary immigration detention system. Read The Hill piece in full here.
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Fighting poverty as a personal and political imperative
Tags Share According to Pulitzer Prize-winning author Matthew Desmond, poverty is more than an income level. It’s a lived experience – one that often strips individuals of their inherent dignity. “Poverty isn’t a line, it’s a constellation of social maladies and humiliations,” he said. “It’s the eviction notice, the debt collectors blowing up your phone,…
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Egypt: RFK Human Rights Welcomes the Release of Mahmoud Hussein and Calls on the Government to Drop the Case Against Him
Tags Share RFK Human Rights welcomes the physical release of anti-torture protestor Mahmoud Hussein, who we represent before the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. Mahmoud was released on bail today after the authorities arbitrarily arrested and unlawfully detained him for a cumulative 1,026 days. The next trial hearing will be held on June…
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share SCOTUS Will Decide if Homelessness is a Crime On April 22, the Supreme Court will hear the case of Johnson v. Grants Pass, the most significant court case about the rights of people experiencing homelessness in decades. At its core, Grants Pass will decide whether cities are allowed to punish people for things…
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Behind The Headlines: Proposed Rollbacks Of Criminal Legal Reforms Disconnected From Reality
Tags Share In California, the nation’s most populous state, opponents of criminal legal reforms are supporting a ballot initiative that aims to overturn a decade’s worth of previous ballot initiatives that reduced jail time for a number of property and drug crimes. The proposed rollback is the latest pro-prison initiative to gain steam in recent…
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Dispatches from Detention: Detaining the Mentally Incompetent
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. South Louisiana Immigrations and Customs (ICE) Processing Center, Basile, Louisiana February 2024 “I don’t understand why I’m being tortured.” – Camila,…
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Truthout: Groups Bring Tortuguita’s Killing to International Human Rights Commission
Tags Share This month, several nonprofit organizations, including Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, the Southern Center for Human Rights, and the University of Dayton Human Rights Center, filed a petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), requesting an investigation into the police killing of Manuel Terán, an activist known as “Tortuguita.” According to…
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Groups Bring Tortuguita’s Killing to International Human Rights Commission
Tags Share “If the United States wants to claim that they are the leader of the free world and free speech, they have to answer for what’s going on in Atlanta.” Speaking with Truthout, staff attorney Delia Addo-Yobo explains why Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights is requesting an investigation into the death of Manuel Esteban…
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