Our Voices
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Blair LM Kelley traces the history of the Black working class
Tags Share On Tuesday, July 23rd, RFK Human Rights hosted its July Book Club featuring the recipient of the 2024 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Book Award, Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class by Blair LM Kelley and moderated by historian and author Ted Widmer. This work spans two hundred years―from one
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Behind the Headlines: Reparative Justice for Sonya Massey
Tags Share This week, Illinois state police released body camera footage of a sheriff’s deputy murdering Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman and mother of two, in the kitchen of her home. On July 6, 2024, Sonya called police to report a suspected break-in of her house. Officers from the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office arrived and,
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RFK Human Rights hace un llamado al pleno respeto de los derechos humanos y el espacio cívico en el proceso electoral en Venezuela
Tags Share 25 de julio de 2024, Washington, DC. Este domingo 28 de julio, Venezuela se enfrenta a un momento decisivo con la realización de elecciones presidenciales que determinarán su futuro político, económico y social. RFK Human Rights se une a las voces de organizaciones locales e internacionales para exigir el respeto a los derechos
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RFK Human Rights calls for full respect for human rights and civic space in Venezuela’s electoral process
Tags Share July 25, 2024, Washington, DC. This Sunday, July 28, Venezuela faces a decisive moment with the holding of presidential elections that will determine its political, economic, and social future. RFK Human Rights joins the voices of local and international organizations to demand respect for human rights and the guarantee of civic space throughout
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Uganda: Government must desist from attacks and arbitrary detention of #March2Parliament Protesters
Tags Share RFK Human Rights condemns the wanton attacks by Ugandan security forces against #March2Parliament protesters on 23 July resulting in dozens of arbitrary arrests and police brutality. We call upon the Ugandan government to immediately investigate the human rights violations and desist from interfering with the right of Ugandans to peaceful assembly. The #March2Parliament
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Briefing: New resolution could allow unjustly deported people opportunity to return to U.S.
Tags Share The National Immigrant Justice Center joined U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05) to introduce a new congressional resolution seeking to address the injustices and harms of deportation on U.S. families and communities. The Chance to Come Home Resolution, which Rep. Cleaver is co-sponsoring with U.S. Senator Cory Booker (NJ) and Representatives Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) and David
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Bangladesh: Brutal Crackdowns on Student Protesters Resulting in Fatalities Warrant Accountability
Tags Share [19 July 2024] The undersigned human rights organizations express our serious concerns over ongoing, brutal crackdowns on protesters in Bangladesh by law enforcement agencies, security forces, and members of the ruling party. Students across the country are protesting against a system of quotas in the recruitment of public servants. The government of Bangladesh
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Federal Civil Rights Complaint Demands Investigation into Abuse Against Hunger Strikers at New York ICE Jail
Tags Share RFK Human Rights filed a civil rights complaint in collaboration with partner institutions against New York State’s largest immigration detention facility, Buffalo Federal Detention Facility (BFDF), after staff unfairly retaliated against detained individuals who engaged in a peaceful hunger strike to protest the facility’s excessive use of solitary confinement. In a statement provided
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CIDH reconoce responsabilidad estatal en las agresiones contra la prensa
Tags Share El pasado 8 de julio, junto con otras 24 organizaciones de la sociedad civil a nivel internacional, asistimos a la audiencia regional ante la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) para llamar la atención sobre la implementación de estrategias gubernamentales que amenazan y limitan el ejercicio de los derechos fundamentales de libertad de
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Michael Brown’s Mother Seeks Justice at International Human Rights Hearing
Tags Share Mike Brown’s mother, Lesley McSpadden, joined attorneys from RFK Human Rights and the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center to testify at an IACHR hearing on July 10. As St. Louis Public Radio reports, this is the first time the commission has held a hearing about an individual case of police violence in the
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Michael Brown’s Mom Pushes for Justice for Son in Public Hearing
Tags Share As the 10 year anniversary of Mike Brown’s death at the hands of Ferguson police approaches, his family is still seeking justice. On July 10th, Brown’s mother testified at an IACHR hearing to petition the commision to recommend that United States prosecutors criminally litigate Brown’s killing. As ABC reports, Kerry Kennedy said at
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Watchdog organizations expose state censorship strategies in Latin America before IACHR
Tags Share In a July 8 hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), representatives of 25 civil society organizations—including Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights—detailed how some repressive Latin American regimes are attempting to suppress political opposition and censor criticism, according to LatAm Journalism Review. According to the representatives, state strategies to dismantle rule
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