Our Voices
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RFK Human Rights co-hosts consultation on nomination and selection of members of human rights mechanisms in Africa
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights participated in the ongoing 77th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights. The Commission is the treaty body for the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and has the mandate of promoting and safeguarding human rights across the continent, as well as interpreting…
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Redesignation of TPS protects thousands of Cameroonians from deportation
Tags Share 10,000 Cameroonians in the U.S. are now eligible for protection from deportation thanks, in part to the hard work and leadership of Daniel Tse, joint legal fellow of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and Haitian Bridge Alliance. In October, the U.S. redesignated and extended Temporary Protected Status for Cameroonians in light of ongoing…
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RFK Human Rights, CERJ bring case of four forcibly disappeared Guatemalan human rights defenders to Inter-American Court of Human Rights
Tags Share On October 11th, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights held a hearing on the Pérez Lucas and others v. Guatemala case, regarding the enforced disappearance of four Indigenous human rights defenders during the country’s internal armed conflict. In 1989, as a result of their relentless work halting the forcible conscription of Indigenous peoples,…
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2023 Freedom Award ceremony: Stacey Abrams, Kerry Kennedy and Clayborne Carson honored
Tags Share “We no longer want to be a nation in which it is better to be rich and guilty than poor and innocent.” The Commercial Appeal covers the 2023 Freedom Award ceremony, noting our president Kerry Kennedy’s “rousing speech” and powerful commentary.
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Addressing the social and racial barriers to health care equity
Tags Share Fortune covers our president Kerry Kennedy’s recent participation at the 2023 Most Powerful Women Summit. Joined by industry experts from Johnson & Johnson and the Susan G. Komen foundation, Kerry and her co-panelists discussed the social and racial barriers to health care equity – and how to address them.
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Experts call on the international community to engage in specific recommendations during the Universal Periodic Review on Bangladesh
Tags Share Ahead of the 44th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC) scheduled for November 13, 2023, four experts called on U.N. member states to urge Bangladesh to cease the continuing violations faced by human rights defenders, journalists, and critical voices within the country, during a virtual…
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RFKHR Calls for Ceasefire in Gaza
Tags Share We are deeply alarmed by the mounting death tolls in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank. Our thoughts go out to all those affected by the bloodshed. Israeli forces & Palestinian armed groups must protect civilian lives and cease all hostilities to avoid further death and destruction.
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Kerry Kennedy Named 2023 Freedom Award Recipient
Tags Share Memphis Magazine features our president Kerry Kennedy as one of the 2023 Freedom Award recipients from the National Civil Rights Museum.
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Freedom of Opinion and Expression: A Human Rights-focused conversation on book bans
Tags Share During a time when over 1,477 books have been banned nationwide, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights held an in depth conversation about book banning and its implications for the nation’s schools and beyond as part of its Speak Truth To Power’s Fall 2023 Speaker Series. Rebecca Stephens, Human Rights Education Manager introduced the…
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Estado mexicano debería esclarecer criminalización de defensoras de derechos humanos
Tags Share Las organizaciones abajo firmantes expresamos nuestra profunda preocupación por la falta de esclarecimiento y sanción hasta la fecha de los actos de criminalización, incluyendo la obtención indebida de registros telefónicos, a las defensoras de derechos humanos Ana Lorena Delgadillo (directora y fundadora de la Fundación para la Justicia y el Estado Democrático de…
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Mexico Should Address Criminalization of Human Rights Defenders
Tags Share The undersigned organizations express our deep concern at the continuing lack of accountability for acts of criminalization, including undue investigation of cell phone records, against human rights defenders Ana Lorena Delgadillo (director and founder of the Foundation for Justice and the Democratic Rule of Law (FJEDD)), Mercedes Doretti (scientist and expert in cases…
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Egypt: RFK Human Rights Calls for the Immediate Release of Mahmoud Hussein
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights strongly condemns the re-arrest and arbitrary detention of Mahmoud Mohamed Ahmed Hussein, who already spent over two years in pretrial detention for wearing an anti-torture t-shirt. We are deeply concerned by reports of Mahmoud’s deteriorating health and demand his immediate and unconditional release. We also call upon the…
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