Our Voices
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Call to action to stop inhumane practice of solitary confinement in NC prisons
Tags Share Every day, tens of thousands of incarcerated Americans are subjected to an internationally recognized form of torture, and the horrors of it are largely hidden from public view. They spend 22 hours or more a day alone in locked cells the size of parking lot spaces, often in filthy conditions with little to…
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Human Rights under the Cuban Regime More than a Decade after Pro-democracy leaders’ Assassination
Tags Share 11 years ago today, on July 22, 2012, premier pro-democracy leader Oswaldo Payá and youth organizer Harold Cepero made their way across the island of Cuba on the central expressway headed to Santiago. Near Bayamo they were rammed off the road by an official government vehicle, killing both of them. Their driver, Spanish…
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Remembering Cuban pro-democracy leader Oswaldo Payá, 11 years after his murder
Tags Share Today we mark 11 years since Oswaldo Payá’s murder by the Cuban government. While we celebrate last month’s Inter-American Commission of Human Rights findings, more is needed: By having the U.N. remove Cuba as a member of its Human Rights Council, it demonstrates the international community is listening.
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Zimbabwe: Repeal the “Patriotic Act” to Respect Fundamental Human Rights
Tags Share The undersigned organizations express our grave concerns with the recent introduction of “patriotic” offenses in Zimbabwe. The Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Amendment Act, 2023 (the so-called “Patriotic Act”), enacted on July 14, 2023, introduced overly broad and draconian offenses of “[wilfully] injuring the sovereignty and national interest of Zimbabwe”. The provisions amount…
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California should honor Mandela by limiting solitary confinement
Tags Share By Chris Holden and Daniel Tse July 18 marks Nelson Mandela Day, an occasion to commemorate the life of the revered South African leader. Mandela was not only a champion of justice, and an advocate for equality and freedom, he was also an activist who survived incarceration and torture in his fight for…
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Detainees and advocates decry ‘horrific’ conditions at Louisiana ICE detention center
Tags Share Staff attorney Sarah Gillman speaks with NBC News about inhumane conditions and rampant human rights abuses at Winn Correctional Center, an ICE detention facility in rural Louisiana. “There’s been a lot of reports on Winn, and there’s been a lot of documentation, and even with all that it continues to exist,” she notes.…
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Smart employers lead and hire with dignity
Tags Share Written by Jeffrey Siminoff The angst some feel around workplace diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives is often built around a flawed premise. It’s that a focus on DEI means a take-away from some (say, straight white people) that subordinates merit to identity-based preferences. In fact, inclusive workplace recruiting and culture strategies are meant…
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UN expert group calls for release of Cambodian-American human rights activist after investigation
Tags Share The Associated Press notes Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights’ advocacy on behalf of Theary Seng, a Cambodian-American human rights activist who was arbitrarily detained in violation of international law.
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United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Demands Immediate and Unconditional Release of U.S./Cambodia Dual National And Human Rights Activist Theary Seng
Tags Share WASHINGTON, D.C. and GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Today, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (“Working Group”) published its judgment on its website that U.S./Cambodia dual national and human rights activist Theary Seng has been arbitrarily detained in violation of international law and demanded her immediate and unconditional release. Theary’s case was submitted…
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Union wins at New York farms raise hopes for once-powerful UFW
Tags Share Speaking with The Guardian, our president Kerry Kennedy celebrates a milestone moment for the United Farm Workers. In the UFW’s biggest organizing success in years, it recently unionized 500 workers at five New York farms. Recalling RFK Human Rights’ early involvement with the United Farm Workers, Kerry notes the historically bleak conditions for…
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Upcoming Elections Provide an Important Opportunity for Venezuela but the Lack of Guarantees Deepens Concerns
Tags Share The 2024 presidential elections and 2025 regional, local and legislative elections present a crucial opportunity for the reinstitutionalization of Venezuela’s democracy and rule of law and for the normalization of its relations with the international community. The current crisis reached critical dimensions after the 2018 presidential election lacked legitimacy in the eyes of…
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Las próximas elecciones son una oportunidad importante para Venezuela, pero la falta de garantías aumenta las preocupaciones
Tags Share Las elecciones presidenciales de 2024 y las elecciones regionales, locales y legislativas de 2025, presentan una oportunidad crucial para la reinstitucionalización de la democracia y del Estado de Derecho en Venezuela, así como para la normalización de sus relaciones con la comunidad internacional. La crisis actual alcanzó dimensiones críticas frente a la carencia…
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