Our Voices
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Alessandra Korap Munduruku: ‘I will never stop fighting and defending my river’
Tags Share Each year in April the world celebrates Earth Day, but the need to really tackle environmental protection has never been more urgent than now. While States and businesses continue failing to articulate and follow through on actions to address the climate crisis and protect from its impact the communities most affected by it,…
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New Amicus Brief Defends the Decriminalization in Cases of Defamation
Tags Share On April 20th, 2023, Robert F Kennedy Human Rights, partnered with Free Press Unlimited, Unión Nacional de Instituciones para el Trabajo de Acción Social (UNITAS), Red Latinoamericana y del Caribe por la Democracia (REDLAD), Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law (KIBHR) and Odhikar, filed an amicus curiae brief before…
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Nuevo Amicus Curiae Defiende la Despenalización en Casos de Difamación
Tags Share El 20 de abril de 2023, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, junto con Free Press Unlimited, Unión Nacional de Instituciones para el Trabajo de Acción Social (UNITAS), Red Latinoamericana y del Caribe por la Democracia (REDLAD), Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law (KIBHR) y Odhikar, presentaron un amicus curiae…
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Concern over deteriorating human rights situation and closing civic space in Pakistan
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights condemns the growing repression of dissent and closing civic space in Pakistan, which in turn are contributing to a deteriorating human rights situation in the country. The arrest of key opposition members, the blanket ban on their speeches and the suspension of news channels is a direct attack…
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In Memoriam: Alicia Shepard
Tags Share Our condolences go out to Alicia Shepard’s family and friends, especially her husband David and her son Cutter. Lisa was a long time supporter of the RFK Journalism Awards and served many years on the RFKJournalism Committee. She was working on this year’s awards right up until shortly before her death. Reporter, professor,…
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‘They are aligned and joined forever’: A Harvard Club conversation on the legacies of Martin Luther King Jr. and RFK
Tags Share Sit-ins at Woolworths in the south. The murders of Tyre Nichols, George Floyd and others. How does the past inform the way we approach civil rights today? Kerry Kennedy, president of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, and Dr. Russell Wigginton, president of the National Civil Rights Museum, took on these topics and more…
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Student Voices Engaged for Equity
Tags Share While the longstanding impacts of racism permeate our society, discussions of race are largely absent from much of the public school curriculum and have become contentious in today’s educational environment. It’s left many educators searching for strategies to start constructive and open dialogue about race in the classroom. On March 10, we hosted…
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How The Piney Woods School Honors Local Human Rights Defenders
Tags Share “They damaged my leg. I said they damaged my leg. But I still walked in my purpose.” As she raised her voice to emphasize her point, Takira Adams, a freshman at The Piney Woods School, fully and powerfully embodied the spirit of human rights defender Fannie Lou Hamer, a leader in the Civil…
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Learning about human rights and effecting change through theater
Tags Share Their stories were familiar. Their anger and frustration were palpable. “She never made contact again.” “There were men outside our house with guns, and I did not know whether they were to protect us or hurt us.” “That is where the earth ate her.” In a hotel meeting room in Toreón, Mexico, 20…
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Fannie Lou Hamer: An Activist for Civil Rights and Women’s Rights
Tags Share Fannie Lou Hamer, born in 1917, was the 20th child of two Mississippi sharecroppers. Hamer was just 6 when she began working in the plantation fields with her family; she dropped out of school at 12 to work full-time. After marrying Perry “Pap” Hammer in the early 1940s, she went for what she…
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