Our Voices
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We must restore the promise of freedom and justice for Black people in Memphis
Tags Share In Memphis, more children are prosecuted in adult court than in the rest of the state combined. Nearly all of them are Black. On the Fourth of July, our nation celebrates the promise of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. But for too many, that promise is not only broken, it is…
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Egypt: Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Welcomes the Release of Ahmed Samir Santawy
Tags Share Egyptian researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy was finally released from prison on July 30, 2022 after a presidential pardon was issued. Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights is elated to see Santawy finally released, although he should have never been imprisoned and convicted in the first place. This pardon comes after an Egyptian State Security…
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Myanmar: We Condemn The Executions of Pro-Democracy Activists
Tags Share Myanmar’s military junta announced July 25 it had executed four pro-democracy activists: Kyaw Min Yu (also known as Ko Jimmy), Phyo Zeya Thaw, Hla Myo Aung, and Aung Thura Zaw. These are the first executions in Myanmar in more than three decades. Their executions follow a series of politically motivated trials in secretive…
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Why human rights and justice are worth fighting for
Tags Share By Kerry Kennedy I come from a long line of men and women who have made their mark on the United States and the world through public service – in Congress, as president, as ambassadors and even as mayors. Given that, I’ve been asked frequently if I ever felt obligated to have a…
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Nigeria #TwitterBan: RFKHR, SERAP host Twitter Spaces on ECOWAS court ruling
Tags Share On July 15, Nigerians on social media converged on a Twitter Spaces conversation organized by the Social Economic Rights Accountability Project (SERAP) and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights to discuss details of a ruling by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Community Court of Justice that declared last summer’s Twitter ban…
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Kerry Kennedy: Demanding Accountability for the Human Rights Abuses at Del Rio, Texas
Tags Share Over the weekend, the Border Patrol released a 500-page report on its official investigation into the humanitarian catastrophe that occurred at Del Rio, Texas in September 2021, when over 15,000 Haitian and other Black immigrants huddled at a makeshift encampment, seeking asylum. Officials must have hoped that no one would notice that their…
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Victory for Online Expression in Nigeria
Tags Share In a victory for freedom of expression, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Community Court of Justice delivered a pivotal decision in the cases filed by the Social Economic Rights Accountability Project (SERAP) & other organizations including Media Rights Agenda and Media Defence challenging the Nigerian government’s Twitter ban. The suit…
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Nuevo Amicus Curiae sobre la Libertad de Expresión y Asociación en Brasil
Tags Share En julio 13 de 2022, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, en colaboración con el Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad de Pretoria, Odhikar, la Unión Nacional de Instituciones para el Trabajo de Acción Social (UNITAS), la Oficina Internacional de Kazajstán para los Derechos Humanos y el Estado de Derecho (KIBHR), el Servicio…
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New Amicus Brief on Freedom of Expression and Association in Brazil
Tags Share On July 13, 2022, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, in partnership with Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, Odhikar, the National Union of Institutions for Social Action Work (UNITAS), Kazakhstan International Bureau For Human Rights and Rule of Law (KIBHR), the International Service for Human Rights, Institute for Human Rights and Development…
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RFK Human Rights Condemns the Resentencing of Egyptian Researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy and Calls for His Immediate Release
Tags Share On July 4, 2022, an Egyptian State Security Emergency Misdemeanor Court again sentenced researcher and academic Ahmed Samir Santawy to three years in prison on unfounded charges of “spreading false news.” We at Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights strongly call on President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and the Egyptian government to end the continuing…
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Election Workers’ Dignity
Tags Share By Jeffrey Siminoff. Read the original letter in the New York Times here. To the Editor: Re “Violent Threats Continue Against Election Workers Despite Federal Efforts” (news article, June 30): Election workers are a backbone of our democracy. From county to county, they are our neighbors, ensuring that the voices of this country…
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