Our Voices
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How Cash Bail Hurts Our Communities
Indefinite jailing based on what’s in your bank account is unfair, cruel, and does not make our communities safer.
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Three Ways to Support LGBTQ+ Students
Tags Share As more and more anti-LGBTQ+ legislation crops up around the country, here are three ways we can all support and empower our trans students. You may also want to read this article about a new poll showing Americans are overwhelmingly against anti-transgender laws. By Ei Meeker, English and health education teacher, Brooklyn, N.Y.…
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RFK Human Rights Urges Egyptian Authorities to Release Ahmed Samir Santawy
Egyptian authorities must ensure prompt and impartial investigations into Ahmed Samir Santawy’s enforced disappearance and ill-treatment by security forces.
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RFK Human Rights Urges Wendy’s to Protect Farmworkers
Companies must now take action to back up their pledges of social responsibility.
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RFK Human Rights Statement on Protecting Voting Rights
Tags Share In Georgia this week, lawmakers pushed through a plan to place significant barriers in front of a core right in our democracy. Yet, this is far from an isolated incident—zealots in state legislatures around the country, still stinging from November losses, are moving aggressively to restrict our freedom to vote in 43 states.…
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Creating Visibility and Change for the Trans Community
Meet three of our trans activists who are making a difference.
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The Dominican Republic’s Century-Long History of Racism
The Dominican Republic wants to build a border wall. It should learn from America’s mistakes.
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U.S. Should Follow EU’s Lead on ESG Policy
New ESG disclosure rules in Europe demonstrate yet again that the U.S. is lagging behind in important financial decisions.
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U.S. Should Follow EU’s Lead on ESG Policy
New ESG disclosure rules in Europe demonstrate yet again that the U.S. is lagging behind in important financial decisions.
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Denationalization and Anti-Immigrant Policies in the Dominican Republic
Tags Share The Socio-Cultural Movement of Haitian Workers (MOSCTHA for its Spanish acronym), the legal team of the Jacques Viau Network, the Fundación Derechos Vigentes, the Institute on Race, Equality and Human Rights and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights express our deep concern over the decision adopted on February 27, 2021 by the Dominican Republic’s…
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Comunicado Sobre La Decisión De La Suprema Corte De Justicia De La República Dominicana en Relación a La Nulidad Del Acta De Nacimiento Original De Juliana Deguis Pierre
Tags Share El Movimiento Socio-Cultural de los Trabajadores Haitianos (MOSCTHA), el equipo legal de la Red Jacques Viau, la Fundación Derechos Vigentes, el Instituto Internacional sobre Raza, Igualdad y Derechos Humanos y Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights expresamos nuestra profunda preocupación por la decisión adoptada el 27 de febrero de 2021 por la Suprema Corte…
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We Welcome the U.S. House Resolution in Support of #ENDSARS
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights welcomes the re-introduction of a U.S. House of Representatives Resolution supporting the #ENDSARS movement against police brutality in Nigeria by Representatives Al Green and Joaquin Castro. The #EndSARS movement calls for the disbandment of the federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) which has been implicated in widespread human rights…
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