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Venezuela: Exigimos información sobre la suerte y paradero de Eduardo Torres, defensor de derechos humanos de PROVEA, así como el respeto y garantía de sus derechos
Tags Share Las organizaciones firmantes expresamos nuestra profunda preocupación por la vida, integridad, libertad y seguridad de Eduardo Torres, defensor de derechos humanos e integrante del Programa Venezolano de Educación-Acción en Derechos Humanos (PROVEA), quien se encuentra desaparecido desde el viernes 9 de mayo. Tras concluir una reunión en Parque Central de Caracas, Eduardo mantuvo una conversación telefónica…
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Ms. Magazine: ‘You Must Give It All You Got’: Ethel Kennedy’s Playbook for Enacting Meaningful Social Change
Tags Share Writing in a heartfelt Ms. Magazine tribute, our president Kerry Kennedy honored the life and legacy of her mother, Ethel Kennedy, who passed away in October 2024. The article highlights Ethel’s lifelong dedication to human rights, from challenging dictators to fighting child labor and torture. Her guiding principle, “You are only on this…
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Austin American-Statesman: Political leaders use DEI as a smokescreen to roll back human and civil rights
Tags Share In a compelling op-ed, Fanta NGom, Director of Business and Human Rights at Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, denounces recent federal budget cuts to school mental health services and rural infrastructure—moves justified by attacking diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) as “woke ideology.” NGom argues that this rhetoric is a smokescreen for a broader…
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NBC Boston: Rumeysa Ozturk shares concern for hundreds of women still in ICE custody in Louisiana
Tags Share After 45 days in federal custody, Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk has returned to Massachusetts following a judge’s order for her release from a Louisiana ICE detention facility. Her case has drawn national attention to the harsh conditions in privately run immigration centers. Ozturk has since spoken out on behalf of the 900…
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One Student’s Fight for Florida’s Future Coastline
Tags Share Florida’s gulf coast is home to many natural wonders: diverse estuaries, lush mangrove forests, expansive beaches, and so much more. Having grown up surrounded by wetland ecosystems in St. Petersburg, Ava Thompson chose to dedicate her studies to preserving her home state’s ecology. Now a junior at Florida State University, Thompson is studying…
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Climate Change Is A Growing Threat To Education
Tags Share From book bans to the potential shuttering of the Department of Education, what happens in schools has become a particularly hot-button political issue, prompting contention between political factions at the local and federal levels. Measures taken to resist interference from Washington have been varied, with some teachers quietly defying the bans while others…
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WIRED: Computer Ban Gave the Government Unfair Advantage in Anti-War Activist’s Case, Lawyer Says
Tags Share In a high-stakes deportation case involving Columbia graduate Mahmoud Khalil, civil rights advocates are raising the alarm over an unfair government advantage in court. WIRED recently reported on an incident in which Khalil’s ACLU attorney was barred from using her laptop during a pivotal immigration hearing, all the while government lawyers were granted…
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The New York Times: El Salvador Put Trump Deportees Behind Bars. Now Their Families Are Suing.
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, alongside a coalition of migrant rights advocates, has filed a lawsuit with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on behalf of families whose loved ones were deported by the U.S. and imprisoned without due process in El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison. According to the New York Times, the…
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The Associated Press: Rights groups sue to free Venezuelans deported from the US and held in El Salvador
Tags Share Earlier today, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and three other human rights organizations filed an emergency petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, urging the release of over 200 Venezuelan migrants deported by the U.S. and imprisoned without due process in El Salvador. Filed on behalf of the families of 18 detained…
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HuffPost: Human Rights Groups File Emergency Petition Over Trump Expulsions To Salvadoran Mega-Prison
Tags Share Working alongside three other human rights organizations, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today filed an emergency petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on behalf of over a dozen families. The filing calls for the immediate release of hundreds of migrants, including Venezuelan and Salvadoran asylum seekers, who were deported by the…
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share U.S. Press Freedom Falls to Historical Low Press freedom in the United States has hit a record low, according to the latest World Press Freedom Index published annually by Reporters Without Borders. Press freedom in the U.S. now falls in line with developing countries, such as Gambia, Uruguay and Sierra Leone. While physical threats against journalists…
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Gothamist: US judge releases Bronx man detained by ICE, citing due process violations
A federal judge, citing due process concerns, ordered the release of a Bronx man who was taken into custody during his annual U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement check-in.
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