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Human rights groups publish new guide on legal resources for detained immigrants
Tags Share Washington, D.C., March 25, 2025 – Earlier today, the Acacia Center for Justice (Acacia), Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFKHR), and ACLU of Louisiana (ACLU-LA) published a new guide that trains attorneys, advocates, and grassroots organizations how to provide legal services in immigration detention facilities. The guide directs practitioners through the process of…
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African Court admits RFK Human Rights and IHRDA as amici curiae in case on electoral rights in Tanzania
Tags Share The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights has granted the request by the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFK Human Rights) to intervene as amici curiae in the case Ado Shaibu and 5 Others v. United Republic of Tanzania (Application 046/2020). The…
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Civil Rights Groups and Advocates Call on Vermont to Implement Raise the Age Law
Tags Share MONTPELIER, Vt, March 19- A new coalition of Vermont and national civil rights and criminal justice reform organizations, advocates, and public officials called Treat Youth Like Youth is urging lawmakers to support the implementation of Vermont’s Raise the Age law. Passed in 2018, Raise the Age legislation made Vermont the first state in…
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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Welcomes Three New Members to Board of Directors
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights is pleased to announce the appointment of three new members to its board of directors: Andrew Gilmour, former UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights; Pamela Pavkov, partner at TPG NEXT; and Lisa Osborne Ross, a veteran communications expert who formerly served as U.S. CEO at Edelman. “Our work…
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Human rights organizations urge United Nations to denounce abuse of LGBTQ+ people in immigration detention facilities
Tags Share Washington, D.C., February 18, 2025 – Last week, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, Black Diaspora Liberty Initiative, Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project, Immigration Equality, Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network, Sanctuary New Orleans Abolition Project, and the Transgender Law Center filed a joint submission urging the United Nations to denounce widespread abuse of LGBTQ+ people…
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La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos juzgará al Estado mexicano en el caso de doña Ernestina Ascencio Rosario
Tags Share El próximo 30 de enero de 2025, la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos celebrará una audiencia pública contra México por el caso de doña Ernestina Ascencio Rosario, una mujer nahua de la Sierra de Zongolica, Veracruz. Doña Ernestina falleció en 2007, tras ser atacada por miembros del Ejército Mexicano y ser víctima de…
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The Inter-American Court of Human Rights will judge the Mexican State in the case of Mrs. Ernestina Ascencio Rosario
Tags Share On January 30, 2025, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights will hold a public hearing in the case of Ernestina Ascencio Rosario v. Mexico. A 73-year-old Nahua woman from the Sierra de Zongolica, Veracruz, Ernestina died in 2007 after being attacked by members of the Mexican Army and being the victim of serious…
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Fifth Circuit Rejects Qualified Immunity Defense, Allows Pigott v. Gintz to Continue
Tags Share NEW ORLEANS —The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of Mr. Wesley Pigott and his two children, who were followed by an unmarked police car and held at gunpoint by Rapides Parish Sheriff Office deputy Paul Gintz four years ago. Mr. Wesley Pigott and his children are represented by the ACLU of…
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Nuevo informe señala tendencias regionales de afectaciones al derecho a la libertad de expresión por medidas estatales de censura indirecta
Tags Share Un grupo formado por 25 organizaciones de la sociedad civil de siete países latinoamericanos (Argentina, Brasil, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, México y Nicaragua) presentó ante la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) un informe sobre las tendencias de la censura indirecta a la libertad de expresión en la región. En la audiencia “Afectaciones…
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New report highlights regional trends in violations of freedom of expression rights due to indirect state censorship measures
Tags Share A group of 25 civil society organizations from seven Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico and Nicaragua) presented a report to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on trends in indirect censorship of freedom of expression in the region. At the hearing “Affectations to the right to freedom…
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Southern Border Communities Coalition Files Supreme Court Amicus in Barnes v. Felix to Urge End to Excessive Use of Force by Law Enforcement
Tags Share November 20, 2024 – Today, the Southern Border Communities Coalition took its fight for dignity and human rights to the U.S. Supreme Court by filing an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief in a major police shooting case, Barnes v. Felix, to hold law enforcement including Customs and Border Protection (CBP), accountable…
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CERJ y RFK Human Rights Celebran Victoria Histórica en Caso sobre Desapariciones Forzadas en Guatemala
Tags Share Celebramos la reciente sentencia de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos en el caso Pérez Lucas y otros vs. Guatemala, que fue litigado por el Consejo de Comunidades Étnicas Runujel Junam (CERJ) y RFK Human Rights. Esta decisión clave aborda la desaparición forzada de cuatro defensores de los derechos humanos, Agapito Pérez Lucas,…
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