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New Trans Rights Lesson Plan for Teachers
The free classroom resource, produced in honor of Transgender Day of Visibility, equips and engages students to become better allies of the LGBTQ community.
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UN Petition: Arbitrary Detention of Paul Rusesabagina
Tags Share On March 16, 2021, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and Choharis Law Group jointly submitted a petition to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on behalf of Paul Rusesabagina. Mr. Rusesabagina is a prominent humanitarian and political activist who was kidnapped by Rwandan authorities on August 27, 2020, held incommunicado, and…
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Call for Independent Investigation into Rwandan Singer’s Death
Open Letter to All Commonwealth Heads of Government
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Joint Call for a Global Arms Embargo on Myanmar
An Open Letter to the Un Security Council and Individual UN Member States
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Introducing New Speak Truth to Power Spoken Word Contest
Tags Share For a decade, students have been advocating for and defending human rights through our video and songwriting contests. This year, we are expanding our arts-focused programs to include a spoken word contest, providing an additional avenue for middle and high school students to engage in defending human rights and our democracy, and to…
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Urging the State Dept to Protect Human Rights Defenders
Tags Share We joined 80 civil society organizations from 31 countries have signed a letter urging the U.S. Secretary of State and State Department to prioritize the protection of human rights defenders globally. What does this look like? Adopting a policy to protect human rights defenders, working with allied governments, and encouraging responsible business conduct…
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New Grave Allegations Against Bangladesh Army Chief
The UN must comprehensively review its relations with Bangladeshi armed forces, the top troop contributor to peacekeeping missions worldwide.
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Egypt: Journalist Mahmoud Hussein Released From Arbitrary Detention
Hussein’s case highlights the urgent need to advance press freedoms in Egypt, one of the world’s most oppressive countries for journalists.
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2021 RFK Book and Journalism Awards Now Open for Submissions
This year’s competition introduces a new Criminal Justice category honoring reporting that best captures the implications, causes, and remedies of mass incarceration.
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Joint Letter on Human Rights Ahead of Ugandan Elections
Twenty-six organizations have urged the African Union and United Nations to respond to violence, intimidation, and repressive measures that threaten free and fair electoral process in Uganda.
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Celebrating Courageous Humanitarians
The star-studded ceremony will be broadcast on Facebook on Dec. 17, making the celebration available to the public for the first time.
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Hundreds of People Freed From Jail in Time for the Holidays
People who would have been behind bars for months, even years, waiting for their day in court will now be able to safely return home to their families and communities.
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