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Coronavirus Endangers Brazil’s Indigenous Population
In a new interview, photojournalist Sebastião Salgado calls for economic sanctions against Brazil until its vulnerable indigenous communities are properly protected.
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RFK Human Rights and Texas Partners Free People From Jail as Coronavirus Spreads
Any rational response to the pandemic must prioritize decreasing jail populations before it’s too late.
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COVID-19 in Cox’s Bazar District Rohingya Refugee Camps
Tags Share April 2, 2020 Dear Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, As authorities around the world struggle to cope with the spread of COVID-19, it is crucial that States act to protect the most vulnerable, including refugee populations. We, the 50 undersigned organizations, have welcomed the Bangladesh government’s efforts to host the Rohingya refugees who were…
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New Campaign Accelerates Efforts to Free People from Jails Across the Country
We are taking action where elected officials have failed to do so, to protect people who are trapped in jail simply because they cannot afford to pay bail.
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RFK Human Rights and YWCA Greater Baton Rouge Post Bond for 27 People
No one deserves to be held in pretrial detention, especially during a global health crisis, just because they can’t afford to pay cash bail.
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RFK Human Rights, Freedom Fund to Bail Out Dozens of Floridians From Jail
“Every day we keep someone needlessly incarcerated during this crisis is a matter of life and death and we can’t delay action any longer,” says Kerry Kennedy.
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Emergency Action to Bail Out New Orleanians at Risk of COVID-19
The move, in partnership with the Safety and Freedom Fund at Operation Restoration, will release 22 people held in pretrial detention simply because they cannot afford to pay bail.
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Remembering Social Justice in Times of Social Distancing
Our response to the coronavirus pandemic must be tethered to a strong sense of equity for all.
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Omoyele Sowore Faces Life in Prison for Organizing Peaceful Protests
The journalist and human rights defender has spent 143 days in arbitrary detention in Nigeria.
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Amicus Brief: Flores Bedregal y Otros V. Bolivia
Restrictions on access to information on grave human rights violations cannot be justified on national security grounds.
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We’re Taking the Trump Administration to Court
The Commission on Unalienable Rights’ discriminatory work must be stopped. Without action we risk the destruction of decades of progress by the human rights movement and emboldening oppressive regimes everywhere.
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Human Rights Orgs Sue Sec. Pompeo for Unlawful Commissionv
Slanted Membership, Withheld Records and Closed Door Meetings Violate Federal Law
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