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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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Kerry Kennedy Calls on Business Leaders to Protect Civic Space in Mexico
At a gathering of Mexico’s top business leaders, including the CEOs of Nestlé Mexico and Philip Morris Mexico, Kerry Kennedy called for their support to protect civic space.
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Shaping Human Rights Education for Years to Come
At a retreat in early November, RFK Human Rights had the opportunity to convene 15 experienced human rights teachers to gain insight into the design, real-life implementation, and impact of the Speak Truth to Power lesson series.
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Healing Divisions With Human Rights Education
The United Federation of Teachers hosted over 100 New York City students for an RFK Human Rights Speak Truth to Power meet-and-greet with human rights defenders from around the globe.
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Human Rights Takes Center Stage in Mexico City
Tags Share In Mexico, where corruption is now rampant among state officials and organized crime is taking hold in local- and state-level government, homicides are frequently met with inaction and impunity. Al Jazeera reported in January that violence in Mexico reached unprecedented levels, with over 31,000 homicides in 2019. During the time that former President…
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Employers Boosting Efforts to Create Respect and Dignity at Work
New research by Willis Towers Watson, in collaboration with Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, finds significant gaps exist between employer and employee perspectives on workplace dignity.
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Fighting for Justice With Indigenous Activists in Guatemala
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and the Xinka Parliament of Guatemala are asking the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to hold the Guatemalan government responsible for failing to protect the life of 16-year-old indigenous activist Topacio Reynoso and her father, also an activist. This case is representative of the threats and attacks…
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