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Letter to Secretary Pompeo Regarding LGBTQ+ Rights
Tags Share We joined several civil society organizations to express our deep concern at a number of recent signals that the State Department, under the leadership of President Trump, has abandoned full support of LGBTIA+ people within its global human rights policy. READ FULL LETTER
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RFK Human Rights Board Member José E. Feliciano Honored at Toigo 2019 Gala
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights board member José E. Feliciano was honored at the 30th Annual Toigo 2019 Gala in New York last night on June 13, 2019. The Toigo Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the career advancement and increased leadership of under-represented talent. While accepting the award, José spoke…
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Five Years Later: Nothing But Broken Promises
Five years after Law 169-14 promised to restore nationality to Dominicans of Haitian descent, the international community must ensure that the Dominican government is held accountable for its ongoing violations of human rights.
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Deterioration of Human Rights in Tanzania Demands Attention
Ahead of the 41st regular session of the UN Human Rights Council, RFK Human Rights and our partners called on the delegation to address the ongoing deterioration of human rights in Tanzania.
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Vicky Hernández Case Will Be Heard by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
Vicky’s case will allow the Court to develop jurisprudence on the freedom to develop and represent one’s gender identity as a dimension of the fundamental right of freedom of expression.
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Winners of 2019 RFK Book and Journalism Awards
RFK Human Rights celebrates World Press Freedom Day with announcement of its 2019 Book and Journalism Award winners.
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Three Organizations Fighting for Migrant Rights Win 2019 RFK Human Rights Award
RFK Human Rights is honored to recognize Angry Tias and Abuelas of the Rio Grande Valley, Detained Migrant Solidarity Committee, and La Unión del Pueblo Entero for their tireless work.
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Ongoing Criminalization of Human Rights Defenders in Guatemala
Tags Share We the undersigned organizations are gravelly alarmed by the ongoing, targeted criminalization of human rights defenders in Guatemala including the recent judicial harassment of defenders Mrs. Claudia Virginia Samayoa Pineda and Mr. José Manuel Martínez Cabrera. The targeted judicial harassment of Ms. Samayoa Pineda and Mr. Martinez Cabrera is illustrative of the authorities’…
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Graham Nash, Jennifer Prescott, Aloe Blacc Join RFK Human Rights Leadership Council
Tags Share Continuing our new member series, this month we’d like to highlight Graham Nash, Jessica Prescott, and Aloe Blacc. Using their unique skills in business and education, each of these new members are sharing a message of hope, awareness and action in creating a better world than they found it. We are honored to…
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Protecting LGBTQ+ Asylum Seekers at the Border
We urge the Trump Administration to provide additional security and humanitarian support to LGBTQ+ asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexican border.
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Pursuing Accountability for Jamal Khashoggi’s Murder
We call on House Foreign Affairs Committee leaders to hold hearings on journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder.
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Bangladeshi Prime Minister Responds to Kerry Kennedy
Tags Share READ THE PRIME MINISTER’S RESPONSE AS A PDF Dear Ms. Kennedy, I write to you in reference to your letter dated 15 November 2018. I also fondly recall our meeting in July this year, I am glad to see your concerns for the persecuted Rohingyas. I would like to reassure you that Bangladesh…
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