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New Human Rights Education Initiative Launches in Indianapolis
The partnership will allow teachers to participate in a two-day Speak Truth To Power training on February 17 and 18 at the Peace Learning Center in Indianapolis.
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Suspected Mass Graves Uncovered in Burundi in the Wake of Post-Election Violence
Restricting civic space in Burundi creates a domino effect, allowing renegade leaders to avoid accountability and continue violating rights essential to the maintenance of a free and democratic society.
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Egypt’s Crackdown on Freedom of Speech Takes Dangerous Turn
Tags Share The crackdown on freedom of speech and expression continues in Egypt. This last weekend an Egyptian-German academic was denied entry and a social and political cartoonist was arrested and detained for 24 hours. Upon arrival to the Cairo Airport on January 29, Egyptian-German academic Dr. Atef Botros was detained by airport authorities and…
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A World Where ‘Never Again’ Means Something
Tags Share Today we commemorate the Holocaust and the massacre of 11 million people. As the former director of the Genocide Prevention Initiative at the US Memorial Holocaust Museum, my job was to give meaning to that otherwise empty phrase, Never Again. Holocaust survivor and the leader behind the creation of the museum, Elie Wiesel…
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Another Unhappy Anniversary for Mahmoud Hussein
Tags Share Two years ago today, Mahmoud Mohamed Ahmed Hussein put on a t-shirt that read a “nation without torture” and went to a peaceful protest. The government’s response to these simple acts changed his life and have become a glaring example of the deteriorating human rights situation in Egypt. On January 25, 2014, Mahmoud…
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RFK Human Rights Wins Landmark Case for Victims of Femicide in Guatemala
In a landmark ruling, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights held the government of Guatemala responsible for the disappearance and murder of 19-year-old Claudina Isabel Velásquez Paiz.
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Premature Celebration for Gambia’s FGM Ban
Tags Share The Gambia was thrust into the spotlight this week after the country’s longtime president, Yahya Jammeh, announced a ban on female genital mutilation (FGM). This pronouncement surprised many, especially after the country’s National Assembly rejected a similar proposal in March of this year, claiming that Gambians “were not ready.” Activists who work closely…
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Statement by RFK Human Rights on Paris Terror Attacks
Tags Share (New York, NY | November 14, 2015) In response to the terrorist attacks in Paris, Robert F, Kennedy Human Rights’ President Kerry Kennedy and European Director Frank La Rue issued the following statements: “This horrible series of terrorist attacks against the people of Paris yesterday, with the false justification of religious fundamentalism, should…
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RFK Human Rights Submits Case to UN Working Group
Tags Share Read the full U.N. Working Group petition here. (November 13, 2015 | Washington, D.C.) Today Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights submitted an urgent action and petition to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) on behalf of Egyptian teenager Mahmoud Mohamed Ahmed Hussein. The case was submitted in conjunction with the…
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Arrests in Zimbabwe Part of Broader Crackdown on Human Rights
Tags Share The media profession in Zimbabwe is once again under siege. During the past week, four newspaper journalists have been arrested, and three of them charged with slander, in a country already notorious for systematic violations of human rights. On the surface, this latest crackdown might be expected, or at the least, not altogether…
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Case of Murdered Colombian Journalist to be Heard by Inter-American Court
Tags Share MIAMI, Florida (November 2, 2015)—Calling it a “step of great importance,” the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights welcomed the decision of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to submit the case of Nelson Carvajal to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and expressed their confidence that…
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Obama Administration to Address RFK Compass Conference
Tags Share (New York, N.Y. | October 26, 2015) Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights applauds the Department of Labor’s recent decision to eliminate certain ERISA restrictions and is proud to announce Carlyle Group Co-CEO David Rubenstein, Senators Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) will join U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez as keynote…
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