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Immigrant and racial justice organizations file amicus brief on systemic racial bias in immigration proceedings
Tags Share Ismail* is an unaccompanied child from Ghana held in prolonged adult immigration detention after Immigrations and Customs Enforcement used racially biased pseudoscience to argue that his bones were too large to belong to a minor. Haruna* is a man with mental disabilities deported to the Gambia due to convictions for failing to pay…
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Human Rights Group Secures Release of Mentally Disabled, LGBTQ+ Asylum Seeker Persecuted for his Sexuality and Subjected to Prolonged Detention by ICE
Tags Share BUFFALO, NY, – Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today celebrates the release of its client Mr. Awusi,* an LGBTQ+ person with mental disabilities who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for over 18 months after seeking safety in the United States. During this time, ICE and the immigration court failed to…
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Advocates file federal complaint on widespread language access issues at Louisiana ICE facility
Tags Share Winnfield, LA – Today, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, Cornell Law School Immigration Law and Advocacy Clinic, and the Southeast Dignity Not Detention Coalition filed a federal complaint on behalf of detained individuals at Winn Correctional Center, a notorious ICE facility in Louisiana. The complaint, which was submitted to the Department of Homeland…
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Kerry Kennedy on the death of Sonya Massey
Tags Share Like so many other across our nation, I am appalled at the senseless killing of Sonya Massey by police and heartbroken for the family she leaves behind. The Department of Justice has rightly commenced an investigation into the circumstances of Sonya’s death. It is clearly not an isolated incident. In 2023, police killings…
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Deported Cameroonian Asylum Seekers Returned to U.S
Tags Share Returnees Abused in Both Countries; U.S. Breached Asylum Confidentiality July 18, 2024, Washington, D.C. – The United States government has, since May 2024, approved the return of 27 Cameroonian asylum seekers who experienced serious harm in Cameroon after their deportation from the U.S. in 2020, a coalition of human rights groups said today.…
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Committee for Justice and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Submit Report to UN Universal Periodic Review
Tags Share Geneva, Switzerland and Washington, United States [July 15, 2024] – The Committee for Justice (CFJ) and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFKHR) have jointly submitted a comprehensive report to the United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR) for the Arab Republic of Egypt. The submission, prepared for the UPR 48th Session of the Human…
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Advocates Demand Investigation into ICE’s Retaliation and Abuse Against Hunger Strikers at Buffalo Detention Center
Tags Share BUFFALO, NY, July 10, 2024 – Yesterday, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York, New York Civil Liberties Union, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and Justice for Migrant Families filed a federal civil rights complaint on behalf of detained individuals at the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility (BFDF), New York…
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International Human Rights Commission to Hold Public Hearing on Michael Brown’s Case
Tags Share Ten years after Brown’s murder by Ferguson police, his family has one last avenue for justice Washington, D.C., July 8, 2024 – On July 10, almost ten years after Michael Brown’s murder at the hands of Ferguson police, the Brown family will appear before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) for a…
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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Celebrates Student Filmmakers at Tribeca Festival
Tags Share Yesterday, as part of its annual Speak Truth to Power video competition, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights debuted six student films at a Tribeca Festival showcase in New York City. The featured videos, which covered topics ranging from abortion access to youth incarceration, were selected as contest finalists from student submissions across the…
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Human rights groups oppose asylum processing rule that would further slow cases
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, alongside the Black Alliance for Just Immigration, Cameroon Advocacy Network, Haitian Bridge Alliance, and Southeast Dignity Not Detention Coalition, strongly opposes a proposed regulation that would disproportionately deny humanitarian protection to people in immigration detention and Black people. On June 12, 2024, the human rights organizations submitted a…
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Governor Kathy Hochul Pardons Longtime New York Resident Paul Pierrilus, Human Rights Groups Urge the U.S. Government to Bring Paul Home
Tags Share New York, NY, May 30, 2024 – Last week, on May 24, 2024, Governor Kathy Hochul of the State of New York granted Paul Pierrilus, a 35-year resident of Spring Valley, New York, a gubernatorial pardon. The pardon, requested by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and the Haitian Bridge Alliance earlier this year,…
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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Announces 2024 Book and Journalism Award Winners
Tags Share NEW YORK, MAY 21, 2024 – Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today announced the winners of its 2024 RFK Book and Journalism Awards during a virtual ceremony with remarks by president Kerry Kennedy and featuring special guest presenters Kimberly Adams, Michael Beschloss, Margaret Engel, Annette Gordon-Reed, Van Jones, Rory Kennedy, Nicholas Kristof, Arantxa…
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