Europe
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Speak Truth to Power Launches in The Balkans
Tags Share In the beginning of October, Kerry and the Speak Truth to Power team went to Sarajevo to launch STTP in the Balkans. In collaboration with the Foundation of Shared Societies and Values Sarajevo, Kerry and the STTP team met with leaders and educators of the Balkans to discuss implementing STTP in Sarajevo and
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Speak Truth to Power’s Swedish Young Ambassadors
Tags Share In Sweden, right wing extremist parties have gained public support in the last few years. Anti-refugee and anti-Semitic hate crimes are on the rise, and there is increased polarization among different socio-economic, ethnic and religious groups. While Sweden remains a wealthy country, impoverished pockets in the inner cities, inhabited predominantly by immigrants, still
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Marianna V. Vardinoyannis Foundation Brings Human Rights Education Into Greek Classrooms
Tags Share Over the past few months, Speak Truth to Power partner, the Marianna V. Vardinoyannis Foundation, has worked tirelessly to bring STTP to Greece. Whether through individual collaboration or country-wide conferences, the Foundation has shown to be a dedicated and enthusiastic partner in creating the next generation of human rights defenders. Most recently, in
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In Brussels, Speak Truth to Power Educator Conference Shines
Tags Share On September 10-12, over 30 educators, activists and social entrepreneurs gathered for the final STTP Summit at Education International headquarters in Brussels, Belgium to complete the STTP Roadmap with concrete, realizable actions that address four Impact Building Blocks: Product, Systems, Mobilization and Human Right Education Global Advocacy. The impact building blocks, emerging from
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RFK Human Rights Launches Speak Truth to Power in Portugal
The Portuguese curriculum tells the stories of Speak Truth to Power human rights defenders, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Malala Yousafzai.
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Russia: Stop Crackdown on Human Rights Defenders
Tags Share (March 18, 2016 | Washington, D.C.) A Moscow district court yesterday fined the Public Verdict Foundation human rights organization 400,000 rubles for refusing a Russian government demand that its publications acknowledge it is a “foreign agent.” Public Verdict will appeal the decision. Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights urges the government to dismiss the
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RFK Human Rights Launches Speak Truth to Power in Norway
“The Speak Truth to Power curriculum empowers students to be agents of change. We are thrilled to be working with Norwegian schools to create a more just and peaceful world,” said Kerry Kennedy.
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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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Natalia Taubina Wins 2015 RFK Human Rights Award
The award, now in its 32nd year, recognizes her courageous work seeking justice for the most serious human rights violations in Russia.
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Speak Truth to Power Curriculum Launches in Switzerland
The curriculum has been introduced to 893 schools in three cantons (Schwyz, Zurich, St. Gallen).
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