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Tags Share At least 40 Ukrainian children being treated for cancer will be airlifted to Athens to the pediatric oncology unit bearing the name of UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, Ripple of Hope Laureate and chair of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Greece Marianna V. Vardinoyannis. The Ukrainian patients will be accompanied by their parents and family…
Tags Share “How does Matthew Chance sleep and stay alert to his surroundings when he appears to be reporting at all hours?” It’s something many have likely thought about the CNN senior international correspondent, along with countless other journalists working from the front-lines in Ukraine and Russia. As shelling and other instruments of war are…
Tags Share Our RFK Italia headquarters is now hosting 10 Ukrainian refugees, with the site being managed by the Red Cross. Click here to watch on Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Italia LinkedIn page to see Rai – Radiotelevisione Italiana’s segement about the initiative of the collection of goods for Ukraine promoted by COLORS FOR…
Tags Share The invasion of Ukraine is Russia’s “last attempt” to crush the country, reclaim its empire and reestablish a pre-World War II era of “rule by might,” a former deputy Prime Minister of Georgia Eka Tkeshelashvili has said. “This is the new concept that Russia is imposing on all of us—accepting the fact that…
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Tags Share Washington, D.C.—Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, together with our international affiliates, strongly condemns Russia’s unprovoked invasion and bombardment of Ukraine, resulting in growing numbers of human casualties and a burgeoning humanitarian crisis. “As a human rights organization committed to promoting peace, protecting civic space, and holding governments accountable, we call for the immediate…
Tags Share For many Americans, the situation in Ukraine may seem as distant as memories of the fall of the Berlin Wall. But the threat of a Cold War knocks at our doors once again, bringing reminders of our childhoods in the 1960s, when schools across the country practiced duck and cover drills and families…
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