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Blair LM Kelley traces the history of the Black working class
Tags Share On Tuesday, July 23rd, RFK Human Rights hosted its July Book Club featuring the recipient of the 2024 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Book Award, Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class by Blair LM Kelley and moderated by historian and author Ted Widmer. This work spans two hundred years―from one…
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Behind the Headlines: Reparative Justice for Sonya Massey
Tags Share This week, Illinois state police released body camera footage of a sheriff’s deputy murdering Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman and mother of two, in the kitchen of her home. On July 6, 2024, Sonya called police to report a suspected break-in of her house. Officers from the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office arrived and,…
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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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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share Young People Under Arrest Need Legal Protection The interrogation room is cramped and windowless. The police officer sitting across from the teenager and his mother begins to read the teen his Miranda rights. The words flow easily, familiar to anyone who has ever watched a police TV drama: “You have the right to remain silent.” …
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Briefing: New resolution could allow unjustly deported people opportunity to return to U.S.
Tags Share The National Immigrant Justice Center joined U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05) to introduce a new congressional resolution seeking to address the injustices and harms of deportation on U.S. families and communities. The Chance to Come Home Resolution, which Rep. Cleaver is co-sponsoring with U.S. Senator Cory Booker (NJ) and Representatives Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) and David…
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share Impartial Justice Needs Global Support More Than Ever The conflicts and crises raging across the globe today in Darfur, Gaza, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Ukraine demonstrate how impunity fuels cycles of violence. As the world confronts these emergencies, it is crucial that impartial and independent justice is delivered to victims of grave international crimes, regardless of where…
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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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Federal Civil Rights Complaint Demands Investigation into Abuse Against Hunger Strikers at New York ICE Jail
Tags Share RFK Human Rights filed a civil rights complaint in collaboration with partner institutions against New York State’s largest immigration detention facility, Buffalo Federal Detention Facility (BFDF), after staff unfairly retaliated against detained individuals who engaged in a peaceful hunger strike to protest the facility’s excessive use of solitary confinement. In a statement provided…
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share Michael Brown’s mom pushes for justice for her son in public hearing The mother of Michael Brown — who was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer in 2014 sparking protests around the county — gave testimony to the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR) to review the case of her son’s killing in…
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Michael Brown’s Mother Seeks Justice at International Human Rights Hearing
Tags Share Mike Brown’s mother, Lesley McSpadden, joined attorneys from RFK Human Rights and the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center to testify at an IACHR hearing on July 10. As St. Louis Public Radio reports, this is the first time the commission has held a hearing about an individual case of police violence in the…
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Michael Brown’s Mom Pushes for Justice for Son in Public Hearing
Tags Share As the 10 year anniversary of Mike Brown’s death at the hands of Ferguson police approaches, his family is still seeking justice. On July 10th, Brown’s mother testified at an IACHR hearing to petition the commision to recommend that United States prosecutors criminally litigate Brown’s killing. As ABC reports, Kerry Kennedy said at…
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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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