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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share Exclusive: groups call for US inquiry into police killing of ‘Cop City’ protester Two organizations – Robert F Kennedy Human Rights and the Southern Center for Human Rights – together with the University of Dayton Human Rights Center have filed a petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights calling for a US…
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Complaint issued alleging abuse of detainees at Winn Correctional Center
Tags Share Speaking with Louisiana’s NBC 10 News, staff attorney Sarah Decker outlines the long history of abuse at Winn Correctional Center – including a January 2024 incident wherein hundreds of detained individuals were pepper-sprayed in a retaliatory attack.
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Cameras Up: An Interview with 2023 Speak Truth to Power Video Contest Winners Naba Sheikh and Tohir Hodjakulov
Tags Share Guns Down, Arms Up, the 2023 Speak Truth to Power Video Contest winning film, is a powerful exploration of the horrific prevalence of gun violence in schools and a stirring call to action. In a recent interview, filmmakers Naba Sheikh and Tohir Hodjakulov of James Madison High School, shared their reasons for making…
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Supporting rights of incarcerated women by providing free period products
Tags Share As we move forward from Women’s History month, it is important to keep advocating for the rights of women everywhere, including the rights of incarcerated women. Many women in prison have difficulty obtaining adequate period products due to cost, resulting in women bartering with other inmates or doing without. This lack of period…
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Human Rights Groups Ask International Commission to Investigate Police Killing of U.S. Environmental Activist
Tags Share New York, NY, April 8, 2024 – Last week, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, The Southern Center for Human Rights, and the University of Dayton Human Rights Center filed a petition before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) requesting a Department of Justice investigation into the 2023 murder of Manuel Esteban Páez…
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Groups call for US inquiry into police killing of ‘Cop City’ protester
Tags Share In April 2024, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights filed a petition before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights requesting an investigation into the 2023 murder of Manuel Esteban Páez Terán (known as “Tortuguita”), an environmental activist who was killed by police while peacefully protesting the construction of Atlanta’s “Cop City” facility. Speaking with…
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Manuel Esteban Paez Teran v. United States: Justice for murder of environmental activist
This case seeks reparative justice for the extrajudicial killing of Manuel “Tortuguita” Paez Terán, the first environmental activist in modern U.S. history to have been shot and killed by police during a protest.
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Human Rights and Immigrants’ Rights Groups Submit Federal Civil Rights Complaint After ICE Facility in Louisiana Pepper Sprays 200 Protesting Individuals in Retaliatory Attack
Tags Share Washington, D.C., April 2, 2024 – Last week, a group of human rights and immigrant rights organizations filed a federal civil rights complaint against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Winn Correctional Center in Louisiana and its contractors at the for-profit prison company, LaSalle Corrections. The complaint, which was submitted to the…
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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Announces Two New Board Members
Tags Share NEW YORK, APRIL 2, 2024 – Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today announced the appointment of two new members to its Board of Directors, Sancia Dalley of PGIM and María Teresa Kumar of Voto Latino. With backgrounds representing the investment sector, ESG, journalism, and voter advocacy, Dalley and Kumar have decades of experience…
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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Announces Arely Westley as the 2024 Human Rights Award Laureate
Tags Share WASHINGTON, D.C., March 31, 2024 – Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today announced Arely Westley, an LGBTQ+ and immigrant rights activist, as the recipient of its 41st annual RFK Human Rights Award. A ceremony honoring Westley is scheduled for the first week of June in Washington, D.C. A longtime advocate for immigrant, Latinx,…
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Behind The Headlines: Turmoil In Texas As Ugly State Vs Federal Government Battle Over Who Controls Immigration Law
Tags Share This week, federal courts extended a pause on enforcement of S.B. 4, a Texas law that allows state police to arrest people they suspect crossed the U.S.-Mexico border without valid immigration status. S.B. 4 requires state judges to order people to leave the U.S. or face up to 20 years in prison if…
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Charting The Course: In Conversation With Dr. Vivienne Ming, Founder & Executive Chair Of Socos Labs
Tags Share Dr. Vivienne Ming believes there are two dominant views regarding the powerful ascendance of artificial intelligence. One view is held by the “accelerationists,” who believe AI will solve every problem, give humans more time to pursue their interests, and save the planet. Conversely, the “doomers” believe that AI will destroy everything. Dr. Ming,…
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