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California should honor Mandela by limiting solitary confinement
Tags Share By Chris Holden and Daniel Tse July 18 marks Nelson Mandela Day, an occasion to commemorate the life of the revered South African leader. Mandela was not only a champion of justice, and an advocate for equality and freedom, he was also an activist who survived incarceration and torture in his fight for…
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Statement by Kerry Kennedy on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Recent Remarks
Tags Share I strongly condemn my brother’s deplorable and untruthful remarks last week about Covid being engineered for ethnic targeting. His statements do not represent what I believe or what Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights stand for, with our 50+-year track record of protecting rights and standing against racism and all forms of discrimination.
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Detainees and advocates decry ‘horrific’ conditions at Louisiana ICE detention center
Tags Share Staff attorney Sarah Gillman speaks with NBC News about inhumane conditions and rampant human rights abuses at Winn Correctional Center, an ICE detention facility in rural Louisiana. “There’s been a lot of reports on Winn, and there’s been a lot of documentation, and even with all that it continues to exist,” she notes.…
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Smart employers lead and hire with dignity
Tags Share Written by Jeffrey Siminoff The angst some feel around workplace diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives is often built around a flawed premise. It’s that a focus on DEI means a take-away from some (say, straight white people) that subordinates merit to identity-based preferences. In fact, inclusive workplace recruiting and culture strategies are meant…
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Cenesca v. Feeley: Fighting prolonged solitary confinement in immigration detention
This case challenges the U.S. government’s practice of coercing Black immigrants into accepting deportation by locking them in indefinite immigration detention and prolonged solitary confinement.
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Union wins at New York farms raise hopes for once-powerful UFW
Tags Share Speaking with The Guardian, our president Kerry Kennedy celebrates a milestone moment for the United Farm Workers. In the UFW’s biggest organizing success in years, it recently unionized 500 workers at five New York farms. Recalling RFK Human Rights’ early involvement with the United Farm Workers, Kerry notes the historically bleak conditions for…
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Rekia Boyd v. United States: Fighting impunity for police killings
This case seeks accountability through international human rights law for the extrajudicial killing of Rekia Boyd by a Chicago police officer.
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San Diego educators and community stakeholders collaborate to empower the next generation
Tags Share On June 25-27, RFK Human Rights Speak Truth to Power (STTP) held the first of a series of Summer Institutes in San Diego, hosted in partnership with the University of San Diego Division of Extended Studies. Over the course of those three days, educators, students, and community stakeholders had the opportunity to learn…
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Organizational Statement about today’s court ruling allowing discrimination of LGBTQ Americans by business owners
Tags Share In a shameful coda to Pride month, the Supreme Court majority has stripped LGBTQ Americans of their right to freedom from discrimination by businesses owners. The decision follows sustained legislative attacks on transgender people across the country. By speaking out against hate with bravery and compassion, LGBTQ people have expanded the meaning of…
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Pride’s #BookBan Legacy: Speaking Truth to Power
Tags Share Pride has long been known as a joyous celebration of queer life and love, a time for the LGBTQ+ community to come together without fear. Unfortunately, Pride 2023 has felt like less of a celebration and more of a reminder: the struggle for queer existence is not over. From drag bans to policies…
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RFKHR attorney, legal fellow meet with U.N. delegation on human rights violations of Black people, asylum seekers in U.S.
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights staff attorney Delia Addo-Yobo, legal fellow Daniel Tse, and John Lewis Young Leader Lucina Kayee were able to meet with a United Nations delegation in May to shine a light on human rights violations against Black people in the U.S. – both American citizens and migrants seeking asylum…
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Joe Kennedy III asks RFK Compass Investors to place their bets on Northern Ireland
Tags Share The Kennedy family has been a symbol of Irish American prosperity for more than 100 years. On Wednesday evening, Joseph P. Kennedy III – U.S. Special Envoy for Northern Ireland – sought to reorient investors toward the homeland and spotlight what Northern Ireland has to offer during the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights…
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