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Citing history of alleged abuse, groups call on ICE to end contract at former La. prison
Tags Share Speaking with Verite News, our staff attorney Sarah Decker calls on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to shut down Winn Correctional Center, a Louisiana ICE detention center with a long history of violence, abuse and negligence.
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Violence against inmates
Tags Share Writing in The New York Times, our VP of U.S. Advocacy & Litigation Anthony Enriquez comments on the rising levels of violence against prison inmates – including those held in pretrial detention.
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Atlas of AI: Examining the human and environmental costs of artificial intelligence
Tags Share According to author and scholar Kate Crawford, the term “artificial intelligence” is a misnomer. “AI is neither artificial nor intelligent,” Crawford said. “[There is an] enormous environmental footprint – the minerals, the energy, the water – that drives AI. This is the opposite of artificiality. It’s profound materiality.” During Robert F. Kennedy Human…
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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Launches Civic Space Case-Tracker
Tags Share WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 29, 2023 – Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today announced the public launch of the Civic Space Case-Tracker, an interactive tool mapping some of the most significant ongoing human rights cases around the world – particularly those related to freedom of expression, assembly, and association. The tracker is launched in…
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Over 100K sign tipped wage ballot petition
Tags Share The Boston Herald notes Kerry Kennedy’s involvement in a new ballot initiative that seeks to provide a standard minimum wage for tipped workers. Read the full article for more information about the One Fair Wage campaign.
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SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher to Receive the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights 2023 Ripple of Hope Award
Tags Share New York, NY, November 14, 2023 – Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today announced that Fran Drescher, SAG-AFTRA president, actor, writer, and activist, will receive the 2023 Ripple of Hope Award in recognition of her leadership advocating for workers’ rights. Drescher will join fellow 2023 honorees, including The Edwin Barbey Charitable Trust, a…
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Book Club: Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence
Tags Share This month’s selection, Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence by Kate Crawford highlights the political, ethical and environmental costs of using artificial intelligence and the power of algorithmic bias. A leading international scholar of the social implications of artificial intelligence, Crawford showcases the power of AI to…
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UN Slams Biden Immigration Policy As Possible Treaty Breach
Tags Share The UN recently published a report criticizing President Joe Biden’s approach to immigration policy and noting the United States’ violations of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Speaking with Law360, our VP of U.S. Advocacy & Litigation Anthony Enriquez comments on the news. “The Human Rights Committee’s Concluding Observations lay bare…
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UN calls out U.S. violations of civil and political rights
Tags Share NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 3, 2023 – The UN Human Rights Committee today released its Concluding Observations denouncing the United States’ violations of civil and political rights, including widespread abuses in immigration detention facilities and the criminalization of lawful protesters. The report details the UN’s findings and conclusions of international law violations following its…
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RFKHR’s legal strategy to end indefinite immigration detention highlighted in habeas corpus lawsuit wins
Tags Share Every day, the United States government holds over 35,000 people in immigration detention while their immigration cases proceed. Using a nationwide network of jails and prisons located in rural communities isolated from legal assistance groups, the government cuts off immigrants’ access to lawyers and subjects thousands of people each year to prolonged detention…
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