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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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2023 Freedom Award ceremony: Stacey Abrams, Kerry Kennedy and Clayborne Carson honored
Tags Share “We no longer want to be a nation in which it is better to be rich and guilty than poor and innocent.” The Commercial Appeal covers the 2023 Freedom Award ceremony, noting our president Kerry Kennedy’s “rousing speech” and powerful commentary.
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United Nations and Human Rights Activists Denounce U.S. Suppression of Peaceful Protest
Tags Share NEW YORK, OCTOBER 19, 2023 – Referring to evidence presented by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and other civil society organizations, the United Nations recently expressed shock at the United States’ suppression of peaceful protest during a formal review held on October 17-18 in Geneva. During the two-day event, the UN Human Rights…
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US urged to boost support for human rights defenders globally on key anniversary
Tags Share (WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 17) – Human rights defenders (HRDs), government dignitaries, an independent United Nations expert, and human rights organizations today urged the US government and the international community to continue to stand with and increase support and protection for human rights defenders worldwide. Several leading human rights organizations also hosted a delegation…
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Addressing the social and racial barriers to health care equity
Tags Share Fortune covers our president Kerry Kennedy’s recent participation at the 2023 Most Powerful Women Summit. Joined by industry experts from Johnson & Johnson and the Susan G. Komen foundation, Kerry and her co-panelists discussed the social and racial barriers to health care equity – and how to address them.
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2024 RFK Book and Journalism Awards Now Open for Submissions
Tags Share New York, NY, October 10, 2023 – Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today announced it has opened its 2024 RFK Book and Journalism Awards for submissions. Entries must have been published, aired, or broadcast in 2023 to be eligible for consideration. The deadline for book entries is January 5, 2024 and the deadline…
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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, and New York Civil Liberties Union File FOIA Request Following Abuses in Immigration Detention Centers
Tags Share New York, NY, October 5, 2023 – Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFKHR), American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana (ACLU-LA), and New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), today filed five Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to obtain records from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) regarding policies and practices within the New…
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