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Statement by Kerry Kennedy, president, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, regarding the presidential run of Bobby Kennedy Jr.
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights is a nonprofit organization grounded in the legacy and transformative leadership of my father. We hold governments accountable, engage businesses to align with human rights norms and train the next generation of leaders to become human rights defenders in their own right. I love my brother Bobby, but…
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Immigrants’ Rights and Human Rights Organizations File Civil Rights Complaint Exposing Torture, Sexual Abuse, and Medical Neglect of a Hunger Striker at a Louisiana ICE Detention Center
Tags Share Washington, D.C., March 30, 2023 – Yesterday, a group of legal and community organizations including Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, Freedom for Immigrants, ACLU-LA, Southern Poverty Law Center, Mujeres Luchadoras, Home is Here NOLA, and Louisiana AID filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties…
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Human Rights Organizations Urge Biden Administration to Withdraw Proposed Regulations that Would Effectively Ban Black Asylum Seekers
Tags Share Washington, D.C., March 28, 2023 – Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, alongside the Black Immigrant Bail Fund, Cameroon Advocacy Network, and Haitian Bridge Alliance, strongly opposes a new regulatory framework that would all but ban asylum for Black asylum seekers. On March 27, 2023, the human rights organizations submitted a public comment to…
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Workplace diversity is under attack: Here’s how employers should respond
Tags Share By Jeffrey Siminoff. Read the original article in Quartz here. Texas governor Greg Abbott’s chief of staff recently issued a memo attacking diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in the workplace (and offices that support them) as problematic and discriminatory against unnamed groups. This was on the back of Florida’s efforts, blocked for…
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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights announces three new board members
Tags Share NEW YORK, MARCH 23, 2023 – Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today announced the appointment of three new members to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. With backgrounds spanning marketing, law, finance, and venture capital, the new members bring decades of experience in their respective fields and a deep commitment to social justice.…
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From Rapid Defense Network to RFKHR: Sarah Gillman’s Fight for Justice
Tags Share On the evening of September 25, 2019, Sarah Gillman stood on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn, New York. She had been calling the United States District Court all evening to try to present an emergency request for a stay of deportation to a judge on an emergency basis. Gillman finally was able to speak…
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Kerry Kennedy joins farmworkers, allies at march in Palm Beach
Tags Share Our president Kerry Kennedy joined advocates and activists in Palm Beach to celebrate the success of the Fair Food Program – and call for greater involvement from major food retailers. Learn more about the program’s efforts to support vulnerable farmworkers in this Palm Beach Daily News article.
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Human Rights Organizations Testify Before Inter-American Commission on the United States Government’s Ongoing Abusive Practice of Deporting Individuals to Haiti
Tags Share LOS ANGELES, MARCH 9, 2023 – Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFKHR), the Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA), Alternative Chance, the Transnational Legal Clinic at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, and the Human Rights Clinic at the University of Miami School of Law testified today before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights…
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Lawyers fight for man they say US wrongly deported to Haiti
Tags Share Two years ago, Paul Pierrilus was deported to Haiti – a country where he wasn’t born and has never lived. Speaking with The Associated Press, our staff attorney Sarah Decker calls for Paul’s immediate return home.
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A small team works to aid immigrants in Louisiana
Tags Share Working alongside partners like the ACLU of Louisiana and the Southern Poverty Law Center, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights is helping to support immigrants and asylum seekers held in ICE detention centers in rural Louisiana. Learn more about our efforts in this New Orleans Public Radio piece.
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Human rights attorneys urge UN to review the solitary confinement of Black Americans
Tags Share “The United States also has a very long and unfortunately active history of weaponizing solitary confinement against Black people, Black political prisoners and people exercising their constitutional rights.” Speaking with The Hill, our staff attorney Delia Addo-Yobo urges the United Nations to review abusive solitary confinement practices against Black people in the United…
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Ursula Burns: ‘Diversity is one of the things I care most about’
Tags Share A more diverse business world is, at last, beginning to emerge. But to appreciate the progress and ensure it continues, it’s important to look to the past, Integrum Holdings Partner Ursula Burns says. The former Xerox CEO discussed how businesses could work toward a more just and equitable vision for women and people…
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