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Human rights groups mark release of new United Nations report on racial discrimination in U.S. immigration system
Tags Share The Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA), the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights marked the release of a report from the UN’s Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), analyzing racial discrimination in the United States. The report, informed by evidence the organizations presented at the recent…
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Human rights groups mark release of new United Nations report on racial discrimination in U.S. immigration system
Tags Share NEW YORK, AUGUST 30, 2022 – The Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA), the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today marked the release of a report from the UN’s Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), analyzing racial discrimination in the United States. The report, informed by…
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‘Our duty as human rights advocates is to make them understand’
Tags Share It was an opportunity to tell the true story of discrimination against Black immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers by the U.S government, a story that largely goes untold, and reframe it for the international community. The week of Aug. 9, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Vice President for Domestic Advocacy and Litigation Anthony…
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Twitter: From Microblogging to a Human Right
Tags Share Over the last several years, social media platforms have evolved from mere communication applications to consequential social impact drivers used by about 4.6 billion subscribers globally including everyday people, traditional media, businesses, politicians, governments, civil society, and even terrorists. Courts around the world have even classified social media as integral to the exercise…
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Request for Thematic Hearing on Deportations of Haitian Nationals from the U.S. to Haiti During the 185th Period of Sessions of the IACHR
Tags Share August 15, 2022 Tania Reneaum Panszi Executive Secretary Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 1889 F Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 cidhoea@oas.org cidhprotecction@oas.org Re: Request for Thematic Hearing on Deportations of Haitian Nationals from the United States to Haiti During the 185th Period of Sessions of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Dear Secretary…
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Human rights groups support United Nations in confronting U.S. government on racially discriminatory immigration policies
Tags Share GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, AUGUST 12, 2022 – Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA), the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights applaud the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) for asking poignant and demanding questions to the U.S. government about its racially discriminatory immigration practices, particularly those…
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RFKHR at the United Nations: Why the U.S. doesn’t have reliable statistics to measure anti-Black discrimination in U.S. immigration
Tags Share On Tuesday, Aug. 9, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights 2021 HRA Laureate Guerline Jozef, president of the Haitian Bridge Alliance, testified before the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, one of the few international treaties the U.S. has signed on to. The topic? The continual systemic mistreatment of Black migrants…
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We must restore the promise of freedom and justice for Black people in Memphis
Tags Share In Memphis, more children are prosecuted in adult court than in the rest of the state combined. Nearly all of them are Black. On the Fourth of July, our nation celebrates the promise of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. But for too many, that promise is not only broken, it is…
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Statement by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights President Kerry Kennedy on the passing of Bill Russell
Tags Share A Hall of Famer who led the Boston Celtics to 11 NBA Championships. The first Black head coach in an American sports league. But Bill Russell was so much more than that. Russell, who died Sunday at age 88, was not only a basketball legend but a towering figure in the civil rights…
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Why human rights and justice are worth fighting for
Tags Share By Kerry Kennedy I come from a long line of men and women who have made their mark on the United States and the world through public service – in Congress, as president, as ambassadors and even as mayors. Given that, I’ve been asked frequently if I ever felt obligated to have a…
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Kerry Kennedy: Demanding Accountability for the Human Rights Abuses at Del Rio, Texas
Tags Share Over the weekend, the Border Patrol released a 500-page report on its official investigation into the humanitarian catastrophe that occurred at Del Rio, Texas in September 2021, when over 15,000 Haitian and other Black immigrants huddled at a makeshift encampment, seeking asylum. Officials must have hoped that no one would notice that their…
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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights names 2022 Ripple of Hope Award laureates
Tags Share New York, NY, July 6, 2022 —Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today announced the winners of its 2022 Ripple of Hope Awards: Frank Baker, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Siris, and Brian Moynihan, Chair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Bank of America. The laureates will be honored on Tuesday, December…
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