United States
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Undoing the Moral Shame of Family Separation
The lawyers who orchestrated such horrific human rights violations must be held accountable.
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New Speak Truth to Power Pilot Program Set to Debut in Bangor, Maine
The first of its kind initiative incorporates human rights education and social-emotional learning into the school’s curriculum, practices, and culture.
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Transgender Law Center v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: Exposing cruel and degrading treatment of trans people in immigration detention
These cases under the Freedom of Information Act seek to expose cruel and degrading treatment of transgender people in immigration detention, including prolonged solitary confinement, sexual and physical abuse, and denial of essential medical care.
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Holding Sheriffs Accountable
Q&A with Linda Franks on the launch of Communities for Sheriff Accountability.
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Announcing the 2021 Ripple of Hope Award Laureates
The winners of the 53rd annual RFK Ripple of Hope Awards are Stacey Abrams, José E. Feliciano, Deven Parekh, and Hans Vestberg.
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RFK Human Rights’ Sancia Dalley Testifies Against HB 2 in Texas
“This is simply terrible economics that paralyzes communities and families, especially communities and families of color.”
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RFK Human Rights’ Sancia Dalley Testifies Against HB 2 in Texas
“This is simply terrible economics that paralyzes communities and families, especially communities and families of color.”
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RFK Human Rights’ Sancia Dalley Testifies Against HB 2 in Texas
As Texas considered passing HB 2, dangerous bail legislation that would increase jailing of the state’s most vulnerable, we joined local advocates in calling for this bill to be stopped.
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Texas Community Bail Funds Grow
Tags Share Sparked by protests following George Floyd’s murder, bail funds have experienced a surge of attention and fundraising. Just last summer, bail funds received over $90 million in donations—including $1 million from RFK Human Rights and Colin Kaepernick’s Know Your Rights Camp—to support their urgent work freeing people from pretrial detention. The Dallas Morning…
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UIC Alumni Win 2021 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award
Tags Share “Brody Ford, a 2020 University of Illinois Chicago graduate in political science and communication, and Nicole Sroka, a 2021 UIC graduate in criminology, law and justice and communication, were among a team of 35 student-journalists from Arizona State University’s Carnegie-Knight News21 program to win the prestigious Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award. The award-winning…
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Louisiana ICE Jail Under Fire Over Claims of Abuse
RFK Human Rights’ staff attorney Sarah Decker spoke with KLFY in Louisiana on our latest immigration report.
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Report Details Rampant Abuse at Louisiana ICE Detention Center
Inhumane conditions and overuse of solitary confinement were just some of the egregious human rights violations found at the Pine Prairie immigrant detention center.
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