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My trip to Haiti: open letter by Monika Kalra Varma from RFK Center

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"Nothing prepared me for what I saw last week..." ...

Letter fro RFK Center on Aminatou Haidar's return home

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Dear Friends,

We have wonderful news! After a 32-day hunger strike, 2008 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Laureate Aminatou Haidar finally left the Canary Islands and returned to her home and family in Western Sahara today. ha finalmente lasciato le Isole Canarie ed è rientrata oggi a casa dalla sua famiglia nel Sahara Occidentale.

OpEd: This must be New York's final harvest of shame by Kerry Kennedy

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There's near-slavery in New York, and it'll be served up across the state today in turkey, stuffing, pumpkin pie and corn bread.

Watch Live: RFK Award Ceremony at the White House

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Dear Friends,
Today at the White House, President Obama will deliver remarks and present the 2009 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award to Magodonga Mahlangu and her organization, Women of Zimbabwe Arise.

RFK Center annual Gala in New York

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The Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights will hold its annual fundraising gala on November 18th, 2009, at Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers, in New York City.

John Heffernan Joins RFK Center’s SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER

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Heffernan will direct the educational and advocacy project founded by Kerry Kennedy.

U.S. Senate Testimony: Violence Against Women is a Human Rights Crisis

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Submitted by Amnesty International, The Carter Center, Human Rights Watch and The RFK Center

Attachments:
AIUSA_RFK_CC_IVAWAtestimony.pdf	153 Kb

Letter to Chairman Durbin supporting Crimes Against Humanity Act

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This legislation would fill an existing gap in U.S. law by allowing U.S. prosecutors to hold the perpetrators of mass atrocities accountable for their acts.