(1/2) Both Haiti and Syria are categorized as Level 4 on the U.S. State Department's travel advisory. "Due not travel for any reason due to kidnapping, crime, terrorist activity, civil unrest, limited health care, hostage taking, and armed conflict."

(2/2) Yet today SCOTUS upended the lives of some 350K Haitians and 6K Syrians who have spent decades rebuilding their lives in the U.S., and is likely to have implications for TPS holders from a dozen other countries. This blatant hypocrisy and disregard for human life are impossible to ignore.

"In the light of a truly freed mind no prejudice can disguise itself as zeal, no bullying can masquerade as leadership, no pettiness can pose as importance." - Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

(1/2) We stand in solidarity with the people of Venezuela during this devastating earthquake. Years of corruption and institutional deterioration have left the country ill-equipped to respond to a disaster of this magnitude. Immediate international assistance is essential to save lives.

(1/2) For decades, the federal government has allowed people who do not pose a danger to the community or a flight risk to remain out of custody if they comply with their conditions of release. In 2025, the Philadelphia ICE Field Office abruptly change course.

Pride was born in resistance. Rooted in the 1969 Stonewall Uprising, where queer folks, led heavily by Black and Brown trans women like Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, fought back against state-sanctioned violence, this movement has always been, and will always be, a protest.

(1/2) Jaba Pataraia is a 33-year-old citizen of Georgia and Russia who became active in political organizing in Georgia and publicly opposed Russia's invasion of Ukraine. In retaliation for his activism, he was targeted by Russian and Georgian regime agents and suffered a severe spinal injury.

To every father and father figure spending this Father's Day apart from their families, separated by borders, conflict, or courts - you are not forgotten. We will not stop fighting for the day you're reunited with your loved ones.

One of the most meaningful ways we can support Black communities (this Juneteenth and every day!) is by seeking out and uplifting Black-owned businesses and organizations in our area. Find listings by state below!

John Lewis believed that each generation has an obligation to take up the work of freedom and push it further than the last. That work continues today through our John Lewis Young Leaders Fellowship program and every advocate and organizer who refuses to be silent. Happy Juneteenth!

(2/2) That spirit lives on in the @kennedyhrc.bsky.social John Lewis Young Leaders Fellowship. Our fellows carry Lewis' legacy and that of the civil rights leaders who came before them into their campuses and communities every day. Happy Juneteenth!

(1/3) 📍 We're in Costa Rica at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. It has been an honor for us to represent the families of the victims of the Oscar Pérez (El Junquito Massacre) case, alongside Foro Penal.

(4/4) @kennedyhrc.bsky.social, @penamerica.bsky.social , and The Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights stand together in calling for Reza's immediate release, and we will not stop until he and all of Iran's political prisoners are free. 🔗 More information: rekhrc.org/3QQ9Fg3

"We need more than talk; more than general references. We need action... We face a difficult and dangerous time, but if we are tough-minded, if we are strong, and if we are dedicated to the ideals which have made this country great, we need not fear for the future." - Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

Voting isn't just a right. It's an act of resistance. When they try to steal our voices, we speak louder. When they build walls, we break them down. When they suppress, we SHOW UP. Good Trouble Weekend of Action. 🔗 Find en event near you: social.demcast.com/s/uKGxYETF

(1/2) This is what good trouble looks like! Over the weekend, our incoming and outgoing John Lewis Young Leaders cohorts gathered in Memphis, TN, to do what this fellowship has always demanded: show up, speak up, and get in good trouble.

Seven lives. Eight years. One step closer to accountability. Tomorrow, June 17, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights hears the case of Pérez et al. v. Venezuela. We’ll be sharing updates from the hearing across all our channels. 🔗 Learn more about the case: rekhrc.org/4aS3Ght

The killings at El Junquito did not end the state's campaign of persecution. The regime turned on the families. 🔗 Learn more about the case: rekhrc.org/4aS3Ght

They livestreamed their own surrender. The state executed them anyway. This is the El Junquito Massacre. 🔗 More information: rekhrc.org/4aS3Ght

Grateful to Russell Wigginton and the entire team at the National Civil Rights Museum for welcoming our John Lewis Young Leaders to Memphis this week. No better place to ground the next generation of activists in the history that made this movement and the legacy they are carrying forward.

Killings, torture, and arbitrary arrest led the Trump administration to designate the Central African Republic "do not travel for any reason." Yet ICE is sending at least two detained women who fled Iran there despite their asylum claims. This isn’t immigration policy. It’s state-sanctioned torture.

(1/2) We applaud IHRD Africa, The Pan African Lawyers Union, @aaaj-aajc.bsky.social, Equatorial Guinea Justice and the Global Strategic Litigation Council for challenging the Trump admin’s third-country deportation agreement w/ Equatorial Guinea.

(1/2) What does it mean to be human in a world driven by AI? Vivienne Ming joined our COO Michael Schreiber for a conversation on her new book and why technology can automate skills and knowledge, but cannot replace the fundamental human need for a purposeful life.

The @splcenter.org's indictment was decided before the DOJ interviewed a single employee or requested a single document. A federal court just threw out another case on the exact same grounds. Dismiss this case.

(1/3) @yobencohen.bsky.social built a company -Ben & Jerry’s- that refused to separate its commercial business and its social mission, and for nearly five decades Ben has proven that business can make a profit while doing the right thing.

(2/3) Ben said this about the prominent role that business now plays in society: “So now that business has become the most powerful force, it can no longer sit on the sidelines. It needs to be a fully participating member of our community and to stand for justice and human rights."

(3/3) What a sweet start to our @kennedyhrc.bsky.social Compass Summer Investors Conference!

Happy Pride Month! As LGBTQ+ rights are under attack more than ever, we're celebrating the joy of queer love and expression this month.

#Bangladesh: We join Odhikar and a dozen other human rights organizations in calling on the Bangladesh government for International Week of the Disappeared to ensure truth, justice, and reparation for victims of disappearances and their families.

(1/2) “The important thing is that as a government and as a people we fight and strive to make progress - to maintain freedom and to uphold at all times the dignity and independence of the individual.” - Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

(1/4) I'm honored to announce the winners of the 2026 @kennedyhrc.bsky.social Book and Journalism Awards! Reporting from the frontlines of Gaza, Sudan, Iran, Ukraine, and beyond, journalists are putting their lives on the line to bring us the news.

Ruth López has spent a year detained in #ElSalvador on politically motivated charges and without timely access to counsel or a fair trial. Her detention violates due process and other fundamental rights. We call for her immediate release, an impartial investigation, and restoration of her freedoms.

"The most significant civil rights problem is voting... Each citizen’s right to vote is fundamental to all the other rights of citizenship." - Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

Across the country, people are coming together in powerful acts of resistance known as #FreedomVigils — public gatherings that shine a light on the cruel realities of detention. If you’re looking for a way to take action, please join us! RSVP ⬇️. @workerscircle.bsky.social

(1/4) When the highest levels of our government spew anti-immigrant rhetoric and condone racial profiling, the consequences can be life-threatening.

En El Salvador se criminaliza a quienes alzan la voz. Cristosal ha documentado al menos 245 casos de persecución política desde 2019.

In El Salvador, those who raise their voices are criminalized. Cristosal has documented at least 245 cases of political persecution since 2019.

In 2025, private prison giant GEO Group reported $2.6 billion in revenue while deaths in detention reached their highest level in over two decades. Shortly after, its Executive Chairman, George Zoley, got a 150% bonus to his one million dollar salary.

(1/5) Mohamed Hassan Jeylani was brought to the US as a child refugee. Years later, he was detained by ICE but won protection from removal to Somalia. After the gov’t determined that he was neither a danger to the community nor a flight risk, he was released.

"The spirit of our democracy is that we live together by the rule of law; that we constantly seek the truth; that we speak out when we disagree and we speak up for unpopular causes; that our government exists for the people and not the people existing for the government." -Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

Happy Mother’s Day to all the remarkable mothers and mother figures in our lives. 🤍

(1/3) Is your money being invested into private prison companies without your consent? If you have a 401(k) retirement or mutual fund account the answer may be yes. Ahead of GEO Group’s earnings call today and CoreCivic’s tomorrow, here’s everything you need to know to check.

(1/4) In 2008, a group of teenagers set out in Long Island, NY, looking for Latino men to assault. Unfortunately for Oswaldo Marcelo Lucero, an Ecuadorian immigrant, they found one. Lucero died that evening, having been stabbed to death.

“All of us face a clear challenge today to reaffirm and to demonstrate, in our daily actions, the sense of democratic justice that unites us as Americans. If we fail to do so, we become no better than the oppressors our fathers found intolerable in their native lands.” - Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

170 assaults on journalists in the U.S. in 2025. 160 by law enforcement. Let that sink in. #WorldPressFreedomDay

(1/2) Anti-immigrant rhetoric and xenophobic attitudes can, and often do, lead to hate crimes. It happened in 2008, when Oswaldo Lucero was murdered for his identity. And it's happening today under the Trump admin’s immigration crackdown. 🔗 Full @nytimes.com video: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/o...

(1/3) A judge in Philadelphia struck down ICE's unlawful 24/7 surveillance of a man it shackled with a GPS ankle monitor. In the first local case of its kind, his pro bono attorneys won $40,000 in legal fees after the judge ruled that ICE's actions and arguments had no basis in law or fact.

(1/2) Today, SCOTUS gutted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, leaving Black and brown voters without enforceable protections against discriminatory maps.

(2/2) Daddy warned us in 1962: “The most significant civil rights problem is voting.” He helped pass the VRA. He sponsored amendments to broaden its reach. His legacy demands we keep fighting. #VotingRights

(1/2) Oswaldo Marcelo Lucero, an Ecuadorian immigrant, was murdered in 2008 in a racially-motivated attack by a group of teenagers. Nearly two decades later, we're petitioning the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to hear his case. Why? 🧵 ⬇️