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? 🧵 ⬇️

"We are being judged all around the globe by what we do much more than what we say... The rule of law, fairly and equitably administered, is what separates our system from one of dictatorship and tyranny, where an individual, not law and charity, controls life and death." -Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

(1/3) 2,253 environmental human rights defenders have been killed or disappeared globally since 2012. And in 2024, 1 in 3 environmental human rights defenders killed or disappeared were Indigenous peoples.

(1/2) The Trump administration is trying to reverse the very definition of civil rights and eliminate the organizations doing actual civil rights work. For more than 50 years, @splcenter.org has documented hate and violence, has taken on the Klan, bigotry, and Christian nationalism.

(2/2) Their work has saved countless lives.Now, they're on the target list. This administration believes that absolute power requires dismantling civil rights and rewriting history in its favor. Intimidation is the strategy. But it will not work.

We're Webby Award Winners! At a time when democracy is being chipped away before our eyes, this recognition is all the more powerful. Thank you to everyone who watched, shared, and voted for our entry. We couldn't do this without you!

Join us on April 22 at #UNPFII2026 to discuss what the Ascencio Rosario v. Mexico ruling means for Indigenous women’s right to health. With Albert Barum, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, FIMI-IIWF delegates, and co-litigating orgs. 🔗 rekhrc.org/4sGRmXG

As Isabel put it, we must ask ourselves: what is power without decency? What is power without checks and balances? And what is power if it fails to serve the most vulnerable in our society? 🔗 Full hearing: youtube.com/watch?v=sBmQ...

(1/3) Yesterday, Congress heard from our Sr. Staff Attorney for Latin America Isabel Carlota Roby, on the state of exception in #ElSalvador. Isabel underscored that U.S. authorities knew, or reasonably should have known, the extent of human rights violations that go unpunished under Bukele’s regime.

(1/3) I'm thrilled to announce that the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers is this year's @kennedyhrc.bsky.social Human Rights Award recipient! The NUPL is the Philippines’ largest voluntary association of human rights lawyers, defending civil liberties and victims of politically motivated abuses.

(2/3) In the face of persecution and personal danger, NUPL members have remained unwavering in their fight to protect human rights and public interest law. Their resilience and courage are an inspiration and a roadmap for anyone seeking to fight back against abuses and repression by those in power.

(3/3) This year's award ceremony will be held on June 4 at 6:00 pm ET at the Kennedy Caucus Room in the Russell Senate Office Building. For more information and to RSVP, please visit the link below ⬇️. rekhrc.org/4mJuSUr

(1/5) Over the weekend, we facilitated a 3-day training for 20 students in Dhaka, Bangladesh with the human rights organization Odhikar.

"We have no infallible party, no iron creed, no all-purpose blueprint... We have instead faith in human intelligence, human will, and human decency; and we know that, in the long run, these are the forces which make history." - Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

(1/2) Ethel Kennedy’s spirit has been at the heart of our mission since she founded Kennedy Human Rights 58 years ago – and today, you carry that legacy forward. In honor of her birthday, make a gift in her memory 💌 ➡️ rekhrc.org/48qo2gA

(1/3) The Trump admin is poised to expand immigration detention to Guantánamo Bay. This time, it's targeting Cubans fleeing one of the country's worst humanitarian crises in decades, in part driven by energy shortages linked to Trump’s war with Iran.

More people died in ICE custody last year than any year since DHS started operating in 2003. And last month, the rate of detention deaths reached almost one every four days. Congress, it’s time to act. 🔗: theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Try as he may to unravel the very foundation of our legal and constitutional framework, victories like these show that even Trump isn’t above the law. He answers to the people. With your help, we can keep fighting. And keep winning. 🔗 Support our work: rekhrc.org/4sWabqw

There’s still time to register for our upcoming book club with Vivienne Ming as we explore her latest book, Robot Proof. 🗓️ Monday, April 6 at 2:00 PM ET 🔗 rfkhro.org/40U0b50 We hope to see you there!

"We must admit in ourselves that our own children's future cannot be built on the misfortunes of others. We must recognize that this short life can neither be ennobled or enriched by hatred or revenge." - Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

We are Webby Awards finalists! Our video featuring @staceyabrams.com, Autocracy in Ten Steps, is a finalist in the Social & Games - Public Service, Social Impact & Activism category. VOTE for us before April 16th: wbby.co/59010N

The photos speak for themselves. Thank you to everyone who showed up and spoke out this weekend. #NoKings 🔗 More about how we’re challenging abuse of power: rfkhro.org/41oG2nA

(1/2) As Women’s History Month comes to a close, we’re celebrating our incredible Board and Leadership Council members who shared their advice with the next generation of women leaders. Their message is clear: lead with conviction, use your voice, and make space for others to do the same.

(1/4) Beatings, sexual assault, broken ribs, dislocated jaws; the use of gas and rubber bullets; and guards regularly threatening to kill detainees, telling them they would be buried alive and that there was a crematorium to dispose of their bodies so no one would ever find them.

(2/4) These are just some of the abuses suffered by the 288 Venezuelans and Salvadorans kidnapped off our streets by the Trump administration and shipped to CECOT, the infamous torture center in El Salvador.

(3/4) One of the most sinister findings about this illegal agreement is that multiple independent medical experts and govt officials, including a fmr State Department staffer and two fmr UN Special Rapporteurs, corroborated evidence of systemic torture at CECOT BEFORE this agreement took effect.

(4/4) @kennedyhrc.bsky.social and partners are asking the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to hold El Salvador responsible for the pain inflicted on the Venezuelan nationals and the 36 Salvadorans who remain unaccounted for to this day. 🔗 More about our petition: rfkhro.org/4bDqmmA

No kings!!

If you're taking to the streets for #NoKings protests today, be safe and know your rights. Find a protest near you: nokings.org

(1/2) ICE has no place in our airports, churches, hospitals, or schools. More people died in ICE jails in 2025 than in any other year in the last two decades. And this month, the rate of detention deaths has reached almost one every four days.

(2/2) That’s why we’re taking to the streets on March 28. Find a protest near you ⬇️. #NoKings

(1/3) Please join @socos.org, Founder and Executive Chair of Socos Labs, and KHRC Board Member, on Monday, April 6, at 2:00 PM ET for a conversation about her latest book, ‘Robot Proof.’ 🔗 Register: rfkhro.org/40U0b50

Thank you to everyone who joined us at our ’68 Collective event on the realities of immigration detention and the systemic failures driving today’s crisis. 🔗 More about our work: rfkhro.org/41oG2nA 🔗 More about the '68 Collective and how you can get involved: rfkhro.org/4rWUDlh

(1/2) My mother was famous for being the widow of Robert F. Kennedy, but she was so much more. With this book, I want to introduce readers to the fearless, funny and deeply compassionate Ethel Kennedy that few people knew.

(1/2) How are #Venezuela’s Attorney General and Ombudsperson selected? The current appointment process is moving forward amid serious concerns about transparency and legality. @wola-org.bsky.social @cejil.bsky.social @dplf-info.bsky.social