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"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." – Martin Luther King, Jr., "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" (1963)
Lauren Choplin

Upholding Fundamental Values and Principles of Justice

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Russell Tenofsky

Philosophy and the Nonhuman Rights Movement

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Watercolor illustration of a chimpanzee next to a tree.
Lauren Choplin

Habeas Corpus Experts Offer Support for Chimpanzee Rights Cases

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Today a group of philosophers submitted an amicus curiae brief in support of the NhRP's chimpanzee rights cases on behalf of Tommy and Kiko.
Lauren Choplin

Philosophers Offer Support For Chimpanzee Rights Cases

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NhRP attorneys analyze the court's legally wrong ruling.
Steven Wise

Why the First Department’s Decision In Our Chimpanzee Rights Cases Is Wildly Wrong

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NhRP President Steven M. Wise, who argued in New York appellate court on behalf of two captive chimpanzees in March of 2017.
Steven Wise

A Message From Steve to NhRP Supporters Re: Tommy & Kiko Appellate Decision

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A depressed male chimpanzee lays his head on his arm. In "How Animals Grieve," Barbara J. King writes about how chimpanzees and other nonhuman animals' emotional and social lives.
Lauren Choplin

The Power of Science-Based Storytelling: An Interview with Barbara J. King

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JĂĽrgen Ritterbach

A Brave Photog’s Unexpected, Thrilling Search for Chimpanzees

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Alexia Norton Jones as a child. The home in Riverdale, NY where Nim Chimpsky was held in captivity in the early 70s.
Alexia Norton Jones

In Loving Memory of My Old Friend Nim Chimpsky

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An open book lying flat on a table.
Elizabeth Stein

Legal Persons Capable of “Rights or Duties,” Not “Rights and Duties”

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Kevin Schneider

Why You Should Be Excited About India’s “Rivers with Rights” Ruling

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Lauren Choplin

Why Rights? Tommy and Kiko Appellate Hearing

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