Tags Share Since 2010, the Speak Truth to Power Video Contest has inspired students to use film to take a stand against some of the world’s most pressing human rights abuses. Each year, young people from around the country submit short documentaries on human rights defenders who have been relentless in creating a more just…
The group, called the International Observatory on Mexico, will set out to monitor and document the country’s deteriorating human rights situation.
The report calls for North Korean officials to be prosecuted for crimes against humanity committed in the country’s political prisons.
The decision by the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention determined that Stella Nyanzi—a prominent human rights defender, social activist, and academic in Uganda—was arbitrarily detained for her Facebook posts criticizing Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni.
Tags Share MEDIA CONTACT Max Burnsburns@rfkhumanrights.org646-809-0120 Washington, 7 de agosto, 2017 | El activista de derechos humanos y abogado venezolano Alfredo Romero ha sido nombrado como el ganador del Premio Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights para el 2017, uno de los más altos reconocimientos al trabajo de defensa de los derechos humanos. Romero ha sido…
As executive director of Foro Penal Venezolano, Alfredo Romero has dedicated his life to protecting all Venezuelans from arbitrary detention and other human rights violations.
The decision to post bail for Hernandez comes as part of a larger campaign by RFK Human Rights to reform the inefficient and unjust pre-trial detention policies in New York.
RFK Young Leaders generated almost 200 sign-ups for the Dollar Bail Brigade, a coalition of volunteers who free people from jails who couldn’t otherwise pay their bail.
Tags Share (Kampala, May 26, 2017) The Ugandan government should facilitate independent and transparent investigations with international expertise into the November 2016 killings of civilians in Kasese, Uganda and hold security forces accountable, a coalition of 40 organizations said today. The groups urged the government to invite relevant African Commission experts and United Nations special…
Tags Share Today, on the 2017 International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and the Red Lésbica Cattrachas have filed their arguments on the merits before the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights in a transfemicide case against Honduras for failing to prevent, investigate, and prosecute the execution of Vicky Hernández,…
Matthew Desmond’s Evicted has won the 37th annual RFK Book Award.
The winners of the 49th annual RFK Journalism Awards will be celebrated at a special ceremony on May 23 at the Newseum.
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