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RFK Human Rights calls on the IACHR to hold Cuba responsible for the 2012 death of pro-democracy leaders Oswaldo Paya and Harold Cepero
Tags Share On July 22, 2012, Oswaldo José Payá Sardiñas, a renowned Cuban dissident and human rights leader, was killed in a car crash near Bayamo, Cuba. Harold Cepero, a young activist who was traveling with him, died in the hospital soon afterwards. Both were prominent figures in the Christian Liberation Movement, which Mr. Payá…
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RFK Human Rights pide a la CIDH hacer responsable al estado Cubano por la muerte de los líderes pro-democracia Oswaldo Payá y Harold Cepero
Tags Share El 22 de julio de 2012, Oswaldo José Payá Sardiñas, un reconocido disidente cubano y líder de derechos humanos, falleció tras un choque de auto cerca de Bayamo, Cuba. Harold Cepero, un joven activista que viajaba con él, falleció en el hospital poco después. Ambos eran figuras prominentes del Movimiento Cristiano Liberación, que…
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Bangladesh: Stop Harassment of Human Rights Defenders
Tags Share (December 14, 2021) – Bangladesh authorities must end the harassment of Adilur Rahman Khan and ASM Nasiruddin Elan, respectively Secretary and Director of the human rights group Odhikar, who have been targeted through the misuse of the criminal justice system, eleven rights groups said today. On December 15, 2021, the Cyber Tribunal of…
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Joint statement on new assault against Human Rights Defender Aminatou Haidar in Western Sahara
Tags Share On Dec. 5, Sahrawi human rights defender Aminatou Haidar was physically assaulted by Moroccan police forces and paramilitary during a peaceful demonstration. She was protesting against the renewed attacks on her fellow colleague and human rights defender Sultana Khaya, who has been subjected to repeated violent physical and psychological aggression, including of a…
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Joint Civil Society Statement on Nigeria ahead of United States’ Summit for Democracy
Tags Share The undersigned organizations welcome the Biden-Harris Administration’s Summit for Democracy for leaders of governments, civil society and private sector to set forth an “affirmative agenda for democratic renewal and to tackle the greatest threats faced by democracies today through collective action”. We acknowledge the key themes of the Summit: defending against authoritarianism; addressing…
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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Calls for Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez to be Immediately Released
Tags Share November 22, 2021—Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights calls for the immediate release of Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez, who was arrested today under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and Indian Penal Code. As the coordinator of the Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) and chairperson of the Asian Federation Against Involuntary…
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Deep Concern Over Attacks on Human Rights Defender Sultana Khaya and the Retaliation facing Sahrawi Activists in Western Sahara
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights is deeply concerned about recent reports of attacks and human rights violations by Moroccan authorities against Sahrawi human rights defender Sultana Khaya, as well as the retaliation that the Sahrawi activist and 2008 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award laureate, Aminatou Haidar, faces for her activism. On Nov.…
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RFK Human Rights and Amnesty International USA Call on the Biden Administration and UN Security Council to Renew Minurso and Add Critical Human Rights Monitoring
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and Amnesty International USA jointly call on the United Nations Security Council to renew the mandate of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), and for the Biden administration—representing the U.S. as the mandate’s penholder—to ensure the inclusion of a human rights monitoring component. Such…
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19 Ugandan LGBTQ+ detainees obtain favorable opinion from the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
Tags Share Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), Children of the Sun Foundation (COSF), Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFK Human Rights) welcome the opinion of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) declaring the detention of 19 LGBTQ+ Ugandans arbitrary under international law. On March 29,…
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Justice in Guatemala is at Risk
Tags Share On September 28 2021, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights joined other human rights organizations in a thematic hearing before the Inter American Commission of Human Rights, to express our profound concern for the sustained harassment faced by judges and prosecutors in Guatemala fighting against corruption, and grave human rights violations in the country.…
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Kerry Kennedy: Bearing Witness to the Human Rights Abuses in Del Rio
We should all be appalled by the conditions facing our Haitian sisters and brothers, and other Black migrants at the U.S. southern border.
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Humanitarian Paul Rusesabagina Wrongfully Convicted
Rusesabagina’s ordeal is sadly emblematic of the worrying state of civic space in Rwanda.
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