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Bangladesh: Stop Intimidating Activists, Victims’ Families
Tags Share The Bangladesh authorities should end the ongoing harassment and threats against activists, human rights defenders, and their families by law enforcement and intelligence agencies, four human rights groups said today. Amnesty International, Asian Human Rights Commission, Human Rights Watch, and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights condemned the government’s attacks on those exercising their…
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RFK Human Rights Calls for Californians to Oppose Prop 25
The injustice of money bail is real but Prop 25 isn’t the answer. Californians, please vote NO on Prop 25.
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Deep Concern as Cuban Government Gains Seat on UN Human Rights Council
Tags Share In response to Cuba’s election to a fifth term on the Human Rights Council, 85 Cuban and international human rights and freedom-of-expression organizations, in conjunction with independent media outlets, released the following statement: We are deeply concerned about the decision to grant Cuba a new opportunity to have a seat on the Human…
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Cuban Authorities Must Cease Harassment of UNPACU Activists
Tags Share In response to the uninterrupted acts of intimidation and violence committed in the last two months by Cuban authorities against members of the dissident organization Unión Patriótica de Cuba (UNPACU), its leader José Daniel Ferrer, and his family, more than 30 Cuban and international human rights organizations issued the following statement: We call…
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The Struggle Against Statelessness Continues
We urge the new Dominican government to restore the citizenship of denationalized Dominicans.
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Opposing U.S. Sanctions Against the International Criminal Court
Tags Share The undersigned organizations and individuals write to express grave concerns and unequivocally oppose the Trump administration’s use of the sanctions authority of the United States to attack the International Criminal Court (ICC), an independent judicial institution dedicated to combatting impunity for the gravest crimes known to humanity. Many of the undersigned spoke out…
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Organizaciones de las Américas demandamos respeto a la autonomía de la Comisión Interamericana
Tags Share Las organizaciones firmantes, usuarias del Sistema Interamericano de Protección de Derechos Humanos, expresamos nuestra profunda preocupación por la decisión anunciada por el Secretario General de la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) de no renovar el mandato del Secretario Ejecutivo de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH). Las organizaciones firmantes consideramos que…
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Undermining the IACHR’s Authority Puts Human Rights at Risk
Tags Share We, the signatory organizations, users of the Inter-American system of protection of human rights, express our profound concern regarding the decision announced by the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) not to renew the mandate of the Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). We consider that…
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Bangladesh: End Enforced Disappearances
Tags Share *Joint Statement by 12 human rights groups ahead of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, 2020 (Dhaka, August 28, 2020) – Bangladesh security forces and law-enforcement agencies continuously commit enforced disappearances with impunity, targeting journalists, activists, and government critics, 12 human rights groups said today ahead of the International Day…
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Renewed Calls to Protect Rohingya Refugees
On the third anniversary of the Rohingya genocide, RFK Human Rights and our partners call on the Myanmar government to protect this community from ongoing harm.
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Kerry Kennedy on the Passing of Pete Hamill
Tags Share My father loved Pete Hamill and his ability to mirror New York back to itself. Daddy wrote a series of letters to Pete expressing admiration for the grit and honesty of his columns. Pete, in turn, encouraged my father to run for president and then signed on to the campaign. Pete, Jack Newfield…
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A Statement from Kerry Kennedy President of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
Tags Share Writer J.K. Rowling is best known as the author of the Harry Potter books. In 2005, she founded Lumos, an international nonprofit NGO with a mission to move children worldwide out of orphanages and institutions and into loving family care by 2050. For her dedicated work on behalf of children, she received the…
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