Statement
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Call for Release of Sahrawi Activist Mohamed Al-Bambary
Tags Share (May 15, 2020, Washington D.C.) — Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and Freedom Now urge the Government of Morocco to immediately release Mohamed Al-Bambary and all political prisoners in light of the growing threat posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. A journalist and Sahrawi activist, Mr. Al-Bambary had reported on human rights abuses committed…
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Statement on Trump’s Executive Order Suspending Immigration
Tags Share At a time when our leaders should be bringing this country together, Donald Trump continues to sow division and hate. His call to suspend immigration to the U.S. is nothing more than a shameless attempt to blame immigrants for his own administration’s failure to competently manage the coronavirus crisis. Xenophobia should have no…
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RFK Human Rights Joins Urgent Call to Release Political Prisoners in Venezuela
Tags Share COVID-19 poses a particular threat to the Venezuelan people, who already suffer from deplorable humanitarian conditions. Venezuela’s overcrowded prisons and detention centers are particularly vulnerable to the virus. Our partner Foro Penal estimates that there are 326 political prisoners among the detainees. Like all inmates, they are being held in unsanitary conditions without…
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Urgent Measures Must Be Taken by MENA Governments to Protect Prison Population
Tags Share In light of the global COVID-19 pandemic outbreak—qualified as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the World Health Organization (WHO)—we, the undersigned organizations, express grave concern over the situation of detainees and prisoners across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). While certain states in the region have taken some positive…
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Escalating Attacks on Malawian Civil Society Leaders
Tags Share Ahead of Malawi’s upcoming general election rerun on May 19, government authorities have escalated their attacks on civic space, homing in on human rights defenders Gift Trapence, Reverend MacDonald Sembereka, and Timothy Mtambo—leaders of the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC)—for organizing national protests to advocate for electoral justice and free elections. “We are…
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Rechazamos la aprobación del Decreto que limita el trabajo de las ONGs en Guatemala
Las Ong Firmantes Exhortamos Al Presidente De La República De Guatemala a Vetar El Decreto No. 04-2020 Que Introduce Reformas a La Ley De Ongs Que Afectan La Libertad De Asociación, Libertad De Expresión Y Restringe El Espacio Cívico
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Myanmar: Lift Internet Restrictions in Rakhine and Chin States
Tags Share We, the 29 undersigned organizations, call on the Government of Myanmar to immediately lift restrictions on mobile internet communications in eight townships in Rakhine State and one township in Chin State. We are particularly concerned by the Government of Myanmar’s recent reinstatement of restrictions on mobile internet access in five townships on February…
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ICJ Orders Myanmar to Protect Rohingya from Genocide
Tags Share (January 23, 2020 | Washington, D.C.) Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights welcomes a historic decision by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which, for the first time, orders Myanmar to protect the Rohingya people from genocide. The order for provisional measures recognized the “real and imminent risk” the Rohingya faced in the aftermath…
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Mexico: Under New Prosecutor General, Few Advances in Addressing Impunity
Lack of transparency, appointments without public calls for applications, and the closing of spaces for civil society participation mark the first year of the Prosecutor General’s management.
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Our Full Public Comment to the NYC Board of Correction
We urge the abolition of punitive separation and prolonged solitary confinement in New York City.
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The Unlawful Re-Arrest of Omoyele Sowore
Tags Share The violent and unlawful re-arrest of journalist and human rights defender Omoyele Sowore is a flagrant violation of his fundamental human rights. As free speech and peaceful protest are cornerstones of any functioning democracy, we join with the international community in solidarity to demand that the Nigerian authorities and Department of State Services,…
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Fighting to Free Imprisoned Nigerian Journalist Omoyele Sowore
Sowore’s arbitrary arrest and continued detention violate multiple provisions of Nigeria’s constitution as well as its international human rights obligations.
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