Statement
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RFK Human Rights Urges The Bahamas to Halt Deportations Post Hurricane Dorian
Tags Share Washington, D.C., October 21, 2019 – Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights is gravely concerned following the Bahamian government’s treatment of migrants, predominantly from Haiti, in the wake of Hurricane Dorian, and its intent to deport migrants who sought refuge in shelters after the hurricane. Discriminatory policies against Haitians and Bahamians of Haitian descent…
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RFK Human Rights Supports Creation of the Prosecutorial Misconduct Commission
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFKHR) stands with The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, The New York Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, DKT Liberty Project, The Legal Aid Society, Brooklyn Defender Services, The Bronx Defenders, The Chief Defenders Association of New York, The New York State Defenders Association and Discovery for Justice…
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Statute of Limitations Lifted in Murder of Journalist Nelson Carvajal
Tags Share The organizations urge Colombia to give full compliance to the Inter-American Court Judgment [Miami/Washington D.C./Bogota, August 19, 2019] The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA), Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFK Human Rights) and the Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP) celebrate that the Colombian Justice has eliminated the statute of limitations regarding the murder of…
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UN Committee Calls Out Bangladesh’s Use of Torture
Tags Share Global, 14 August 2019: – Following serious concerns expressed by the UN Committee against Torture (CAT) about torture in Bangladesh, seven human rights organizations call on the Bangladeshi government to recognize the magnitude of the problem and address and implement the nearly 90 recommendations made by the UN body. On 9 August 2019,…
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IACHR Grants Precautionary Measures for Quelvin Jimenez Villalta
Tags Share [Washington DC and Guatemala City, July 23, 2019] The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) granted precautionary measures in a resolution on July 3, 2019 in favor of Quelvin Otoniel Jimenez Villalta, a Guatemalan indigenous lawyer and human rights defender. As the IACHR recognized, Quelvin Jimenez has been facing grave and urgent threats,…
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Calling for the Release of Malawian Human Rights Defender Gift Trapence
Tags Share We are human rights and health organizations gravely concerned by the arrest on July 8 of Mr. Gift Trapence, the Vice-Chairperson of the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) and the Executive Director of the Centre for the Development of People (CEDEP), a Malawian civil society organization. We are calling for the immediate release…
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Protecting the Historic Archive of the National Police
Tags Share Guatemala City, Washington D.C., Geneva, and San Jose, May 30, 2019. As international organizations we express our profound concern regarding the risks facing the Historic Archive of the National Police (Archivo Histórico de la Policía Nacional, AHPN) in Guatemala, given the recent declarations of the Minister of the Interior, who announced that the…
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The Dominican Republic Must Respect and Protect the IAHRS
Tags Share Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, May 29, 2019 – The undersigned organizations express our concern regarding the State’s rejection of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ recent resolution with respect to the Dominican Republic, in which the Court reiterated its jurisdiction to hear cases against that State. The Inter-American Court determined that the Dominican…
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Statement on Detention of Al Jazeera Journalist Mahmoud Hussein
Tags Share As soon as we learned of Mahmoud Hussein’s incarceration, we knew he was wrongfully detained. That’s why we brought his case to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, who ruled in agreement last January. Today, after years of inaction, the Egyptian government finally moved to act in accordance with the international ruling.…
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RFK Human Rights Condemns the Arrest and Continued Detention of Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights strongly condemns the arrest and continued detention of Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi, founder of the Human Dignity Film Institute, which puts on the annual Human Rights/Human Dignity International Film Festival in Myanmar and produces documentaries and films on human rights issues. Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi was…
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Attacks on the Inter-American Human Rights System
Tags Share More than 200 organizations and people have signed on to a call urging Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Paraguay to cease their actions aimed at restricting the effectiveness of the bodies of the Interamerican Human Rights System (IAHRS). The Americas, May 2, 2019 – The undersigned organizations, members of the International Coalition of…
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Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee on Freedom of Assembly
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights’s written submission is in preparation of the General Comment on Article 21 (right to peaceful assembly) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. READ FULL SUBMISSION HERE
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