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Statement by RFKHR Board of Directors on the passing of RFK Human Rights Founder Ethel Kennedy
Tags Share NEW YORK — Today, our founder and hero, the cornerstone of our organization, left this world after a tremendously impactful life. Born Ethel Skakel, she had little idea what life had in store for her when she met the brother of a classmate during a 1945 ski trip. But she and Robert proved…
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Statement from the Kennedy family on the passing of Ethel Kennedy
Tags Share It is with our hearts full of love that we announce the passing of our mother, Ethel Kennedy. She died this morning from complications related to a stroke suffered last week. Along with a lifetime’s work in social justice and human rights, our mother leaves behind nine children, 34 grandchildren, and 24 great-grandchildren,…
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Alaa Abd el-Fattah must be released this month at the end of his prison sentence
Tags Share The Egyptian-British writer and activist, Alaa Abd el-Fattah, must be released on Sunday 29 September at the end of his five year prison sentence, in accordance with Egyptian law, a coalition of 59 Egyptian and international human rights organisations stated today. The organisations expressed their deep alarm at news, shared by his lawyer,…
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Rights organizations condemn spate of Egyptian journalist arrests, demand immediate release, accountability
Tags Share The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), along with 33 rights and press freedom organizations, condemns the recent arrests and enforced disappearance of four Egyptian journalists – Ashraf Omar, Khaled Mamdouh, Ramadan Gouida, and Yasser Abu Al-Ela – and calls for their immediate release. The undersigned also call on Egyptian authorities to drop all…
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Egypt: Release of ‘T-Shirt Detainee’ Mahmoud Hussein
Tags Share RFK Human Rights welcomes the release of Mahmoud Hussein, ‘the T-Shirt detainee,’ from arbitrary detention in Egypt. We call on the Egyptian authorities to take all necessary measures to investigate the violations of Mahmoud’s rights and guarantee the full enjoyment of his rights going forward, including the right to compensation. Since January 25,…
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Statement from RFK Human Rights Board
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFKHR) is a 501(c)3 organization grounded in the legacy and transformative leadership of Senator Robert F. Kennedy (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968). We are a nonpartisan organization and we are not affiliated with nor do we share the positions of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. RFKHR’s work reflects…
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Nigeria: Government must protect the rights of #EndbadGovernanceinNigeria protestors
Tags Share RFK Human Rights condemns the attacks by the Nigerian Police and other security forces against the #EndbadGovernanceinNigeria protestors across the country resulting in over 20 deaths, countless injuries, and over 1,000 arrests. We urge the government to desist from interfering with the right of Nigerians to protest and immediately investigate the human rights…
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Africa’s Premier Human Rights Institution Makes Landmark Decision on the Right to Vote in Ethiopia
Tags Share Right to vote upheld in Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and Institute for Human Rights in Africa (for the people of Ethiopia) v. The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. RFK Human Rights and the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) welcome the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights’s (the…
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RFK Human Rights Denuncia la Detención Arbitraria de Kennedy Tejeda, defensor de derechos humanos y abogado de Foro Penal en Venezuela
Tags Share Washington. DC. RFK Human Rights denuncia la detención arbitraria de Kennedy Tejeda en Venezuela, un dedicado defensor de los derechos humanos y miembro del equipo legal de Foro Penal. Kennedy Tejeda fue visto por última vez en la mañana del 2 de agosto de 2024, cuando visitó el Comando Rural de Montalbán, un…
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RFK Human Rights Denounces the Arbitrary Detention of Kennedy Tejeda, human rights defender and lawyer of Foro Penal in Venezuela
Tags Share Washington. DC. RFK Human Rights denounces the arbitrary detention of Kennedy Tejeda in Venezuela, a dedicated human rights defender and member of the Foro Penal legal team. Kennedy Tejeda was last seen in the morning of August 2, 2024, when he visited the Comando Rural de Montalbán, a detention center in Carabobo state,…
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The Leonela case is an opportunity to eliminate discrimination against LGBTTI people in Honduras
Tags Share [Tegucigalpa / Washington DC., August 2, 2024] On July 26, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights referred the case of Leonela Zelaya v. Honduras to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IA Court). This case concerns the transfemicide of Leonela in Honduras and is being represented Red Lésbica Cattrachas and Robert F. Kennedy…
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Caso Leonela es una oportunidad para eliminar discriminación contra las personas LGBTTI en Honduras
Tags Share [Tegucigalpa / Washington DC., 2 de agosto de 2024] El pasado 26 de julio, la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos sometió el caso de Leonela Zelaya contra Honduras a la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (Corte IDH). Este caso se refiere al transfemicidio de Leonela en Honduras y está siendo representado por…
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