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Protecting Due Process Rights of Guatemalan Prosecutor Orlando López
Tags Share HAGA CLICK AQUI PARA ESPAÑOL (September 28, 2016 | Guatemala City, San Jose and Washington D.C.) Orlando Salvador López, who was recently removed from his office as Chief Prosecutor of the Human Rights unit of the Public Ministry of Guatemala, was detained at his home this past Thursday, September 22nd. Mr. López is…
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Bangladesh: Vague Provisions in Digital Security Act Ripe for Abuse
Tags Share (September 8, 2016 | Washington D.C.) Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights calls Bangladesh’s legislature to reject elements of The Digital Security Act of 2016, a draft cyber-security law that contains a number of vague and problematic provisions that can be used to restrict freedom of expression and legitimate human rights work. The law…
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Venezuela Must Ensure Safety of All Peaceful Protesters
Tags Share (August 31, 2016 | Washington DC) Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights urges the Venezuelan government to ensure the protection and safety of the people participating in a peaceful protest to be held September 1st in Caracas, including the safety of journalists who will cover this public demonstration. Likewise, it expresses its concern over…
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RFK Human Rights Condemns Police Raid of Uganda Pride Event
Tags Share (August 4, 2016 | Washington, DC) Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights strongly condemns the Uganda police’s raid of tonight’s event in Kampala celebrating LGBT Pride, as well as the unlawful detention of 2011 RFK Human Rights Award Laureate Frank Mugisha, Pepe Onziema, and other leading Ugandan LGBT human rights defenders. “These despicable actions…
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RFK Human Rights Condemns Arbitrary Detention of Activists in Venezuela
The continued arbitrary detention of Francisco Marquez and Gabriel San Miguel, two young opposition activists, illustrates how far the government of Venezuela is willing to go to crack down on dissent.
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Bangladesh Abandons Baseless Investigation Into Odhikar
Tags Share (June 22, 2016 | Washington, D.C.) Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights welcomes the decision by the Bangladesh Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to abandon its groundless investigation into Odhikar, one of the most prominent, independent human rights organizations in Bangladesh. Last month, the ACC made completely untrue allegations against Odhikar and opened an investigation into…
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RFK Human Rights Condemns Harassment of Adilur Rahman Khan
Tags Share (May 31, 2016 | Washington, D.C.) Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights strongly condemns Bangladesh’s most recent harassment of 2014 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award Laureate Adilur Rahman Khan and his organization Odhikar. The Anti-Corruption Commission of Bangladesh (ACC) is baselessly accusing Odhikar of money laundering. Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights believes that…
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Supporting New York Farmworkers’ Right to Organize
Tags Share (New York | May 11, 2016) Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights applauds yesterday’s filing of a case by the New York Civil Liberties Union to challenge discriminatory exceptions to New York labor law denying farmworkers the right to organize under New York’s Constitution. The NYCLU’s constitutional challenge was also endorsed by Governor Andrew…
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Egypt on Wrong Side of Law With Arrest of Malek Adly
“The arrest of Malek Adly is yet another indication of the outrageous lengths that the Egyptian government will go to silence independent voices, especially those who are standing up for human rights,” says Kerry Kennedy.
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Need for Human Rights Monitoring Mechanism in Western Sahara
Tags Share (April 29, 2016 | Washington, D.C.) Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights welcomes the Security Council’s decision to reauthorize the mandate for the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) and calls for the mission’s restoration to full functionality. However, the mandate shamefully continues to lack a human rights monitoring and…
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Security Council Must Pass Strong Western Sahara Peacekeeping Mandate
Tags Share (April 28, 2016 | Washington, D.C.) Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights calls on members of the United Nations Security Council to pass a strong mandate for the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), including a human rights monitoring and reporting mechanism. The Security Council must vote to extend the…
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Egypt Must Allow Its Civil Society to Flourish
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP) condemn the actions of the Egyptian government taken to suppress peaceful protests planned for April 25 across Egypt, including government raids on the homes of activists and human rights defenders, arbitrary arrests, and the violent dispersal of protests by…
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