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Guatemala Must Support Reforms in Favor of Judicial Independence
Tags Share (February 13, 2017, Washington D.C., New York, San José Costa Rica, and Guatemala City). The signatory organizations observe with concern the recent scandals related to influence peddling and manipulation of the elections processes of the Supreme Court of Justice of Guatemala, in which Judges Blanca Stalling and Eddy Orellana are publicly implicated. These…
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RFK Human Rights Calls for Investigation Into Killing of Bangladeshi Journalist
Journalist Abdul Hakim Shimul was covering a violent clash between factions of the Awami League political party when he was shot and killed.
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Bangladesh High Court Resumes Trial Against Odhikar Members
Tags Share (January 18, 2017 | Washington, D.C.) Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights condemns the decision by the Bangladesh High Court Division of the Supreme Court to allow the case against Adilur Rahman Khan and Nasiruddin Elan to go forward. Mr. Khan is the Secretary of Odhikar, one of the most respected human rights organizations…
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RFK Human Rights Welcomes Release of Kashmiri Activist Khurram Parvez
Tags Share (November 30, 2016 | Washington, D.C.) Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights welcomed the release today of Khurram Parvez, a prominent Kashmiri human rights activist who had been arbitrarily and illegally detained since September 16, 2016. In an order issued November 25, 2016 by Justice Muzaffar Hussain Attar of the High Court of Jammu…
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RFK Human Rights and Tahrir Institute Condemn Egypt’s New NGO Law
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy condemn Egypt’s new nongovernmental associations law, which was approved by the Egyptian parliament on Tuesday. The new 89-article law on civic organizations, which was drafted by Egypt’s House of Representatives, is a much more restrictive bill than the one proposed…
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In Memory of Gwen Ifill
Tags Share “We can’t expect the world to get better by itself”- Gwen Ifill The Board and staff of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights mourn the loss of Gwen Ifill– an honest, insightful and inspiring voice in Journalism. Through News Hour and Washington Week, Gwen brought lively, thoughtful discussion and analysis of our nation’s big…
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RFK Human Rights Calls for Khurram Parvez to Be Released
Tags Share (October 25, 2016 | Washington, D.C.) In a letter addressed to India’s Home Affairs Minister today, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights called for the immediate release of Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez, who has been arbitrarily detained since September 16, 2016. He is the coordinator of the Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil…
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New NGO Law in Bangladesh Will Significantly Restrict Civic Space
Tags Share (October 7, 2016 | Washington, D.C.) Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights condemned the passage on October 5th of the Foreign Donations (Voluntary Activity) Regulation Act 2016 in Bangladesh. The law provides for a series of highly restrictive measures that will significantly limit the ability of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to operate in the country,…
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Organizaciones internacionales solicitan se garantice el debido proceso y la integridad del fiscal Orlando López
Tags Share (Ciudad de Guatemala, San José y Washington D.C., 28 de septiembre de 2016) Orlando Salvador López, recientemente separado de su cargo como jefe de la Fiscalía de Derechos Humanos del Ministerio Público de Guatemala, fue detenido en su domicilio el pasado jueves 22 de septiembre, acusado de haber ocasionado la muerte a un…
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Organizations Call on Dominican Government to Investigate Attack on Human Rights Defender
Tags Share (Washington DC | September 28th, 2016) Last Sunday September 25, at 7:30 in the evening, Genaro Rincon, a lawyer and activist with the organizations Movimiento Socio-Cultural Para Los Trabajadores Haitianos (MOSCTHA) and Derechos Vigentes was attacked, beaten, and threatened with death on a public bus in Santo Domingo by two individuals after identifying…
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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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