Litigation
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Moroccan Journalist Remains Detained
Mohamed Al-Bambary’s coverage of Morocco’s violent response to Western Sahara protests led the State to silence him.
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No Justice in Colombian Journalist Hit
In 1986, famed editor Guillermo Cano was murdered by Pablo Escobar’s men. To this day, his killers are unpunished.
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Human Rights Lawyers Forced Into Exile
Cubalex helped Cubans to understand their human rights—until the State stripped the group’s own from them.
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Framed Venezuelan Politician Released
José Vicente García Ramírez was arbitrarily detained for over a year for opposing President Nicolás Maduro.
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Rwanda Dismantles Human Rights Group
As head of LIPRODHOR, Laurent Munyandilikirwa fought for freedoms. Now RFK Human Rights fights alongside him.
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Wife of Disappeared Activist Protected
When Guatemalan human rights defender Nicolás Mateo disappeared, his wife Paulina was left poverty-stricken and infirm.
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Mexican Military Checkpoint Turns Deadly
The militarization of Mexico resulted in Bonfilio Rubio Villegas’s needless death.
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Defending Stella Nyanzi’s Online Activism
Arbitrarily detained and tortured for criticizing the Ugandan President on Facebook, Stella challenges Uganda’s clampdown on dissent.
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Belady Founders Released From Detention
Aya Hijazi and Mohamed Hassanein aided Cairo’s street children, until they were arbitrarily detained for three years.
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Egyptian Protester Jailed, Tortured
A protest shirt is all it took for Mahmoud Mohamed Ahmed Hussein to be arbitrarily detained for more than two years.
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Human Rights Lawyer Brutally Detained
After being charged with manufactured crimes by the Egyptian State, Malek Adly spent 116 days in solitary confinement.
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Police Inaction in Juárez Disappearances
Seven Mexican women disappeared over five months. The police did little—and may be complicit in human trafficking.
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