Litigation
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Jimenez Mota et al. v. Mexico: Cartel-Focused Journalist Disappeared
Alfredo Jiménez Mota investigated cartel connections with Mexican public officials. Police have done little to find him.
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Carvajal et al. v. Colombia: Colombia Liable for Journalist’s Murder
Nelson Carvajal was killed for exposing a web of government and business corruption in Colombia.
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Paulina Mateo Chic: Wife of Disappeared Guatemalan Activist Protected
When Guatemalan human rights defender Nicolás Mateo disappeared, his wife Paulina was left poverty-stricken and infirm.
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Rubio Villegas et al. v. Mexico: Mexican Military Checkpoint Turns Deadly
The militarization of Mexico resulted in Bonfilio Rubio Villegas’s needless death.
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LIPRODHOR v. Rwanda: 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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Stella Nyanzi v. Uganda: Defending Online Activism
Arbitrarily detained and tortured for criticizing the Ugandan President on Facebook, Stella challenges Uganda’s clampdown on dissent.
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Mahmoud Hussein v. Egypt: 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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Malek Adly v. Egypt: 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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Martinez Gutierrez et al. v Mexico: 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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Hijazi and Fathallah v. Egypt: 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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Velásquez Paiz et al. v. Guatemala: Murder Sparks Femicide Reform
Like far too many other women, Claudina Isabel Velásquez Paiz was “a victim whose murder should not be investigated.”
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Ethiopian Human Rights Project v. Ethiopia: African Democracy at Stake in Ethiopia
The definition of free and fair elections across Africa may be determined by this case.
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