Partner
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Fundación Sigue Mis Pasos
Our collaboraton secured precautionary measures on behalf of C.M.T., a gay man at risk when detained in the oldest and most dangerous prison in the Dominican Republic.
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One Fair Wage
As members of the nationwide One Fair Wage Coalition working nationwide to end subminimum wages, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights takes part in policy advocacy, voter engagement, worker and employer organizing, and culture shift activities to ultimately lift millions of tipped workers out of poverty nationwide and engage them in the political process.
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Women (and Men) of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA)
In response to the state of Zimbabwe’s violent attacks on civil society and freedom of expression, WOZA has activated hundreds of peaceful protests and public demonstrations.
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Freedom Now
Our collaboration with Freedom Now filed a petition to the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on behalf of Mohamed Al-Bambary, a Saharawi media activist and human rights defender.
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Somali Media Association
We filed a joint petition to the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to secure Mohamed “Abuuja” Abdiwahab Nuur’s release after he was arbitrarily detained for months, enduring torture and being denied access to legal counsel and his family, for publishing an editorial criticizing Somali security forces.
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Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP)
Our collaboration reactivated the case of Guillermo Cano, a Colombian journalist brutally murdered by Pablo Escobar’s hit men, to secure reparations and nonrepetition measures from the state of Colombia.
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Somali Journalists Syndicate
We filed a joint petition to the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to secure Mohamed “Abuuja” Abdiwahab Nuur’s release after he was arbitrarily detained for months, enduring torture and being denied access to legal counsel and his family, for publishing an editorial criticizing Somali security forces.
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Foro Penal
After opposition-linked Venezuelan Maury Carrero was arbitrarily detained and searched without a warrant by Venezuelan intelligence agents, we partnered to file a petition before the IACHR. She was unconditionally released in September 2020.
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Sexual Minorities Uganda
We partnered to file a petition before the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on behalf of 19 LGBTQ+ Ugandans, who were arrested and detained after authorities falsely claimed they were violating COVID-19 stay-at-home orders.
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Defiende Venezuela
We collaborated to file a petition to the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention calling for the release of José Vicente García Ramírez, a leader of the opposition Venezuelan political party.
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Red Lésbica Cattrachas
We partnered to combat gender-based violence and to advance LGBTQ+ rights in Honduras. Our work together includes the 2015 case Leonela Zelaya v. Honduras and, more recently, Vicky Hernandez et al. v. Honduras.
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Cubalex
With Cubalex, an organization that offers free legal advice to Cubans, we filed a joint petition before the IACHR to hold Cuba responsible for violating the organization’s rights.
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