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Implicated in Payá’s death, Cuba should be ousted from U.N. Human Rights Council
Tags Share By Angelita Baeyens Tags Share The Cuban regime finally is being held responsible for the murder of Oswaldo Payá, one of the country’s most prominent political dissidents and pro-democracy activists. This long-awaited development comes more than a decade after Payá and fellow activist Harold Cepero were killed in a car crash. Payá’s family…
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San Diego educators and community stakeholders collaborate to empower the next generation
Tags Share On June 25-27, RFK Human Rights Speak Truth to Power (STTP) held the first of a series of Summer Institutes in San Diego, hosted in partnership with the University of San Diego Division of Extended Studies. Over the course of those three days, educators, students, and community stakeholders had the opportunity to learn…
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Organizational Statement about today’s court ruling allowing discrimination of LGBTQ Americans by business owners
Tags Share In a shameful coda to Pride month, the Supreme Court majority has stripped LGBTQ Americans of their right to freedom from discrimination by businesses owners. The decision follows sustained legislative attacks on transgender people across the country. By speaking out against hate with bravery and compassion, LGBTQ people have expanded the meaning of…
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Construyendo los cimientos: entendiendo el panorama de la injusticia en Venezuela a medida que se reanuda la investigación ante la Corte Penal Internacional
Tags Share El 27 de junio, después de una solicitud de suspensión presentada por el gobierno de Venezuela en virtud del artículo 18(2) del Estatuto de Roma que resultó en un aplazamiento de más de un año, la Sala de Cuestiones Preliminares I (“La Sala”) de la Corte Penal Internacional (“CPI”) autorizó a la Fiscalía…
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Building the Foundation: Accurately Understanding the Landscape of Injustice in Venezuela as the Investigation Resumes
Tags Share Leer en español. On June 27, following a deferral request filed by the Venezuelan government under Article 18(2) of the Rome Statute that resulted in over a year-long suspension, Pre-Trial Chamber I (“The Chamber”) of the International Criminal Court (“ICC”) granted authorization for the Office of the Prosecutor to resume its investigation into…
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Pride’s #BookBan Legacy: Speaking Truth to Power
Tags Share Pride has long been known as a joyous celebration of queer life and love, a time for the LGBTQ+ community to come together without fear. Unfortunately, Pride 2023 has felt like less of a celebration and more of a reminder: the struggle for queer existence is not over. From drag bans to policies…
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BANGLADESH: Accountability is a must for ending torture and impunity
Tags Share Bangkok/Dhaka/Geneva/ Hong Kong/ Kuala Lumpur/Manila/Melbourne/Washington, D.C.: 24 June 2023: On the occasion of the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on 26 June, we, the undersigned organisations, are extremely concerned over the ongoing use of torture and degrading treatment in Bangladesh by law-enforcement agencies and security forces, and the…
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Oswaldo Payá Case: Briefing on the Recent IACHR Decision
Tags Share After a decade-long battle for justice, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) just released a landmark decision holding the Cuban government responsible for the assassination of pro-democracy leaders Oswaldo Payá and Harold Cepero in 2012. Following this news, we invite you to join us today at 2:00 pm for a briefing on…
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‘The Cuban regime killed my father’ – dissident’s daughter
Tags Share Angelita Baeyens, our VP of International Advocacy & Litigation, speaks with the BBC about the Cuban government’s culpability in the death of pro-democracy leader Oswaldo Payá. “They wanted to silence him [Payá] but they could not kill him in a way which would make it too obvious that the state was behind it.”
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UN Peacekeeping Chief Urged to Raise Rights Concerns in Bangladesh Visit
Tags Share Speaking with Voice of America, Angelita Baeyens urges the U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix to “publicly and unequivocally state his concern” about rights abuses by Bangladesh’s security forces when he visits the south Asian country later this month.
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Joe Kennedy III asks RFK Compass Investors to place their bets on Northern Ireland
Tags Share The Kennedy family has been a symbol of Irish American prosperity for more than 100 years. On Wednesday evening, Joseph P. Kennedy III – U.S. Special Envoy for Northern Ireland – sought to reorient investors toward the homeland and spotlight what Northern Ireland has to offer during the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights…
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RFKHR attorney, legal fellow meet with U.N. delegation on human rights violations of Black people, asylum seekers in U.S.
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights staff attorney Delia Addo-Yobo, legal fellow Daniel Tse, and John Lewis Young Leader Lucina Kayee were able to meet with a United Nations delegation in May to shine a light on human rights violations against Black people in the U.S. – both American citizens and migrants seeking asylum…
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