Our Voices
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Chadian Authorities must desist from attacking human rights defenders and critical voices
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and the International Service for Human Rights strongly condemn the attacks on pro-democracy protesters by Chadian security forces resulting in the death of over 50 people and injuring hundreds. We urge the transitional authorities to take all necessary measures to ensure the respect for human rights in Chad…
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Guatemala: Organizaciones Internacionales Denuncian Violaciones Al Derecho De Defensa Y Debido Proceso En Casos De Abogados Y Abogadas Defensoras De Derechos Humanos
Tags Share Ciudad de Quebec, Washington D.C, La Haya, San José, y Ciudad de Guatemala, 25 de octubre de 2022. En los últimos meses, hemos observado violaciones al debido proceso en casos de abogados y abogadas defensoras de derechos humanos, incluyendo intimidaciones, denuncias penales y administrativas manifiestamente infundadas. El caso de la abogada Leyli Santizo…
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A Situação dos Direitos Humanos dos Povos Indígenas no Brasil: 5 coisas que você precisa saber antes da Audiência desta quarta-feira.
Tags Share O Brasil abriga quase 900.000 indígenas pertencentes a mais de 305 etnias e que falam mais de 250 idiomas. O Brasil abriga quase 900.000 indígenas, com mais da metade deles vivendo em áreas rurais. Muitos dos territórios indígenas do Brasil estão na Floresta Amazônica, e o país tem mais comunidades indígenas isoladas do…
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The Human Rights Situation of Brazil’s Indigenous Peoples: 5 things to know before Wednesday’s IACHR Hearing
Tags Share Brazil is home to almost 900,000 Indigenous persons from over 305 ethnic groups and speaking more than 250 languages! Brazil is home to almost 900,000 Indigenous persons with more than half of those people living in rural areas. Many of Brazil’s indigenous territories are in the Amazon rainforest, and the country has more…
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La Situación de Derechos Humanos de los Pueblos Indígenas de Brasil: 5 cosas que saber antes de la Audiencia el miércoles
Tags Share Brasil es hogar de casi 900.000 personas indígenas pertenecientes a más de 305 grupos étnicos y hablando más de 250 idiomas. Brasil es hogar de casi 900.000 personas indígenas con más de la mitad de ellas viviendo en áreas rurales. Muchos de los territorios indígenas de Brasil se encuentran en la selva amazónica,…
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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights hosts panel on the future of Strategic Litigation for the protection of Digital Rights
Tags Share On the sidelines of the 2022 Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights played host to an experts’ panel on the future of strategic litigation for the protection of digital rights. The panel was organized in collaboration with Unwanted Witness Uganda and the International Justice Clinic at the University…
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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights demands immediate release of Somali journalist and human rights defender Abdalle Ahmed Mumin
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights strongly condemns the arbitrary arrest and detention of Abdalle Ahmed Mumin, Somali journalist, human rights activist, and Secretary General of the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) and urges Somali authorities to immediately release him and end all harassment, intimidation, threats, and violence against journalists and civil society activists in…
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RFKHR Book Club spotlights Elizabeth Hinton’s ‘America on Fire’
Tags Share Yale professor of Law Elizabeth Hinton has advocated for structural transformation as a more effective solution to violent crimes and improving America’s race-relations. “More police and more prisons doesn’t work to keep people safer,” Hinton said on Friday Sept. 29 while discussing her book, America on Fire at a live virtual event organized…
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Black in Austria
Tags Share There are five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Everyone may spend varying times in these stages, but each stage is integral, with acceptance being arguably the most important. Except this isn’t about experiencing a close death; it’s about refinding my identity as a Black woman living in an inherently…
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Gov. Newsom, understand the horrors of solitary as you consider the Mandela Act
Tags Share As Gov. Gavin Newsom considers signing the Mandela Act to limit solitary confinement in California, he needs to understand its true horrors. Today I write this as a rising immigration attorney and legal fellow with national advocacy organization Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights. But just four short years ago, I was an asylum…
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Access to Information Day: A gift from Africa to the world
Tags Share Today, September 28, we celebrate the International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) thanks to the commitment, determination and persistence of African civil society organizations. This year’s International Day focuses on the challenges and opportunities of accessing information in a digital world. Tomorrow, we will be hosting the panel “Protection of Digital…
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Good Trouble: What John Lewis’ life and legacy means for young leaders
Tags Share For myself, and for many, many members of the Kennedy family, John Lewis was a continual and steady presence in our lives. He was a father figure to us, he shared a special bond with my mother, Ethel, and he was a guiding force in helping Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights become the…
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