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Bangladesh: Stop Reprisals Against Victims, Activists
Tags Share Bangladesh authorities have responded to US Treasury Department sanctions on the notoriously abusive Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) by retaliating against victims’ relatives, human rights defenders and their families, and human rights organizations, twelve organizations said today. The US imposed the sanctions on the paramilitary unit and several of its current and former officials…
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Investigative Post: Allegations of ICE Mistreatment of Detainees
Tags Share According to the Investigative Post, a coalition of immigrants’ rights advocates, including Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, has filed a FOIA request with ICE, alleging severe mistreatment at the Batavia federal detention center. The allegations include beatings, medical neglect, and unsafe release practices, such as abandoning detainees at remote locations without proper clothing…
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UN Confirms that Rwandan Authorities Abducted and Are Arbitrarily Detaining Paul Rusesabagina
Tags Share Following a petition filed by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights in March 2021, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) found that the Rwandan government abducted and has arbitrarily detained the Hotel Rwanda hero Paul Rusesabagina for over 20 months. Requesting his immediate, unconditional release and an independent investigation of his…
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This Transgender Day of Visibility, we must see ourselves in others to become stronger
Tags Share In recent days, Black law students descended upon the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., a statement of solidarity with, and inspiration by Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. “It’s breathtaking, but it’s also very inspiring just to see another, one, female, but also a Black female who looks like myself being in such…
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TPS for Ukraine should be part of a broader vision of humanitarian protection—regardless of race
Tags Share By Sarah Decker and Daniel Tse By granting Temporary Protection Status to Ukrainian refugees who have fled their war-torn homeland, the Biden administration has sent a clear message that it is prioritizing humanitarian protection for victims of war and disaster. Just not across the board. With the Biden administration official revealing Thursday that…
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Vicky Hernández et al. v. Honduras and Its Significance
Tags Share Vicky Hernández was an LGBTQ+ rights activist in Honduras who advocated for rights of trans individuals and sex workers. Vicky’s murder occured on June 28, 2009 during the coup d’etat while a curfew was in place. It was followed by subsequent negligence on the part of the Honduran State that led to her…
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Constitutional Court of Guatemala to Rule on the Swearing In of Magistrate Gloria Porras
Tags Share Guatemala City, Geneva, Washington D.C. March 21, 2022 The international organizations that make up the International Observatory on Guatemala express grave concerns regarding news that today, the Constitutional Court of Guatemala will be hearing an amparo (a legal protective mechanism) related to the swearing in of Gloria Porras. Porras was reelected in April…
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Corte de Constitucionalidad de Guatemala decidirá sobre juramentación de la magistrada Gloria Porras
Tags Share Ciudad de Guatemala, Ginebra y Washington D.C. 21 de marzo de 2022 Las organizaciones que conformamos el Observatorio internacional sobre los derechos humanos en Guatemala vemos con preocupación que, según medios de comunicación, el día de hoy la Corte de Constitucionalidad estaría conociendo un amparo relacionado a la juramentación de la magistrada electa…
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Investing in war can never be socially responsible
Tags Share In Russia’s War Prompts a Pitch for ‘Socially Responsible’ Military Stocks (Strategies, March 5), the notion that investing in arms is a path to peace is so absurd it’s laughable. Yet, Jeff Sommer’s reporting presents a simple truth: Even the gravest humanitarian crises present an opportunity for capitalists and money engines to capitalize…
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U.S. sanctions must avoid harming the free flow of information in Russia
Tags Share President Joseph R. Biden Jr. The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 March 10, 2022 Dear President Biden, The signatories to this letter deplore Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, condemn in the strongest possible terms the grave violations committed by Russian forces there, and applaud efforts by the Biden Administration and…
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Is it possible to ensure Workplace Dignity among journalists in a war zone?
Tags Share “How does Matthew Chance sleep and stay alert to his surroundings when he appears to be reporting at all hours?” It’s something many have likely thought about the CNN senior international correspondent, along with countless other journalists working from the front-lines in Ukraine and Russia. As shelling and other instruments of war are…
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Civil society organizations call on Egyptian authorities to drop the case of researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy and release him immediately
Tags Share 14 March 2022 Today, the Egyptian Emergency State Security Court (ESSC) will hold a second session in the retrial of researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy.* The undersigned organizations call on Egyptian authorities to drop this case and release Santawy immediately. In June 2021, the ESSC sentenced Santawy to a four year prison sentence on…
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