Our Voices
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Honor, don’t denigrate, the dignity of front-line workers
Tags Share New York’s new mayor has recently twice diminished the dignity of workers who for years now have been on the front lines and otherwise lauded — rightly so – as essential. Arguing that businesses need to remain open so service establishments can be patronized, the Mayor said, “My low-skilled workers, my cooks, my…
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Egypt: Quash Verdicts and Stop Unfair Trials by Emergency Courts
Tags Share We, the undersigned organizations call on Egyptian President Abdelfattah Al-Sisi to immediately quash the verdicts against seven arbitrarily detained human rights defenders, activists and politicians, convicted of bogus charges and sentenced to long prison terms in grossly unfair trials by emergency courts solely for peacefully exercising their human rights. The organizations also urge…
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In a Disappointing Decision, the African Court Refuses to Address Rwanda’s Dangerous and Systematic Interference with Human Rights Organizations
Tags Share In a troubling turn of events in the global struggle to protect civic spaces, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (“The African Court”) recently declined to hear the merits of a case challenging the illegal takeover by the Rwandan State of one of the last independent human rights organizations in the…
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Décision décevante de la Cour africaine, qui refuse de se prononcer sur l’ingérence dangereuse et systématique du gouvernement rwandais dans les activités des organisations de défense des droits humains
Tags Share Selon une succession troublante d’événements liés à la lutte mondiale pour la protection des espaces civiques, la Cour africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples (“la Cour africaine”) a finalement refusé d’examiner une affaire contestant la prise de contrôle illégale par l’État rwandais de l’une des dernières organisations indépendantes de défense des…
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UN: Ban Abusive Bangladesh Unit from Peacekeeping
Tags Share January 19, 2022 – The United Nations Department of Peace Operations should ban Bangladesh’s notoriously abusive paramilitary Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) from UN deployment, 12 organizations said in a letter to Under Secretary General Jean-Pierre Lacroix, made public today. Human rights organizations have documented widespread RAB abuses. UN human rights experts have also…
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Exigimos justicia por el asesinato de la activista trans Thalía Rodríguez en Honduras
Tags Share [Tegucigalpa/Washington D.C., 11 de enero de 2022] Las organizaciones Red Lésbica Cattrachas y Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights repudiamos el asesinato de Thalía Rodríguez, mujer trans y activista de los derechos de las personas LGBTI, ocurrido el día de hoy en su casa ubicada en el cerro Juana Laínez, en Tegucigalpa. Thalía era…
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We demand justice for the murder of trans activist Thalía Rodríguez in Honduras
Tags Share [Tegucigalpa/Washington D.C., January 11, 2022] The organizations Red Lésbica Cattrachas and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights condemn the murder of Thalía Rodríguez, a trans woman and LGBTI rights activist, which occurred today at her home located on Juana Laínez Hill, in Tegucigalpa. Thalía was a trans woman who dedicated more than 20 years…
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Finally there could be an opportunity for truth and justice in Oswaldo Payá’s death
Tags Share For more than 60 years now, my family has had grave concerns about the restriction of fundamental rights of the Cuban people, concerns that have remained strong despite the march of time and the repeated failures of U.S. foreign policy to support the Cuban people. While the players and technology have changed since…
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Bangladesh: Stop Harassment of Human Rights Defenders
Tags Share (December 14, 2021) – Bangladesh authorities must end the harassment of Adilur Rahman Khan and ASM Nasiruddin Elan, respectively Secretary and Director of the human rights group Odhikar, who have been targeted through the misuse of the criminal justice system, eleven rights groups said today. On December 15, 2021, the Cyber Tribunal of…
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RFK Human Rights pide a la CIDH hacer responsable al estado Cubano por la muerte de los líderes pro-democracia Oswaldo Payá y Harold Cepero
Tags Share El 22 de julio de 2012, Oswaldo José Payá Sardiñas, un reconocido disidente cubano y líder de derechos humanos, falleció tras un choque de auto cerca de Bayamo, Cuba. Harold Cepero, un joven activista que viajaba con él, falleció en el hospital poco después. Ambos eran figuras prominentes del Movimiento Cristiano Liberación, que…
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RFK Human Rights calls on the IACHR to hold Cuba responsible for the 2012 death of pro-democracy leaders Oswaldo Paya and Harold Cepero
Tags Share On July 22, 2012, Oswaldo José Payá Sardiñas, a renowned Cuban dissident and human rights leader, was killed in a car crash near Bayamo, Cuba. Harold Cepero, a young activist who was traveling with him, died in the hospital soon afterwards. Both were prominent figures in the Christian Liberation Movement, which Mr. Payá…
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Joint statement on new assault against Human Rights Defender Aminatou Haidar in Western Sahara
Tags Share On Dec. 5, Sahrawi human rights defender Aminatou Haidar was physically assaulted by Moroccan police forces and paramilitary during a peaceful demonstration. She was protesting against the renewed attacks on her fellow colleague and human rights defender Sultana Khaya, who has been subjected to repeated violent physical and psychological aggression, including of a…
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