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New York Times: Venezuela Secretly Detains Hundreds to Silence Critics
A new report from RFK Human Rights and Foro Penal show forced disappearances play a critical role in the Venezuelan government’s efforts to muzzle opponents and instill fear.
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Apoyo internacional a la petición para declarar inconstitucional el Decreto Ley 370 en Cuba
Tags Share Las organizaciones y medios de comunicación abajo firmantes respaldamos la petición presentada el pasado 8 de junio en Cuba ante la Asamblea Nacional, el Consejo de Estado, el Tribunal Supremo, la Fiscalía General y el presidente de la República para declarar inconstitucional el Decreto Ley 370 de 2019. Las 64 personas que suscribieron…
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Petition to Declare Decree-Law 370 Unconstitutional in Cuba
Tags Share The undersigned organizations and media outlets support the petition presented on June 8 in Cuba before the National Assembly, the State Council, the Supreme Court, the Office of the Attorney General, and the President of the Republic declaring 2019’s Decree-Law 370 unconstitutional. The 64 people who signed the petition did so on behalf…
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Grave Conditions at Carmichael Immigrant Detention Center
Tags Share Washington D.C. (June 12, 2020)—Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights joins local human rights activists to express concern about the situation of migrants currently detained at Carmichael Road Immigrant Detention Center (“Carmichael Detention Center”) in The Bahamas, particularly in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Last week, detainees’ concerns about COVID-19 in the facility…
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A High School Journalist Dug Into Suspensions of Black Students. What She Found Won an Award.
Tags Share Nina Lavezzo-Stecopoulos and the co-editor of their high school newspaper, The Little Hawk, were talking to students in November about what they disliked about Iowa City High School when she sensed something was off. “That day I had a lot of good conversations about wrongful suspensions and racism” by the staff members who…
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Kerry Kennedy: “We Need to Seize This Moment”
Tags Share On June 5, 1968, U.S. presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy gave his final speech—about institutional and anti-Black violence—before he was assassinated. Speaking to CNN’s Don Lemon, Kerry Kennedy said her father’s words on an issue “that has been in the country … for 401 years” are still relevant to those protesting today. “We…
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COVID-19 Must Not Be Used as a Cover for Human Rights Abuses
Tags Share On May 14, 2020, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights together with Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) and Sexual Minorities Uganda petitioned the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to press Uganda to release 19 LGBTI individuals who were arrested March 29, together with four others after the Uganda Police Force raided…
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Statement by Kerry Kennedy on the murder of George Floyd
Police forces have long been used as a tool of white supremacy. We desperately need accountability. We need less, not more, funding for law enforcement.
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Kerry Kennedy on the Unlawful Detention of Cathy Kezimana
Tags Share [New York/Washington D.C., 20 May 2020] Leading up to today’s general elections in Burundi, national authorities and members of the ruling party have employed tactics of fear and violence to stifle and repress its political opposition. Most recently arresting former human rights defender and current political candidate Cathy Kezimana in retaliation for a…
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Déclaration de kerry kennedy sur la détention illégale de kezimana
Tags Share [New York/Washington D.C., 20 mai 2020] Avant les élections générales du 20 mai au Burundi, les autorités burundaises et les membres du parti au pouvoir ont utilisé des tactiques de peur et de violence pour étouffer et réprimer l’opposition politique. Plus récemment, les autorités ont arrêté l’ancienne défenseuse des droits humains et candidate…
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