Our Voices
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Mexico: Under New Prosecutor General, Few Advances in Addressing Impunity
Lack of transparency, appointments without public calls for applications, and the closing of spaces for civil society participation mark the first year of the Prosecutor General’s management.
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RFK Board Member Robert Smith on ESG Investing
Tags Share In a Bloomberg interview with Francine Lacqua from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Robert Smith, Vista Equity Partners Chief Executive Officer and board member of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, discussed the importance of ESG investing, the genesis of the RFK Compass Investor Conference and the challenges facing the next generation of…
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NowThis: Families Separated Across the Border Meet at Friendship Park
Tags Share During a delegation trip to Mexico, representatives from RFK Human Rights and Al Otro Lado visited Friendship Park, the only federally designated binational meeting place where families separated by the U.S.-Mexico border can come together. It’s estimated that between 2011 and 2013, roughly half a million children who are U.S. citizens experienced the…
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Our Full Public Comment to the NYC Board of Correction
We urge the abolition of punitive separation and prolonged solitary confinement in New York City.
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The Unlawful Re-Arrest of Omoyele Sowore
Tags Share The violent and unlawful re-arrest of journalist and human rights defender Omoyele Sowore is a flagrant violation of his fundamental human rights. As free speech and peaceful protest are cornerstones of any functioning democracy, we join with the international community in solidarity to demand that the Nigerian authorities and Department of State Services,…
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Fighting to Free Imprisoned Nigerian Journalist Omoyele Sowore
Sowore’s arbitrary arrest and continued detention violate multiple provisions of Nigeria’s constitution as well as its international human rights obligations.
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RFK Human Rights Urges The Bahamas to Halt Deportations Post Hurricane Dorian
Tags Share Washington, D.C., October 21, 2019 – Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights is gravely concerned following the Bahamian government’s treatment of migrants, predominantly from Haiti, in the wake of Hurricane Dorian, and its intent to deport migrants who sought refuge in shelters after the hurricane. Discriminatory policies against Haitians and Bahamians of Haitian descent…
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RFK Human Rights Supports Creation of the Prosecutorial Misconduct Commission
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFKHR) stands with The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, The New York Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, DKT Liberty Project, The Legal Aid Society, Brooklyn Defender Services, The Bronx Defenders, The Chief Defenders Association of New York, The New York State Defenders Association and Discovery for Justice…
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Statute of Limitations Lifted in Murder of Journalist Nelson Carvajal
Tags Share The organizations urge Colombia to give full compliance to the Inter-American Court Judgment [Miami/Washington D.C./Bogota, August 19, 2019] The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA), Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFK Human Rights) and the Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP) celebrate that the Colombian Justice has eliminated the statute of limitations regarding the murder of…
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UN Committee Calls Out Bangladesh’s Use of Torture
Tags Share Global, 14 August 2019: – Following serious concerns expressed by the UN Committee against Torture (CAT) about torture in Bangladesh, seven human rights organizations call on the Bangladeshi government to recognize the magnitude of the problem and address and implement the nearly 90 recommendations made by the UN body. On 9 August 2019,…
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IACHR Grants Precautionary Measures for Quelvin Jimenez Villalta
Tags Share [Washington DC and Guatemala City, July 23, 2019] The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) granted precautionary measures in a resolution on July 3, 2019 in favor of Quelvin Otoniel Jimenez Villalta, a Guatemalan indigenous lawyer and human rights defender. As the IACHR recognized, Quelvin Jimenez has been facing grave and urgent threats,…
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