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AP Wins Two RFK Journalism Awards
Tags Share An investigation exposing widespread abuse in the palm oil industry and searing photos of Ethiopians fleeing war earned The Associated Press two Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards on Thursday. AP investigative reporters Margie Mason and Robin McDowell won the RFK Journalism Award for International Print for a series of stories that uncovered the…
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RFK Human Rights Condemns Recent Violence Against Journalist Omoyele Sowore
We urge the Government of Nigeria to hold accountable all persons responsible for the unlawful arrest, detention, and now shooting of Omoyele Sowore.
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Munduruku People and Their Territories Need Immediate Protection
Tags Share Wildcat gold miners invaded and attacked a Munduruku village in the Amazon on Wednesday, taking aim at leaders, including Maria Leusa Kaba, who have long opposed illegal mining on their protected Indigenous lands. As predicted, on May 26, 2021, in an alleged retaliation of a major operation against illegal mining coordinated by the…
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Uganda’s Sexual Offences Bill Fosters Discrimination and Injustice
Tags Share The Sexual Offences Bill, which seeks to amend the existing legal framework on sexual offences (especially the Penal Code Act Cap 120), contains several provisions that would worsen the situation of the LGBTQ+ community and people living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda. Despite the stated object of the Bill purportedly being “the effectual prevention…
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Eritrea: Renew Vital Mandate of UN Special Rapporteur
New and ongoing human rights violations in Eritrea can’t be ignored.
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How Investors Can Boost Their DE&I Efforts
Start where you have the most control: within your own workplace.
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Pub Owner Reinforces Racist Trope
Tags Share Regarding, “Delhi Township, Ohio bar: No NBA games on TV until LeBron James ‘expelled,’” (April 25): A Cincinnati bar’s public pronouncement that it would not show NBA games over LeBron James’ statements about a fatal police shooting of a teen in Columbus has drawn comment from many corners of society. What is missing…
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Civil Society Organizations Call for Investigation of Repression of Protests
We call on Colombia to immediately cease the arbitrary and excessive use of force to avoid additional human rights violations against the population.
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Colombia: 650 Organizaciones De Sociedad Civil Llamamos a Una Exhaustiva Investigación De La Represión De La Protesta Social Y Solicitamos a La Cidh Mantenerse Alerta
Tags Share Las Américas, 7 de mayo, 2021 – Las organizaciones abajo firmantes condenamos el uso excesivo de la fuerza por parte de agentes de las fuerzas de seguridad colombiana como respuesta a las protestas que iniciaron el 28 de abril en todo el país. Solicitamos al Estado cesar de manera inmediata el uso arbitrario…
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Global Civil Society Statement on Myanmar
Tags Share We, the undersigned organizations, call on the United Nations Security Council to urgently impose a comprehensive global arms embargo on Myanmar to help prevent further violations of human rights against peaceful protesters and others opposing military rule. In recent weeks, Myanmar security forces have killed hundreds of people, including dozens of children, merely…
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