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RFK Human Rights Bails Out 16-Year-Old Rosalyn “Bird” Holmes From Adult Prison
“There is no need for a cash bail to incarcerate a 16-year-old girl pre-trial.”
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Government Shuts Down LGBTQ+ Event in Uganda
Tags Share We are deeply troubled to learn that the Ugandan government ordered Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) to shut down their event today commemorating the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT). This unjustified order, issued by the Ugandan Minister of State for Ethics and Integrity, arbitrarily disrupts SMUG’s celebration of a day dedicated
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En el caso Alvarado, la Corte Interamericana considerara las desaparaciones forzadas en Mexico
Tags Share El caso Alvarado es el primero en que la Corte Interamericana se pronunciará sobre la Ley de Seguridad Interior de México San José, Ciudad de México, Washington D.C., Ginebra, Stuttgart, 25 de abril del 2018 El próximo jueves 26 de abril, la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos conocerá la historia de Nitza Paola
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Seeking Justice in the Trial of Molina Theissen
Tags Share HAGA CLIC AQUI PARA LEER Guatemala City, San José, Washington D.C. – April 11, 2018 – On March 1, the High Risk tribunal C began the trial that will determine the criminal responsibility of five high-ranking officials accused of crimes against humanity for the arbitrary detention, torture and sexual violation of Emma Molina
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Protect Egyptian Human Rights Defenders, Both Home and Abroad
Tags Share The undersigned civil society organisations express their outrage at the latest death threats targeting the Director of Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), Bahey el-Din Hassan, as a result of his human rights work on Egypt in Europe and the US. On 21 March 2018, in reaction to a memo sent by
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Hope for a Safer Environment for Journalists in Colombia
Tags Share Twenty years today, on April 16, 1998, Colombian journalist Nelson Carvajal was shot and killed in Pitalito, Huila, by a hitman that escaped on a motorbike. Just prior to his death he had been uncovering corruption by the local government and businessmen. The Colombian authorities’ investigation into his murder has been plagued with
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We Urge Guatemala to Prioritize Armed Conflict Cases
Tags Share HAGA CLIC AQUÍ PARA LEER Guatemala City, San Jose, Utrecht and Washington D.C., April 4, 2018 In light of the recent death of the former dictator, Efraín Ríos Montt, the stagnancy and permeability of the Guatemalan judicial system has become evident. The search for justice for the genocide of the Maya-Ixil people has
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Statement on the Syrian Government’s Use of Chemical Weapons
Tags Share The world has watched in horror as Syrian civilians suffered the horrific effects of yet another chemical weapons attack. Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights joins organizations and countries around the world in condemning the use of chemical weapons in this ongoing war. The fact that we are again discussing the use of chemical
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Attack on Mozambique Human Rights Defender Raises New Concerns
Tags Share 3 April 2018 It is with sadness that the undersigned civil society organisations express deep concern about the attack on Mozambique human rights defender, Ericino de Salema, which took place in Maputo on 27th March 2018. Mr Salema, a journalist, a rights activist and political analyst was allegedly kidnapped by unknown gunmen in
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Organizaciones Internacionales Instan a la Suprema Corte de México a Proteger la Independencia Judicial en Chihuahua
Tags Share La independencia de los poderes judiciales en México es fundamental para juzgar casos de corrupción y violaciones a derechos humanos. El próximo lunes 02 de marzo, el pleno de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación (SCJN) resolverá dos controversias constitucionales que pueden afectar de forma directa la estabilidad e independencia judicial
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Bangladesh: Civil Society Decries Mass Arrests Amid Worsening Human Rights Situation
Tags Share 22 March 2018: The Solidarity Group for Bangladesh today decries the mass arrests of opposition supporters that have taken place in Bangladesh over the past two months, and calls on the government to release all those who have been detained and to undertake urgent measures to ensure the respect for fundamental human rights.
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IACHR Holds Hearing on Mexico’s New Internal Security Lawv
Tags Share PARA ESPAÑOL, HAGA CLIC AQUÍ Washington, D.C. / New York City / Stuttgart / Geneva, March 20, 2018 – The International Observatory on Human Rights in Mexico remains deeply concerned about the new Internal Security Law and the Mexican Government’s refusal to accept the Law’s implications. The International Observatory urges the Inter-American Commission
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