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On Bangladesh, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Leads the Way
Tags Share As the ASAN Fellow at Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, I am gaining a tremendous amount of exposure to human rights issues from around the world. A panel discussion hosted on February 1 by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, Guernica 37, and the Georgetown University Law Center’s Human Rights Institute was the latest…
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Bangladesh’s Digital Security Bill 2018 Raises Serious Concerns
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, along with other civil society organizations, today sent a letter to the President of Bangladesh and the President of the National Human Rights Commission expressing serious concern regarding the version of the Digital Security Bill 2018 that recently passed the Cabinet. The Bill is likely to be introduced…
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Bangladesh’s Digital Security Bill 2018 Raises Serious Concerns
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, along with other civil society organizations, today sent a letter to the President of Bangladesh and the President of the National Human Rights Commission expressing serious concern regarding the version of the Digital Security Bill 2018 that recently passed the Cabinet. The Bill is likely to be introduced…
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UN Determines Al Jazeera Journalist Mahmoud Hussein was Arbitrarily Detained
Tags Share This week the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention published its decision in the case of Mahmoud Hussein, a prominent journalist who works for Al Jazeera Media Network in Qatar and is represented by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights. The Working Group determined that Mr. Hussein has been arbitrarily detained without charge…
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IACHR Releases Advisory Opinion on Gender Identity and Same-Sex Non-Discrimination
Tags Share On November 24, 2017, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights adopted an Advisory Opinion on gender identity, equality, and non-discrimination for same-sex couples. In its Opinion, this regional human rights tribunal not only reaffirmed that gender identity and non-discrimination based on sexual orientation are protected by the American Convention on Human Rights, but…
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An Unhappy New Year for Migrants in the Bahamas
Tags Share Normally, the start of a new year is a time of optimism and hope. This year, many in the Bahamas are awaiting December 31 with dread thanks to Prime Minister Hubert Minnis’ declaration that migrants in an irregular status are to leave the country by that day or face aggressive deportation. Since Minnis’…
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RFK Human Rights Joins Coalition Fighting Impunity in Mexico
The group, called the International Observatory on Mexico, will set out to monitor and document the country’s deteriorating human rights situation.
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RFK Human Rights Co-Organizes Hearings on Police Killings
Tags Share CAITLIN CALLAHAN On December 7th, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights co-organized a Thematic Hearing on impunity for police killings within the United States before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. A recording of the full hearing can be found here. The testimony provided by family members and activists focused on the barriers families…
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RFK Human Rights Launches New North Korea Report
The report calls for North Korean officials to be prosecuted for crimes against humanity committed in the country’s political prisons.
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Strengthening Our Commitment to a World Free From Violence Against Women
Tags Share July 7, 1995, was the last day Ramona saw her teenage daughter, Silvia. Two months later, Silvia’s body was found on a ranch outside of Ciudad Juarez, México, a city notorious for epidemic rates of femicide, or the killing of women due to their gender. 22 years later, no one has been convicted…
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RFK Human Rights Wins Stella Nyanzi Case
The decision by the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention determined that Stella Nyanzi—a prominent human rights defender, social activist, and academic in Uganda—was arbitrarily detained for her Facebook posts criticizing Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni.
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Building Civil Society Skills with a Bahamas Human Rights Workshop
The workshop worked with participants to identify the main human rights issues in The Bahamas and develop strategies to address them.
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