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RFK Human Rights files amicus brief on climate change, seeks protection for environmental defenders
Tags Share On December 18, 2023, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, in partnership with the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, Amazon Watch, Latin American and Caribbean Network for Democracy (REDLAD), ARTICLE 19: Global Campaign for Free Expression, Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR), and International Service for Human Rights (ISHR),…
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Political Prisoner Mahmoud Hussein Exceeds 2 Years in Pretrial Detention
Tags Share (January 25, 2016 | Washington, DC) As of today, twenty-year old Mahmoud Mohamed Ahmed Hussein, who is represented by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights before the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD), has spent two full years in pretrial detention in Egypt without charge or being referred to trial. While already…
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Open Letter to Secretary Kerry
Tags Share In anticipation of Secretary of State John Kerry’s bilateral dialogue with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on the sidelines of the 70th Session of the UN General Assembly, Kerry Kennedy and Santiago Canton of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights have directed an open letter to the Secretary requesting that the issue of remand…
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Emergency Funding Support for Human Rights Defenders and Journalists
RFK Human Rights’ latest resource lists different sources of emergency funding to support journalists and human rights defenders in their crucial work.
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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Launches Civic Space Case-Tracker
Tags Share WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 29, 2023 – Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today announced the public launch of the Civic Space Case-Tracker, an interactive tool mapping some of the most significant ongoing human rights cases around the world – particularly those related to freedom of expression, assembly, and association. The tracker is launched in…
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SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher to Receive the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights 2023 Ripple of Hope Award
Tags Share New York, NY, November 14, 2023 – Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today announced that Fran Drescher, SAG-AFTRA president, actor, writer, and activist, will receive the 2023 Ripple of Hope Award in recognition of her leadership advocating for workers’ rights. Drescher will join fellow 2023 honorees, including The Edwin Barbey Charitable Trust, a…
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UN calls out U.S. violations of civil and political rights
Tags Share NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 3, 2023 – The UN Human Rights Committee today released its Concluding Observations denouncing the United States’ violations of civil and political rights, including widespread abuses in immigration detention facilities and the criminalization of lawful protesters. The report details the UN’s findings and conclusions of international law violations following its…
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NGOs call for protection of journalists and freedom of expression in Cambodia and Việt Nam ahead of UN human rights review
Tags Share Journalists working in Cambodia and Việt Nam are routinely threatened, subject to mistreatment, and detained for their reporting and commentary, with many imprisoned and denied basic rights, according to two new reports on press freedom and freedom of expression submitted to the United Nations. A report on Việt Nam was jointly submitted by…
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United Nations and Human Rights Activists Denounce U.S. Suppression of Peaceful Protest
Tags Share NEW YORK, OCTOBER 19, 2023 – Referring to evidence presented by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and other civil society organizations, the United Nations recently expressed shock at the United States’ suppression of peaceful protest during a formal review held on October 17-18 in Geneva. During the two-day event, the UN Human Rights…
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US urged to boost support for human rights defenders globally on key anniversary
Tags Share (WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 17) – Human rights defenders (HRDs), government dignitaries, an independent United Nations expert, and human rights organizations today urged the US government and the international community to continue to stand with and increase support and protection for human rights defenders worldwide. Several leading human rights organizations also hosted a delegation…
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Inter-American Court to hold public hearing on disappeared Guatemalan Human Rights Defenders
Tags Share BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA, OCTOBER 10, 2023 – The Inter-American Court of Human Rights will hold a public hearing at 9:30 a.m. CST on October 11 on the case of Pérez Lucas et al. v. Guatemala, the four human rights defenders forcibly disappeared by the Guatemalan Army in 1989 whose whereabouts continue to be unknown.…
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