Africa
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UN Petition Calls for Ahmed Samir Santawy’s Release
Santawy, a 29-year-old student, is just one of many academics that have been targeted and arbitrarily detained by the Egyptian authorities.
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Nigerian Government Must End Crackdown on Civic Space
The Government of Nigeria must take steps to respect and protect the rights of its citizens to freedom of expression, association, and assembly.
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Egypt: President Should Act to Unshackle Freedoms
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt should immediately end a crackdown on freedom of association, independent groups, and peaceful dissent.
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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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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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RFK Human Rights Urges Egyptian Authorities to Release Ahmed Samir Santawy
Egyptian authorities must ensure prompt and impartial investigations into Ahmed Samir Santawy’s enforced disappearance and ill-treatment by security forces.
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We Welcome the U.S. House Resolution in Support of #ENDSARS
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights welcomes the re-introduction of a U.S. House of Representatives Resolution supporting the #ENDSARS movement against police brutality in Nigeria by Representatives Al Green and Joaquin Castro. The #EndSARS movement calls for the disbandment of the federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) which has been implicated in widespread human rights…
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UN Petition: Arbitrary Detention of Paul Rusesabagina
Tags Share On March 16, 2021, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and Choharis Law Group jointly submitted a petition to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on behalf of Paul Rusesabagina. Mr. Rusesabagina is a prominent humanitarian and political activist who was kidnapped by Rwandan authorities on August 27, 2020, held incommunicado, and…
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States Break Silence to Condemn Egypt’s Abuses at UN Rights Body
The joint declaration, signed by 31 states, condemns the human rights situation in Egypt for the first time since 2014.
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Release Somali Journalist Kilwe Adan Farah
Farah’s illegal arrest and detention not only violate human rights law but send a chilling message to journalists in Somalia.
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Call for Independent Investigation into Rwandan Singer’s Death
Open Letter to All Commonwealth Heads of Government
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