Africa
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Biden Must Undo Trump’s Damaging Decision on Western Sahara
Tags Share In August 2012, my daughter Mariah and I took part in an international human rights delegation trip to Western Sahara, where we met with hundreds and hundreds of victims of abuse. People there told us they had been threatened, beaten, raped, tortured and had family members killed, all for criticising the Moroccan regime…
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Egypt: Journalist Mahmoud Hussein Released From Arbitrary Detention
Hussein’s case highlights the urgent need to advance press freedoms in Egypt, one of the world’s most oppressive countries for journalists.
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The Ongoing Government Persecution of Omoyele Sowore
We urge the international community to impose strong, targeted sanctions, as well as an arms embargo, against members of the Tatmadaw.
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Joint Letter on Human Rights Ahead of Ugandan Elections
Twenty-six organizations have urged the African Union and United Nations to respond to violence, intimidation, and repressive measures that threaten free and fair electoral process in Uganda.
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Statement on Abduction of Human Rights Defender Nicholas Opiyo
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights is alarmed by the arbitrary arrest and detention of prominent human rights defender Nicholas Opiyo in Uganda today. This occurs amid a broader and dangerous government crackdown on independent civil society throughout the country. Nichola Opiyo is a courageous and extraordinary human rights activist who has long championed…
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Democracy Is at Stake in Nigeria and Demands Action
We urge our leaders in Washington to wake up, take action, and stand with #EndSARS protesters while we can still make a difference.
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The Deterioration of Democracy and Human Rights in Tanzania
Tags Share To: President John Magufuli Excellency, We, the undersigned civil society organizations, are deeply concerned about the continued deterioration of democracy, human rights and rule of law in the United Republic of Tanzania. In the past five years, we have documented the steady decline of the country into a state of repression, evidenced by…
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RFK Human Rights Wins Civic Space Case Before UN Working Group
The decision found journalist Omoyele Sowore was arbitrarily detained for practicing his fundamental rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.
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Ongoing Efforts to Bring Omoyele Sowore Home
Tags Share Omoyele Sowore is a journalist and social activist who has been trapped in his native Nigeria in a bizarre diplomatic quarantine—confined to house arrest, facing bogus charges with little prospect of returning to his wife and children in New Jersey anytime soon. RFK Human Rights has been involved in a campaign for Sowore’s…
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Journalist Mohamed Abuuja Freed After Months in Arbitrary Detention
Tags Share MOGADISHU, Somalia/ Washington D.C, USA, 05 August, 2020 – After long struggle for justice, Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS), Somali Media Association (SOMA) and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights welcome today’s verdict by the Somali Military Court’s to release Radio Hiigsi editor, Mohamed Abduwahab Nuur (Abuuja) from the nearly five-months’-long arbitrary detention. The release…
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Joint UN Petition Calls for Journalist Mohamed Abdiwahab Nuur’s Release
Tags Share Mogadishu, Somalia and Washington, DC — On July 27, 2020, the Somali Journalists Syndicate, the Somali Media Association, lawyer Daahir Ali and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights jointly submitted a petition to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on behalf of detained journalist, Mohamed Abdiwahab Nuur. Mr. Nuur, a Somali human…
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COVID-19 Must Not Be Used as a Cover for Human Rights Abuses
Tags Share On May 14, 2020, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights together with Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) and Sexual Minorities Uganda petitioned the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to press Uganda to release 19 LGBTI individuals who were arrested March 29, together with four others after the Uganda Police Force raided…
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