Africa
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Beyond Countering China: President Biden Must Address Human Rights Concerns in Angola
Tags Share President Biden is on a three-day state visit to the southern African country of Angola. This trip marks his first and long-promised visit to Africa as the U.S. President. During the visit, the leaders of both governments are expected to discuss strengthening democratic institutions, enhancing civic engagement, and expanding economic partnerships. Angola is…
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Building Capacity for Human Rights: A Recap of the Arusha Initiative Town Hall
Tags Share On October 9, the Arusha Initiative hosted its first-ever Town hall focused on raising awareness around the integral role of human rights mechanisms in promoting human rights in Africa. This incredible event brought together members of the initiative and other people passionate about human rights, from advocates to community leaders and representatives of…
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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights’ Engagement at the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights participated in the 81st Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) in Banjul, The Gambia, on October 15-25, 2024. The ACHPR is the treaty body of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights treaty, which mandates the promotion and protection of human…
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Right to Vote and the 2024 Tunisian Elections
Tags Share On October 6th, Tunisians went to the polls for the first presidential elections since a new constitution was adopted in 2022. Tunisia’s highest electoral body, the Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) declared victory for incumbent president Kais Saied with 90.69% of the vote, citing a participation rate of 28%, the lowest rate…
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Just Security: The Essential Role of ‘Civic Space’ in Safeguarding Electoral Integrity: How a Decision in Africa Can Reverberate
Tags Share In Just Security, RFKHR Staff Attorneys Sofìa Jaramillo and Sarah Morsheimer present a new op-ed detailing the significance of the recent decision on Ethiopia’s 2015 elections, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), a body of the African Union. This case, brought by and litigated by RFKHR, is a landmark decision…
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Alaa Abd el-Fattah must be released this month at the end of his prison sentence
Tags Share The Egyptian-British writer and activist, Alaa Abd el-Fattah, must be released on Sunday 29 September at the end of his five year prison sentence, in accordance with Egyptian law, a coalition of 59 Egyptian and international human rights organisations stated today. The organisations expressed their deep alarm at news, shared by his lawyer,…
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Rights organizations condemn spate of Egyptian journalist arrests, demand immediate release, accountability
Tags Share The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), along with 33 rights and press freedom organizations, condemns the recent arrests and enforced disappearance of four Egyptian journalists – Ashraf Omar, Khaled Mamdouh, Ramadan Gouida, and Yasser Abu Al-Ela – and calls for their immediate release. The undersigned also call on Egyptian authorities to drop all…
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Egypt: Release of ‘T-Shirt Detainee’ Mahmoud Hussein
Tags Share RFK Human Rights welcomes the release of Mahmoud Hussein, ‘the T-Shirt detainee,’ from arbitrary detention in Egypt. We call on the Egyptian authorities to take all necessary measures to investigate the violations of Mahmoud’s rights and guarantee the full enjoyment of his rights going forward, including the right to compensation. Since January 25,…
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Nigeria: Government must protect the rights of #EndbadGovernanceinNigeria protestors
Tags Share RFK Human Rights condemns the attacks by the Nigerian Police and other security forces against the #EndbadGovernanceinNigeria protestors across the country resulting in over 20 deaths, countless injuries, and over 1,000 arrests. We urge the government to desist from interfering with the right of Nigerians to protest and immediately investigate the human rights…
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Africa’s Premier Human Rights Institution Makes Landmark Decision on the Right to Vote in Ethiopia
Tags Share Right to vote upheld in Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and Institute for Human Rights in Africa (for the people of Ethiopia) v. The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. RFK Human Rights and the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) welcome the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights’s (the…
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Uganda: Government must desist from attacks and arbitrary detention of #March2Parliament Protesters
Tags Share RFK Human Rights condemns the wanton attacks by Ugandan security forces against #March2Parliament protesters on 23 July resulting in dozens of arbitrary arrests and police brutality. We call upon the Ugandan government to immediately investigate the human rights violations and desist from interfering with the right of Ugandans to peaceful assembly. The #March2Parliament…
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Deported Cameroonian Asylum Seekers Returned to U.S
Tags Share Returnees Abused in Both Countries; U.S. Breached Asylum Confidentiality July 18, 2024, Washington, D.C. – The United States government has, since May 2024, approved the return of 27 Cameroonian asylum seekers who experienced serious harm in Cameroon after their deportation from the U.S. in 2020, a coalition of human rights groups said today.…
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