Africa
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Access to Information Day: A gift from Africa to the world
Tags Share Today, September 28, we celebrate the International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) thanks to the commitment, determination and persistence of African civil society organizations. This year’s International Day focuses on the challenges and opportunities of accessing information in a digital world. Tomorrow, we will be hosting the panel “Protection of Digital…
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Modern Decolonization: The Role of the UN and the Responsibility of All of Us
Tags Share In December 1960, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a landmark resolution, Resolution 1514 XV, better known as the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. Resolution 1514 proclaims “the necessity of bringing to a speedy and unconditional end colonialism in all its forms and manifestations” and asserts that…
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5 Things to Know About Western Sahara
Tags Share Western Sahara hosts the second largest wall in the world, coming up short only to the Great Wall of China. This wall, known as the Berm, is 1600 miles long, 10 feet tall, and made of sand. The Berm runs all the way from Western Sahara’s southern border with Mauritania, to its northern…
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Two Years of Arbitrary Detention of Hotel Rwanda Hero Paul Rusesabagina
Tags Share Two years ago on Aug. 27, Belgian citizen and U.S. permanent resident Paul Rusesabagina was tricked by a friend to leave the country for a speaking engagement in Burundi, but instead transferred against his will to Kigali during his layover in Dubai. Deceived into thinking he was connecting to Burundi, he was abducted…
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5 Things to Know About the Paul Rusesabagina Case
Tags Share July 27, Carine Kanimba, the youngest daughter of Hotel Rwanda hero Paul Rusesabagina, testified before the U.S. House Intelligence Committee about a malware attack on her phone allegedly carried out by the Paul Kagame-led Rwandan government which has prosecuted and jailed her father over trumped-up allegations of terrorism. Here’s what you need to…
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Western Sahara: Joint Submission for Universal Periodic Review Documenting Human Rights Violations Committed by the Kingdom of Morocco
Tags Share As the United Nations Human Rights Council prepares to conduct its fourth cycle Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Kingdom of Morocco, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and our partners, the Sahrawi Organ against the Moroccan Occupation (ISACOM), the Nushatta Foundation for Media and Human Rights, and Right Livelihood, have submitted the following…
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Twitter: From Microblogging to a Human Right
Tags Share Over the last several years, social media platforms have evolved from mere communication applications to consequential social impact drivers used by about 4.6 billion subscribers globally including everyday people, traditional media, businesses, politicians, governments, civil society, and even terrorists. Courts around the world have even classified social media as integral to the exercise…
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International Organizations Condemn the Shutdown of Ugandan Organization Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), Call for Authorities to Reverse the Decision Immediately
Tags Share The undersigned organizations strongly condemn the decision to shut down the operations of Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), a leading non-governmental organization committed to protecting and advancing the human rights of LGBTQI+ individuals in Uganda. We call on the Ugandan government to reverse this decision, and to bring an end to the longstanding persecution…
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Egypt: Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Welcomes the Release of Ahmed Samir Santawy
Tags Share Egyptian researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy was finally released from prison on July 30, 2022 after a presidential pardon was issued. Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights is elated to see Santawy finally released, although he should have never been imprisoned and convicted in the first place. This pardon comes after an Egyptian State Security…
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Nigeria #TwitterBan: RFKHR, SERAP host Twitter Spaces on ECOWAS court ruling
Tags Share On July 15, Nigerians on social media converged on a Twitter Spaces conversation organized by the Social Economic Rights Accountability Project (SERAP) and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights to discuss details of a ruling by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Community Court of Justice that declared last summer’s Twitter ban…
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Victory for Online Expression in Nigeria
Tags Share In a victory for freedom of expression, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Community Court of Justice delivered a pivotal decision in the cases filed by the Social Economic Rights Accountability Project (SERAP) & other organizations including Media Rights Agenda and Media Defence challenging the Nigerian government’s Twitter ban. The suit…
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RFK Human Rights Condemns the Resentencing of Egyptian Researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy and Calls for His Immediate Release
Tags Share On July 4, 2022, an Egyptian State Security Emergency Misdemeanor Court again sentenced researcher and academic Ahmed Samir Santawy to three years in prison on unfounded charges of “spreading false news.” We at Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights strongly call on President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and the Egyptian government to end the continuing…
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