Arbitrary Arrest and Exile
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United Nations inquiry finds that Egyptian authorities arbitrarily detained Ahmed Samir Santawy
Tags Share The Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights welcome the favorable opinion by the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention finding the Egyptian government arbitrarily detained our client Ahmed Samir Santawy in violation of international human rights law. The Working Group held that the government arbitrarily…
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La Sociedad Civil Venezolana Se Adjunta Antes del EPU
Tags Share Lea este artículo en inglés. El 21 de enero de 2022, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, en colaboración con la Comisión Internacional de Juristas (CIJ) y Fair Trials, organizó un panel de discusión virtual sobre los fallos del sistema de justicia de Venezuela, en preparación para el Examen Periódico Universal que se llevó…
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Venezuelan Civil Society Comes Together Ahead of UPR
Tags Share Read this article in Spanish. On January 21, 2022, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, in collaboration with the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and Fair Trials, hosted a virtual panel discussion on the failures of the Venezuelan justice system, ahead of Venezuela’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) which took place on January 25. The…
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Egypt: Quash Verdicts and Stop Unfair Trials by Emergency Courts
Tags Share We, the undersigned organizations call on Egyptian President Abdelfattah Al-Sisi to immediately quash the verdicts against seven arbitrarily detained human rights defenders, activists and politicians, convicted of bogus charges and sentenced to long prison terms in grossly unfair trials by emergency courts solely for peacefully exercising their human rights. The organizations also urge…
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Bangladesh: Stop Harassment of Human Rights Defenders
Tags Share (December 14, 2021) – Bangladesh authorities must end the harassment of Adilur Rahman Khan and ASM Nasiruddin Elan, respectively Secretary and Director of the human rights group Odhikar, who have been targeted through the misuse of the criminal justice system, eleven rights groups said today. On December 15, 2021, the Cyber Tribunal of…
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