Impunity
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UN Confirms that Rwandan Authorities Abducted and Are Arbitrarily Detaining Paul Rusesabagina
Tags Share Following a petition filed by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights in March 2021, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) found that the Rwandan government abducted and has arbitrarily detained the Hotel Rwanda hero Paul Rusesabagina for over 20 months. Requesting his immediate, unconditional release and an independent investigation of his…
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Finally there could be an opportunity for truth and justice in Oswaldo Payá’s death
Tags Share For more than 60 years now, my family has had grave concerns about the restriction of fundamental rights of the Cuban people, concerns that have remained strong despite the march of time and the repeated failures of U.S. foreign policy to support the Cuban people. While the players and technology have changed since…
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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Calls for Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez to be Immediately Released
Tags Share November 22, 2021—Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights calls for the immediate release of Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez, who was arrested today under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and Indian Penal Code. As the coordinator of the Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) and chairperson of the Asian Federation Against Involuntary…
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No Justice in Colombian Journalist Hit
In 1986, famed editor Guillermo Cano was murdered by Pablo Escobar’s men. To this day, his killers are unpunished.
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Cartel-Focused Journalist Disappeared
Alfredo Jiménez Mota investigated cartel connections with Mexican public officials. Police have done little to find him.
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Colombia Liable for Journalist’s Murder
Nelson Carvajal was killed for exposing a web of government and business corruption in Colombia.
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Mexican Military Checkpoint Turns Deadly
The militarization of Mexico resulted in Bonfilio Rubio Villegas’s needless death.
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Police Inaction in Juárez Disappearances
Seven Mexican women disappeared over five months. The police did little—and may be complicit in human trafficking.
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Femicide Remains Rampant in Mexico
When these seven women were murdered or disappeared, the only thing police could find were excuses not to help.
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Murder Sparks Femicide Reform
Like far too many other women, Claudina Isabel Velásquez Paiz was “a victim whose murder should not be investigated.”
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