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Forced Maasai evictions in Tanzania

EDM (Early Day Motion)228: tabled on 30 June 2022 Tabled in the 2022-23 session. This motion has been signed by 1 Member. It has not yet had any amendments submitted. Motion text That this House stands in solidarity with the Maasai people of Tanzania who are being forcibly evicted on the false pretense that they […]

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Kenyan Land Dispossession

EDM (Early Day Motion)891: tabled on 15 September 2020 Tabled in the 2019-21 session. This motion has been signed by 13 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted. Motion text That this House stands in solidarity with the people of Kenya who are seeking redress for the theft of their lands under the […]

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Ukraine Poland UN Appeal Advisory

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 1, 2022 MEDIA CONTACT press@bencrump.com International Human Rights Attorneys Ben Crump and Jasmine Rand Convene Civil Society Coalition to Appeal to the United Nations on Behalf of African Refugees Facing Racial Discrimination in Ukraine and Poland WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Internationally renowned human rights attorneys Ben Crump and Jasmine Rand, who represented […]

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Ukraine Urgent Appeal

March 1, 2022 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights C/O Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights C/O Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination C/O Working Group on the Rights of People of African Descent United Nations Office at Geneva CH-1211 Geneva 10 Switzerland To: High Commissioner Bachelet and United […]

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Report of the international commission of inquiry on systemic racist police violence against people of African descent in the United States

The purpose of the Commission of Inquiry on Systemic Racial Police Violence (Commission) is to examine whether widespread and systematic racist violence in policing against people of African descent in the United States of America (U.S.) has resulted in a continuing pattern of gross and reliably attested violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms. The […]

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Transmittal Letter for Report

High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Palais Wilson 52 rue des Pâquis CH-1201 Geneva, Switzerland. Attn: Sara Hamood, Maria Luisa Buscar Dear High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet: In a courtroom in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the police officer caught on video with his knee on George Floyd’s neck is […]

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