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Afro-descendant

Organizations File a Complaint with the IACHR Regarding the Expansion of Extractive Policies in Nicaragua and Their Impact on the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples and People of African Descent

Washington, D.C., August 4, 2026. As part of the 196th Session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), a public hearing was held on August 3, during which...

Afro-descendant

July 25: Women of African Descent Nurture Life, Protect Their Communities, and Build the Future

Rio de Janeiro, July 25, 2026.—July 25 marks the International Day of Afro-Latin, Afro-Caribbean, and Diaspora Women. It is a day to recognize, name, and highlight the strength of...

Race and EqualityNicaragua

Race and Equality: The announcement that there will be no more elections in Nicaragua condemns the country to more repression and lack of freedoms

Washington, D.C., July 21, 2026.– The Institute on Race, Equality and Human Rights (Race and Equality) expresses its strongest rejection of the statements made by Daniel Ortega on July...

Afro-descendantCuba

Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara: From Prison to Forced Exile

Race and Equality welcomes the release of Cuban independent artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and condemns the forced exile imposed on him after he unjustly served a five-year prison...

Human mobilityCuba

Five years after July 11 , we demand that fundamental rights be recognized in Cuba

International and local organizations of Cuba’s independent civil society are commemorating this date by calling on the Cuban authoritarian regime to move toward democracy and end the repression of...

Human mobilityNicaragua

One Year After the Murder of Roberto Samcam: Moving Towards Justice Requires Clarifying the Entire Chain of Responsibilities and Strengthening the Protection of Nicaraguan Opponents in exile

Washington, D.C., June 19, 2026.– On the one-year anniversary of the murder of retired Nicaraguan Army major and Nicaraguan dissident Roberto Samcam, the Institute on Race, Equality and Human...

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