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Human mobilityColombia

We condemn the attack against Venezuelan human rights defenders Yendri Velásquez and Luis Peche, an example of transnational repression

This act of violence reflects the growing vulnerability faced by human rights defenders in the region. Race and Equality urges states and international organizations to take urgent measures to...

Human rightsCuba

Race and Equality Condemns the Torture and Threats Against José Daniel Ferrer, Who Announced His Willingness To Go Into Forced Exile

The Cuban activist's statements highlight the continuation of a pattern of state repression that, in the last years, has forced numerous activists, human rights defenders, and independent journalists in...

Afro-descendant

Afro-descendant activists in the region condemn the effects of racism on Afro-descendant women

Five female leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean, along with Professor Justin Hansford, a member of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, participated in the...

Afro-descendantColombia

United Nations Permanent Forum on People of African Descent to hold regional consultation in Bogotá

The meeting will take place on Friday, September 19, and will bring together more than 60 Afro-descendant leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean. Race and Equality will accompany...

Afro-descendantBrazil

Race and Equality will hold two Kátia Tapety School meetings in Colombia

These dialogues, which will take place on September 23 and 26 in Cali and Bogotá, respectively, will be attended by some LBTI women who took part in these training...

Human rights

Race and Equality reports on the forced disappearances for women in Nicaragua and Cuba to the United Nations Committee

Washington, D.C., September 10, 2025.– The Institute on Race, Equality and Human Rights (Race and Equality) participated in the regional consultation of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) as...

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