News Releases

Statement by Gérard Latulippe, President of Rights & Democracy, on the passing of Vaclav Havel

Human Rights Day: an occasion to pay tribute to the world’s defenders of rights and freedoms

Ales Michalevic joins Amnesty International in calling for the release of all political prisoners, prisoners of conscience, and the abolition of the death penalty in Belarus

Ales Michalevic discusses the human rights situation in Belarus with Naheed Nenshi, Mayor of Calgary

Exiled Belarusian presidential candidate Ales Michalevic to receive Rights & Democracy John Humphrey Award in Ottawa

Rights & Democracy’s 20th John Humphrey Award presented to Ales Michalevic, a hero of the pro-democracy movement in Belarus, Europe’s last dictatorship

World Food Day: Freedom from hunger is still an illusion for many

Rights & Democracy’s 20th John Humphrey Award presented to Ales Michalevic, a hero of the pro-democracy movement in Belarus, Europe’s last dictatorship

Rights & Democracy proudly presents I Am Slave (Moi, Esclave), the official closing film of the 2011 Montreal International Black Film Festival

Eduardo Colindres named to Rights & Democracy’s Board of Directors

Rights & Democracy honors Kimy Pernía Domicó, winner of the 2003 John Humphrey Award, reiterates need for investigation into his disappearance

Rights & Democracy Marks World Press Freedom Day

Rights & Democracy calls for end to recent and largest increase in years in human rights violations in China, release of Ai Weiwei

100th International Women’s Day: Rights & Democracy salutes a century of progress on women’s rights around the world

Rights & Democracy’s President Takes Position on the Situation in Libya: Condemns Actions Taken by Kadhafi Against Civilian Demonstrators

Rights & Democracy launches new publication on Afghanistan’s evolving legal framework

Rights & Democracy Statement on the Middle East

The Human Right to Food: International Fact-Finding Mission to Bolivia, February 5-14, 2011

Rights & Democracy honours the memory of those who lost their lives in Haiti’s earthquake