New “Preventive” Prison Means Human Rights Violations on a Bigger Scale Dominican President Luis Abinader announced last week the construction of a new prison specifically for those arrested, often without being charged, under preventive detention orders. In so doing the Dominican government sent a clear signal to its people: the preventive detention crisis will continue…
Germán’s Comments Cast Doubt About the Independence of Her Office The Attorney General of the Dominican Republic, Miriam Germán Brito, told a group of media executives last that she will leave her position on August 16, indicating she was sidelined by others within the Public Ministry on key actions, including public statements by her own…
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) of the Organization of American States (OAS) has published more documented evidence of the serious human rights violations taking place in the justice system of the Dominican Republic in its annual report on human rights in the region. The IACHR report is the latest in a series of…
The Dominican College of Journalists (CDP) joined top reportersand newspaper editorials in condemning threats of retaliation against critics Various news outlets and a leading journalism association in the Dominican Republic accused the Office of the Attorney General at the Public Ministry of launching “a clear threat to freedom of the press” when it issued a…
The Dominican Government is threatening transnational repression against a U.S. organization that is speaking out about human rights violations in that country. A Statement from Mario H. Lopez,President of the Hispanic Leadership Fund/Dominican Justice Initiative The largest newspaper in the Dominican Republic today reported that the Public Ministry of the Dominican Republic made an explicit…
This week, Special Representative for International Labor Affairs (SRILA) Fay Rodríguez traveled to the Dominican Republic to reinforce President Biden’s Memorandum on Advancing Worker Empowerment, Rights, and High Labor Standards Globally. The visit comes on the heels of a new report from the Dominican Justice Initiative, which illustrated how the U.S. Department of State should strongly…
Farro Case Is Another Example Of Inhumane Detention Conditions Human rights advocates and the family of Jarick Patrick Steven Farro, a 31 year-old Aruban citizen, are denouncing the authorities of the Dominican Republic for his death in Najayo prison on May 24 from a generalized infection they say was caused by medical neglect that stretched…
In a new report, the Dominican Justice Initiative illustrated how the U.S. Department of State should strongly consider downgrading the Dominican Republic to Tier 3 in its forthcoming 2024 Trafficking in Persons Report. Currently, the Dominican Republic is on the Tier 2 Watch List. The Dominican Republic’s clear lack of progress to reach minimum Trafficking…
On Monday, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller issued a statement to congratulate Dominican President Luis Abinader on his re-election Sunday, adding that “[w]e look forward to working closely with President Abinader’s new administration”. Now that the election is over, the first question for the Biden Administration is simple: what actions will it take over the…
As the proposed FY 2025 Department of State and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Budget Request allocations come under scrutiny, it’s imperative to assess their potential impact on human rights in the Dominican Republic. In response, Mario H. Lopez, leader of the Dominican Justice Initiative and president of the Hispanic Leadership Fund, expressed…
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