The right to personal liberty is a basic freedom recognized by international organizations like the United Nations and Organization of American States (OAS) and guaranteed by the constitutions of the world’s leading democracies. The OAS’ Principles of Best Practices on the Protection of Persons Deprived of Liberty in the Americas clearly states, “The law shall…
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman (HFAC) Michael McCaul criticized the Biden administration in a letter sent to Secretary of State Anthony Blinken for failing to know the current number of U.S. Citizen and Legal Permanent Residents held under the guise of ‘preventive detention’ in the Dominican Republic. In his letter, Chairman McCaul expressed concern over the “long…
Writing in Real Clear Politics, Mario H. Lopez, president of the Hispanic Leadership Fund, criticized the Biden Administration’s “inconsistent approach” toward human rights and democracy in Latin America, and especially the Dominican Republic. In the Dominican Republic, the Biden Administration has remained silent as the Dominican judicial system keeps thousands of people locked behind bars…
On the eve of President Luis Abinader’s U.S. visit for the Dominican parade in New York City, the Hispanic Leadership Fund wrote to Secretary of State Antony Blinken to express “alarm to the humanitarian crisis in the Dominican Republic” where the government is holding “seven out of ten people in prison are being held on…
Today, the Dominican Justice Initiative (Iniciativa Dominicana de Justicia/IDJ) launches to bring critical and urgent awareness to a desperate situation in the Dominican Republic (DR). Approximately 70 percent of those in prison in the DR are serving under a preventive detention status, often held for months without any formal charges or indictment. Deprivation of liberty…
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