Manuel María Mercedes Medina
Manuel María Mercedes Medina is the president of the Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos de la República Dominicana (CNDH-RD), which recently condemned censorship against the newspaper Listín Diario, emphasizing the importance of freedom of expression and the role of independent media in society.
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The document is signed by Dr. Manuel María Mercedes Medina.
Exigen a la Procuraduría General hallar a culpables de explosión en San Cristóbal
Dominican Republic· 2025-10-22
Manuel María Mercedes Medina, president of the CNDH, stated that the penitentiary system has approximately 28,000 inmates in facilities that can hold less than 50% of that population.
Finjus y Derechos Humanos deploran crisis por hacinamiento en cárceles del paísDominican Republic· 2025-09-09
Manuel María Mercedes Medina expressed concern about a regression in human rights in the Dominican Republic during the Third National Congress on Human Rights.
Comisión ve retroceso en derechos humanos en el paísDominican Republic· 2025-09-01Manuel María Mercedes Medina, president of the CNDH, emphasized that the Dominican Constitution is clear in establishing that there is no element of appropriation and that a legal status is not necessary for a migrant to acquire property in the Dominican Republic.
Derechos Humanos acusa a Migración de confiscar Ilegalmente bienes a migrantesDominican Republic· 2025-07-30Manuel María Mercedes Medina is the president of the Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos de la República Dominicana.
Comisión Nacional de DD.HH. rechaza la censura realizada al periódico Listín DiarioDominican Republic· 2025-05-17