April 07, 2023
Libya: Weak UN Resolution On Libya Exposes EU Bias
Missed Opportunity to Tackle EU Responsibility in Migrant Rights Violations Read more »
April 04, 2023
Central African Republic: Central African Republic - Closing Civic Space
Journalists, Civil Society, Opposition Parties Face Harassment, Restrictions Read more »
March 30, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Rampant Intercommunal Violence in West
Customary Land Tax Dispute in 2022 Sparks Hundreds of Killings Read more »
March 28, 2023
Libya: UN Experts Find War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity in Libya
Continued Investigation of Rights Situation in the Country Remains Essential Read more »
March 27, 2023
Central Africa: Decade After Takeover, Justice Still Needed
On March 24, 2013, an alliance of rebel groups known as the Seleka took control of Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic. By then they had also seized control of most… Read more »
March 06, 2023
Libya: Joint Letter - UN Human Rights Council Should Ensure Meaningful Follow-Up On the Human Rights Situation in Libya
6 March 2023 Read more »
March 01, 2023
Nigeria: Cluster Munitions - Nigeria Ratifies Global Ban
Becomes 111th State Party to International Treaty Read more »
February 19, 2023
East Africa: South Sudanese Refugee Goes Missing in Kenya - Human Rights Watch
Authorities Should Reveal Morris Mabior Awikjok Bak's Wellbeing and Whereabouts Read more »
February 14, 2023
Cameroon: The Snail's Pace of Military Justice in Cameroon
Ngarbuh Victims Await Trial Three Years After Massacre Read more »
Mauritius: Fifty Years on, Islanders Can't Go Home
Expulsion of Chagos Islands' Indigenous People an Ongoing Colonial Crime Read more »
February 13, 2023
Libya: Rights Concerns in Lockerbie Suspect's Extradition to U.S.
Ensure Due Process; Allow Access to Family, Legal Counsel Read more »
February 10, 2023
Eritrea: Rights Group Alleges Govt Crackdown On Families of Draft Evaders
Collective Punishment Over Forced Conscription Campaign Read more »
February 09, 2023
Eritrea: Eritrea - Crackdown On Draft Evaders' Families
Collective Punishment Over Forced Conscription Campaign Read more »
February 02, 2023
Tanzania: Tanzania's Eviction of Maasai Pastoralists Continues
In June 2022, residents of Loliondo division in northern Tanzania's Ngorongoro district protested what they said was a government move to evict them from their ancestral land in… Read more »
January 31, 2023
Central African Republic: The Epitome of Impunity in Central African Republic
Government Minister Hassan Bouba Should Be Prosecuted for Alleged War Crimes Read more »
January 12, 2023
Africa: Conflicts and Violence Threaten Rights in Africa
African leaders failed to tackle widespread abuses against civilians by state security forces and non-state armed groups and insufficiently prioritized justice efforts for victims… Read more »
Egypt: Egypt - a Year of Whitewashing Despite Dire Crisis
The Egyptian government failed to ease the ongoing repression campaign against critics in 2022 or repeal laws curtailing basic freedoms, Human Rights Watch said today in its World… Read more »
January 11, 2023
Rwanda: Rwanda's President Politicizes Refugee Rights
This week, Rwandan President Paul Kagame delivered a stark warning to refugees fleeing renewed violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo: "We cannot keep being host to refugees… Read more »
January 18, 2018
Kenya: Both Elections Marred by Human Rights Abuses - Report
On August 8, Kenya's electoral commission declared incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta winner for a second term, amid opposition and civil society claims of fraud. The elections… Read more »
September 08, 2011
Libya: Secret Intelligence Documents Discovered
Human Rights Watch discovered in Tripoli tens of thousands of archived documents containing evidence of crimes - such as the US and UK governments' complicity in torture -… Read more »
July 02, 2007
Ethiopia: Crackdown in East Punishes Civilians
The Ethiopian military has forcibly displaced thousands of civilians in the country's eastern Somali region in recent weeks while escalating its campaign against a separatist… Read more »
January 16, 2006
Rwanda: Historic Ruling Expected for Former President And Seven Others
The Supreme Court of Rwanda is scheduled to rule January 17 on the bid by former president Pasteur Bizimungu and seven others to have their convictions on charges of having formed… Read more »
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