January 11
East Africa: Impunity Fuelling Horn of Africa Wartime Atrocities, Humanitarian Crises - HRW
Civilians Bear Brunt of Global Inaction on Wartime Atrocities, Humanitarian Crises Read more »
December 11, 2023
Uganda: Ugandans Challenge Anti-Homosexuality Act
Court Has Opportunity to Strike Down Abusive Law Read more »
December 09, 2023
Kenya: Kenya's Troubled 60-Year Mental Health Journey
Over a century ago, in 1910, British colonial authorities in Kenya redesigned a then-smallpox isolation center into what became the Nairobi Lunatic Asylum, a dire institution in… Read more »
December 08, 2023
Rwanda: The UK Can't Legislate Away Rwanda's Rights Record
Government Pushes Ahead with Plan despite Supreme Court Ruling and Known Abuses Read more »
December 01, 2023
Tanzania: McEnroe Brothers' Tennis Tour Risks Whitewashing Maasai Forced Evictions
Tourism Needs to Respect Indigenous Communities' Rights Read more »
November 26, 2023
Sudan: New Mass Ethnic Killings, Pillage in Darfur - Human Rights Watch Report
UN Security Council Should Act to Protect Civilians, Punish Abusive RSF Commanders Read more »
Sudan: Violence in West Darfur - Human Rights Watch Submission to UK Parliament
Human Rights Watch February 2023 Submission to the UK Parliament Read more »
November 23, 2023
Uganda: Ugandan Authorities Should Drop Charges Against Environmental Protesters
Next week, four more students will appear before a Kampala court for participating in protests against the planned East Africa crude oil pipeline (EACOP) and for demanding a full… Read more »
November 14, 2023
Uganda: Rights Concerns Over License Plate Tracking
Uganda's new surveillance system, which allows the government to track the real time location of all vehicles in the country, undermines privacy rights, and creates serious risks… Read more »
November 02, 2023
Uganda: Oil Pipeline Protests Stifled - HRW
Environmental Defenders Face Harassment, Intimidation, Arbitrary Arrests Read more »
November 01, 2023
Ethiopia: Atrocities Mar Ceasefire Anniversary - HRW
Abuses, Impunity Amid Waning International Attention Read more »
October 10, 2023
Rwanda: Global Playbook of Abuse to Silence Critics
Rwandan authorities and their proxies are using violence, judicial mechanisms, and intimidation to try to silence criticism from Rwandans living around the world, Human Rights… Read more »
Rwanda: UK - Abandon Rwanda Asylum Transfer Plan
Rwandan authorities and their proxies are using violence, judicial mechanisms, and intimidation to try to silence criticism from Rwandans living around the world, Human Rights… Read more »
Rwanda: Rwanda's Repression Across Borders
Questions and Answers Read more »
October 09, 2023
Kenya: Chained, Locked Up, and Abused ... Because of a Disability
Sitting in a dusty courtyard of the Holy Ghost Coptic Church in Kisumu city, in western Kenya, I heard Paul (a pseudonym), approaching before I saw him. Clink. Clink. Clink. The… Read more »
Sudan: UN Rights Body Should Help Tackle Impunity in Sudan
Human Rights Council to Vote on Initiative to Investigate Abuses Read more »
September 28, 2023
Ethiopia: Principled Action Required to Ensure Ongoing International Scrutiny On Ethiopia
HRW Oral Statement - ID with the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia - HRC54 Read more »
October 04, 2023
Ethiopia: Human Rights Council - EU Fails Ethiopia's Victims
No Action Following Scathing Report Highlighting UN's Prevention Role Read more »
October 05, 2023
Mauritius: Mauritius Supreme Court Declares Anti-Gay Law Unconstitutional
Two landmark judgments of the Supreme Court of Mauritius have struck down the provision in the Criminal Code that outlawed consensual sex between men, rejecting the law as a… Read more »
September 28, 2023
Ethiopia: UN Rights Body Should Extend Ethiopia Investigations
European Union Should Lead Action to Preserve International Scrutiny of Rights Crisis Read more »
September 22, 2023
Burundi: Concerns Over the Continuing Crackdown On Civic Space and Political Opposition
HRW Oral Statement - ID with the Special Rapporteur on Burundi - HRC54 Read more »
September 13, 2023
Kenya: Ban Use of Highly Hazardous Pesticides
Most Pesticides in Kenya are Harmful to Health, Environment, Study Finds Read more »
September 07, 2023
Sudan: US Imposes Sanctions On Abusive Commanders in Sudan
Crucial Step Toward Accountability for Rapid Support Force Abuses Read more »
Ethiopia: 54th Session of the UN Human Rights Council - Ethiopia - Renew the Mandate of the ICHREE
To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council Read more »
September 04, 2023
Ethiopia: Q&A - Justice for Serious International Crimes Committed in Ethiopia
Two years after the outbreak on November 3, 2020 of armed conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region, the two main warring parties signed a cessation of hostilities agreement, ending… Read more »