Africa: Submission to ACERWC - Impact of Covid-19 On Children's Education in Africa

35th Ordinary Session Read more »

Egypt: Apparent Covid-19 Outbreaks in Prisons

Provide Protection, Medical Care, Accelerate Releases Read more »

Zimbabwe: Prisoners at Grave Risk of Covid-19 Spread

Government Should Step Up Release of Detainees Read more »

Sudan: School Closed By Pandemic, Kept Closed By Armed Forces

Authorities Should Urgently Remove Armed Forces, Reopen Girls' School Read more »

Africa: Covid-19 Exposes Healthcare Shortfalls in Africa

Prioritize Investment to Improve Access to Care for All Read more »

Kenya: Quarantine Conditions Undermine Rights

Kenyan authorities are potentially facilitating transmission of the Covid-19 virus while forcefully quarantining tens of thousands of people in facilities that lack proper… Read more »

South Africa: End Bias in COVID-19 Food Aid

The South African government's Covid-19 aid programs, including food parcels, have overlooked refugees and asylum seekers. They include many lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender… Read more »

Tanzania: Prisoners' Rights Ignored in COVID-19 Response

The Tanzanian government should allow all inmates access to legal counsel to ensure their rights are respected amid the Covid-19 crisis, Human Rights Watch said today. On May 19,… Read more »

South Africa: End Bias in Covid-19 Food Aid

The South African government’s Covid-19 aid programs, including food parcels, have overlooked refugees and asylum seekers, Human Rights Watch said today. They include many… Read more »

Tanzania: Prisoners' Rights Ignored in Covid-19 Response

(Kampala) – The Tanzanian government should allow all inmates access to legal counsel to ensure their rights are respected amid the Covid-19 crisis, Human Rights Watch said… Read more »

Cameroon: COVID-19 Brings Out Government's Ugly Side

The message of national solidarity around the Covid-19 pandemic seems to have been lost in Cameroon. While several other governments are calling on its citizens to pull together… Read more »

Egypt: COVID-19 Cover for New Repressive Powers

The Egyptian Parliament on April 22, 2020 swiftly approved government-proposed amendments to the 1958 Emergency Law which will give additional sweeping powers to President Abd… Read more »

Ethiopia: Free Speech At Risk Amid COVID-19

The Ethiopian government has been using Covid-19 restrictions and a recently declared state of emergency as a pretext to restrict free speech. Read more »

Angola: Angola's Prisons Ill-Equipped to Curb COVID-19 Spread

Angolan authorities have released nearly 1900 people in pretrial detention to help prevent the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic to the nation's prisons. While the release of… Read more »

Africa: China Should End COVID-19 Discrimination Against Africans - Human Rights Group

The Chinese government should end the discriminatory treatment of Africans related to the Covid-19 pandemic, Human Rights Watch said today. Authorities should also protect Africans… Read more »

Nigeria: Fears of COVID-19 Outbreak in Nigeria's Kano State

Recent reports of hundreds more deaths than usual across communities in Nigeria's Kano State have raised fears that a major Covid-19 outbreak is underway. Official data from Kano… Read more »

Ghana: 1st COVID-19 Case in Psychiatric Hospital

Ghana's Accra Psychiatric Hospital has confirmed that a patient has tested positive for Covid-19, causing concern about protection for other patients and staff, Human Rights Watch… Read more »

Algeria: During Pandemic, Algeria Tightens Vise On Protest Movement

For some authoritarians, the coronavirus tragedy has presented a golden opportunity to grab more power and trample rights. Hungary's parliament has voted to allow Prime Minister… Read more »

Rwanda: Lockdown Arrests, Abuses Surge

Rwandan police have arbitrarily arrested scores of people since to prevent the spread of Covid-19 came into force on March 22, 2020. The authorities have accused people of… Read more »

Egypt: COVID-19 Threatens Treatment for HIV Patients

Egyptian authorities should ensure that people living with HIV can continue to safely access lifesaving medication, Human Rights Watch said today. Read more »

Kenya: Several Dead, Others Injured For Defying Curfew Laws

At least six people died from police violence during the first 10 days of Kenya’s dusk-to-dawn curfew, imposed on March 27, 2020 to contain the spread of Covid-19, Human… Read more »

Kenya: Police Brutality During Curfew

At least six people died from police violence during the first 10 days of Kenya's dusk-to-dawn curfew, imposed on March 27, 2020 to contain the spread of Covid-19, Human Rights… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Prisons Face Covid-19 Catastrophe

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s overcrowded and unsanitary prisons are at grave risk of Covid-19 outbreaks that threaten the health and lives of detainees, guards, and the… Read more »

Africa: How Girls' Education and Safety Will Be Harmed By the COVID Response

Abigail*, a young woman who lives in Zimbabwe's capital Harare became pregnant by a much older married man when she was 14. She had left school because her mother couldn't afford… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Severe Water, Sanitation Crisis Undermines Pandemic Fight

Zimbabwe government measures to combat COVID-19 should include urgently providing continuous and affordable access to sufficient safe water to people across the country, Human… Read more »