February 27, 2023
Senegal: Submission to the UN Committee On the Rights of the Child
We write in advance of the 95th pre-session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child and its review of Senegal. This submission focuses on barriers to realizing the right to… Read more »
February 24, 2023
Egypt: Rights Groups Urge UN Human Rights Council to Act On Egypt
The following letter was sent to Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council on February 24, 2023, by seven… Read more »
February 27, 2023
Tunisia: President Intensifies Attacks On Judicial Independence
Ignoring Court Order to Reinstate Fired Judges, Prosecuting Them Instead 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 02, 2023
Angola: Hundreds Homeless in Forced Evictions, Demolitions
Investigate Police Use of Excessive Force Against Residents Read more »
February 27, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Satire in Congo Is No Laughing Matter
Intelligence Services Arbitrarily Detain Comedian Junior Nkole Read more »
February 28, 2023
Egypt: Call for Govt to Release Prison Population Figures
Lack of Transparency, Whitewashing Efforts as Abuse Continues Read more »
March 01, 2023
Nigeria: Cluster Munitions - Nigeria Ratifies Global Ban
Becomes 111th State Party to International Treaty Read more »
February 28, 2023
Ethiopia: Threats to Terminate the Mandate of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts On Ethiopia
To: Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council Read more »
February 27, 2023
Nigeria: Nigeria's Elections Remain Risky for Many Citizens
Nigeria's presidential and federal legislative elections, which took place over the past weekend, were a mix of experiences for voters. While many voted safely despite delays, some… Read more »
February 24, 2023
Somalia: Revamp Intelligence Agency Bill
Draft Law Grants Abusive Agency Broad Powers of Detention, Surveillance Read more »
Tunisia: Tunisia - Wave of Arrests Targets Critics and Opposition Figures
President Charges a "Conspiracy" But Provides No Evidence Read more »
February 22, 2023
Tanzania: Tanzania Should Halt Plan to Relocate Maasai Pastoralists
Tanzania's policies on conservation and its ongoing impacts on Maasai people in Ngorongoro district highlight how communities historically marginalized by oppression still wrestle… 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 16, 2023
Guinea: Guinea Stadium Massacre Trial Marches On
After Hearing Accused, Victims Take the Stand 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
Mozambique: Mozambique - Draft Law Threatens Civil Society Groups
Mozambique authorities should withdraw a draft law on nonprofit organizations that would undermine the work of civil society groups and the right to freedom of association in the… Read more »
Cameroon: The Perils of Journalism in Cameroon
High-Level Arrests as Another Journalist Murdered Read more »
Eritrea: Rights Group Alleges Govt Crackdown On Families of Draft Evaders
Collective Punishment Over Forced Conscription Campaign Read more »
February 09, 2023
Rwanda: No Clarity Over Journalist's Death in Rwanda
"Suspect" Convicted of Manslaughter After Hasty, Quiet Trial Read more »
Eritrea: Eritrea - Crackdown On Draft Evaders' Families
Collective Punishment Over Forced Conscription Campaign Read more »
February 08, 2023
Algeria: Reverse Decision to Dissolve Leading Human Rights Group
Algerian authorities should reverse the decision to dissolve the Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights (LADDH), an independent, 38-year-old group, over politically… Read more »
February 06, 2023
Ghana: UN Message to Ghana On Mental Health Care
At Human Rights Council, Countries Condemn the Practice of Shackling Read more »